8:04 AM ET For the first time in Holly Holm‘s MMA career, she is accepting fights with no clear path to a UFC championship. From the moment Holm crossed over from boxing in 2011, it was almost certain she would sign with the UFC and fight for a title. And over the past five years,
6:55 AM ET The Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers have combined to play in nine of the past 15 NBA Finals series — including seven consecutive from 2008 to 2014 — without ever facing each other. That is, until Game 1 on Wednesday, the first time the two teams met on the NBA’s biggest
Delhi Capitals’ bowling coach Ryan Harris said that Ravichandran Ashwin “might be available for selection” for the team’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), slated to take place on Saturday. Ashwin had sustained a shoulder injury during the franchise’s opening match of the tournament against Kings XI Punjab. However, providing an
2:23 AM BST Sam Burgess has stood down as assistant coach of South Sydney as the NRL and NSW Police launch an investigation into serious misconduct claims. The NRL has been shocked by allegations published in The Australian on Friday and has instructed its integrity unit to speak to South Sydney officials. The newspaper report
8:00 AM ET NHL Insiders The 2020 NHL draft is set to take place Tuesday and Wednesday. While the event is always exciting because we get to see where hundreds of young players will continue their development as hockey players, it’s also usually the setting for massive trades. With the event taking place virtually this
7:00 AM ET For his entire 11-year career in the NHL, Anton Khudobin has been a backup goaltender. Then, this summer, he got his chance to shine. With the oft-injured Ben Bishop ruled “unfit to play” for most of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, Khudobin took over the No. 1 role for the Dallas Stars.
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quarterback Cam Newton has a large chip on each of his large shoulders this season, the result of an 86-day wait in NFL free agency in which he wondered if he would be playing for anyone in 2020. That led him to the New England Patriots on what he
By Dafydd PritchardBBC Sport Wales Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Cycling The 2017 Giro d’Italia was meant to be a landmark moment for Geraint Thomas, leading his team in a Grand Tour for the first time and embarking on what he called “uncharted territory”. Recognised then as a ‘super domestique’
Red Bull’s engine partner Honda is to leave Formula 1 at the end of 2021. The move leaves Red Bull and Alpha Tauri needing to find an engine supplier and the sport with just three engine companies. Honda said the move was a result of the transformation of the car industry away from internal combustion
5:45 AM ET With the Champions League and Europa League group-stage draws upon us, it’s time to turn our attention to Europe and, more importantly, the vast array of kits that will be worn by the biggest clubs in the 2020-21 competitions. 2 Related After ranking every club in the Premier League by their uniforms
Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen will have reconstructive surgery on his jaw next week, two months after a horrific crash at the Tour of Poland. The 24-year-old moved home for further treatment a week later. “The wounds/scars on my face are healing up well,” he said on Twitter. “I had to recover from my brain contusion
2:49 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” You’re looking at the wrong thing. It’s understandable. A bat goes flying in the air, end over end, propelled into the night in a fit of passion, and it inevitably draws every
12:05 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Bad roster. No discipline. Questionable coaching. The New York Jets hit the loser’s trifecta in a 37-28 loss to the Denver Broncos on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, falling to 0-4 for the second straight season and magnifying the biggest question surrounding the team: What becomes of coach
The Giro d’Italia starts in Sicily on Saturday and takes in 21 stages across 3,497km (2,173 miles) before it concludes in Milan on Sunday 25 October. With more than 40,000m of climbing and three individual time trials in the rearranged 103rd edition of the race, where will it be won and lost? BBC Sport looks
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 14th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 on Friday. CSK have suffered defeats in their previous two league matches, against Delhi Capitals (DC) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). The team’s most recent loss came against the Delhi-based franchise, by a margin of 44
10:58 PM ET On Thursday, Doc Rivers snatched an opportunity to sculpt a young tandem — Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons — whose stardom would tantalize any coach, but who have yet to make good on their talent. Rivers enters a Philadelphia 76ers organization with title aspirations that believes an upgrade on the bench can
5:31 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent LIVERPOOL, England — Eventually, both teams probably got the result their seasons needed. It took 90 goalless minutes and a penalty shootout but Arsenal booked their place in the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup at Liverpool‘s expense. Joe Willock’s spot kick — the Gunners’ sixth — only just squirmed over
8:02 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com It has been a long road for the tennis world to get to the 2020 French Open, the final major of an unprecedented season, but it is just the latest detour for Eugenie Bouchard. Despite the odds and expectations, the 26-year-old Canadian is in the third round at a major