2:52 PM BST England captain Sarah Hunter is set earn her 124th cap when the Red Roses face Italy in the women’s Six Nations on Saturday, the game will mark her first international match in 13 months. Hunter comes back in at No. 8 following a lengthy injury layoff that also saw her miss last
12:51 PM ET HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson‘s attorney, Rusty Hardin, has filed a motion for an emergency hearing, asking a judge to rule that lawyer Tony Buzbee has to identify one of the women who filed a lawsuit under the pseudonym of Jane Doe. Of the 22 civil lawsuits filed against Watson alleging inappropriate behavior
IPL 2021: Rohit Sharma said bio-bubbles have helped in teams bonding better.© Twitter While many cricketers have talked about how difficult life becomes inside the bio-secure environment, Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday spoke about the positives which a player can take while he is in the bubble amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The IPL
7:00 AM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins have been on a quest to win at least one more Stanley Cup with Sidney Crosby. It has been a revolving door on his line as they try to figure it out. Since the start of the 2016-17 NHL season, Crosby has played with 83 different teammates. In the
11:11 AM ET Associated Press Second-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States beat Andrej Martin 6-2, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Sardegna Open. Fritz will next face Aljaz Bedene after the Slovenian overcame Egor Gerasimov of Belarus 6-4, 7-6 (5). Fifth-seeded Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany eased past British qualifier Liam
10:34 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — As the sun peeked over the tall Georgia pines on Thursday morning, Lee Elder joined Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as honorary starters on the first tee at Augusta National Golf Club for the 85th edition of the Masters. Elder, 86, was driven to the No. 1 tee in
7:00 AM ET How much can really change in one week of a 162-game MLB season? Exactly one week since the excitement of Opening Day had fans of, well, almost every MLB team thinking positive thoughts about the possibilities to come in 2021, our first regular-season rankings of the young season offer something of a
9:57 AM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — A gunman who killed five people Wednesday including a prominent doctor in South Carolina was former NFL pro Phillip Adams, who killed himself early Thursday, according to a source who was briefed on the investigation. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized
8:52 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Dr. Benjamin Paolucci, a longtime team physician for the Detroit Pistons who was with the franchise for each of its three NBA championships, has died. He was 84. The Pistons said Paolucci died Wednesday in Florida. Paolucci retired from the organization in 2015 after serving the Pistons’ medical
IPL 2021: Virat Kohli shared pictures from RCB training on social media.© Twitter Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will get their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign underway on Friday against defending champions Mumbai Indians and the RCB skipper is all geared up for the new season. Following weeks of practice, Kohli and
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9:30 AM ET Our old friend Trey Wingo recently called it “a tradition like no other” in sports: “grading a trade that includes draft picks before seeing what the picks actually turn into.” The instant gratification of the “trade grade” is very much the lifeblood of trade deadline coverage, especially in the NHL. There are
9:15 AM ET Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha It’s
12:05 PM ET The Erling Haaland roadshow is in full swing, just as it was nearly 18 months ago, pre-pandemic. Back then, he was a man-child of a center-forward who was banging in goals for Jesse Marsch’s RB Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga (16 in 14 games) and the Champions League (eight in six) and
4:46 AM ET This year’s French Open has been postponed by a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will begin on May 30, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced on Thursday. The claycourt Grand Slam, which was postponed by four months last year and took place in front of limited crowds, will finish on
7:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show As the son of a famous boxer, Conor Benn has dealt with high expectations early in his career. Sometimes he wonders whether he should
Nico Hulkenberg has joined Aston Martin as their reserve and development driver. The German drove for the team three times last year, when it was known as Racing Point, when drivers Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll contracted Covid-19. The 33-year-old was a race driver for the outfit from 2012 to 2016, when it was called
IPL 2021: Ravindra Jadeja will be aiming to put in match-winning displays for CSK.© Instagram The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) held in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 changed fortunes for one of the most consistent sides in the history of the event, Chennai Super Kings. The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led contingent