8:35 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 WBA world super-middleweight champion Callum Smith has said he hopes to fight before the end of 2020, even if it is not the mega
12:15 PM BST Just two days out from the 2020 Bledisloe Cup opener, the question on the tip of every Australian rugby supporter’s tongue remains: Is Dave Rennie the man to end the Wallabies’ 18-year drought? The second Kiwi to take charge of the Australia’s national rugby team, whose fortunes, brand and popularity have waned
7:00 AM ET Don’t completely rule out the Pac-12 from the 2020 College Football Playoff race. Despite just a seven-game schedule including the conference championship game — on top of a three-year playoff-less streak — the Pac-12 has a 34% chance to put a team in the playoff, per the Allstate Playoff Predictor. Oregon (19%)
5:02 AM ET Manchester United’s chaotic conclusion to the transfer window dominates this week’s ESPN’s Insider Notebook. PLUS: Mikel Arteta’s growing influence at Arsenal. Jump to: Dortmund baffled by United | Diallo’s journey to Old Trafford | Cavani snubbed Real Madrid and Juventus | Barca fuming with Dembele, Umtiti | Forlan helped United sign Pellestri
This month’s prestigious Paris-Roubaix race has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. It was due to be held on 25 October, having already been postponed from its original April date. But the men’s and women’s races have been cancelled by local authorities. It follows French health minister Olivier Veran’s announcement on Thursday that the
11:37 PM BST ESPN staff Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has wasted no time in commencing the evolution of the national team, handing Test debuts to Queensland Reds youngsters Harry Wilson, Filipo Daugunu and Hunter Paisami in Sunday’s Bledisloe Cup opener in Wellington. The uncapped trio have been included in a new-look Wallabies squad, which retains
3:18 AM ET England’s Tyrrell Hatton, South Africa’s Justin Harding and Spain’s Adri Arnaus carded first rounds of six-under-par 66 to share the lead in the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday. World No. 15 Hatton made five birdies and an eagle on the par-five fourth hole to surge ahead of the pack before Harding caught
IPL 2020, RR vs DC: Prithvi Shaw has been in top form for Delhi Capitals this season.© BCCI/IPL Prithvi Shaw, the pint-sized package of dynamite at the top of the Delhi Capitals batting order, has been on the job for his side right from the start of IPL 2020. Although the youngster has the penchant
1:25 AM ET If you like offense, this is the series for you. The Los Angeles Dodgers boast a deep and powerful lineup that led baseball in runs scored, while the Atlanta Braves scored just one fewer time than L.A. this season. There are few teams in baseball that match the Dodgers group highlighted by
12:17 AM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears have made a habit out of comeback victories. A late 38-yard field goal by Cairo Santos lifted the Bears to a 20-19 win over Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, whom at one point led 13-0 in the first half. For the Bears, it marked their
10:45 PM ET Argentina got their World Cup qualifying campaign off to the perfect start on Thursday when Lionel Messi‘s penalty gave them a 1-0 win over Ecuador at home. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The Argentine FA piped fan noise around the empty Bombonera stadium and the chants of “Messi!
11:02 PM BST Liam Napier After weeks on the backfoot, the tide may be turning for New Zealand rugby. New South Wales relaxing their quarantine regulations, and the Rugby Championship schedule resolution which prevents the All Blacks quarantining through Christmas, paved the way for a much needed win, though not before New Zealand Rugby agreed
9:57 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Bryson DeChambeau put on another power display Thursday and it worked just as well as when he won the U.S. Open. In his first start since winning at Winged Foot last month, DeChambeau had two-putt birdies on all three of the par 5s and two of the
9:58 PM ET UFC 254 is down one of its main-card matchups. Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos announced Thursday on Twitter that he is out of his scheduled fight with Islam Makhachev because of a positive test for COVID-19. UFC 254 is set for Oct. 24 in Abu Dhabi. “COVID19 caught me big
9:45 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils acquired defenseman Ryan Murray from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday for a fifth-round pick in the 2021 draft. The 27-year-old Murray, the No. 2 overall pick in 2012, had two goals and seven assists in 27 games last season with the Blue
8:39 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clint Bowyer will retire at the end of the NASCAR season and join the Fox Sports booth as an analyst. Bowyer, in his 15th full season, heads into Sunday’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway facing elimination from the playoffs. He’s ranked 11th in the 12-driver field that
3:31 PM ET Kansas Jayhawks coach Les Miles has tested positive for the coronavirus, the university announced Thursday. Miles, 66, learned of his positive test Thursday and began isolating at his home. He will continue to handle his head-coaching responsibilities remotely and not attend the team’s upcoming practices. “Although I will not physically be able
8:12 PM ET Only two individuals stand in the way of a historic French Open clash between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal, who is on a quest to equal Roger Federer‘s all-time Grand Slam singles title record for men at 20. While neither Stefanos Tsitsipas nor Diego Schwartzman has played a