Dates: 29 August – 20 September Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app This year’s rescheduled Tour de France starts in Nice on Saturday and finishes in Paris on Sunday, 20 September. The riders will tackle a particularly tough course, with plenty of unique touches, as they race
2:11 PM ET As protests against racial injustice continue to roil the country, MLS finds itself navigating a fraught situation. The league’s players staged a near-complete boycott of the six games scheduled for Wednesday night, with only the match between Orlando City SC and Nashville SC taking place with the fluid nature of events not
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton set pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix half a second clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton was fastest on both laps in the final session and beat Bottas by 0.511secs. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was just 0.015secs off the Finn. Daniel Ricciardo excelled with fourth place on the grid,
Royal Challengers Bangalore‘s (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli was satisfied with the first training session of the franchise and said spinners were really looking good as they landed the ball in the right areas. The IPL 2020 will be played in the UAE from September 19-November 10 across three venues — Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah.
8:00 AM ET Back in May, Clemson linebacker Mike Jones Jr. knew he had to do something after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. After calling his grandfather, James, who recalled how he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. decades ago, Jones had his answer. “After talking with him, I was just like,
7:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — Even with the door closed and his voice muffled, it was clear what Joe Burrow was doing in the basement of his family home. The words were not discernible, but the sound was unmistakable. The Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback was staring at a screen, listening to his coaches on a
11:23 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Billionaire Steve Cohen has reentered into negotiations to purchase the New York Mets, hoping to salvage a deal for the franchise after a previous agreement to buy the team fell apart, a
7:00 AM ET The NHL paused its schedule the past two days in solidarity with other sports leagues, protesting racial injustices as well as the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. “I’ve got so much more respect for every single player in this league for doing something like this,” said Colorado Avalanche center
7:17 AM ET After three days off, the 2020 NBA playoffs resume Saturday when the Milwaukee Bucks face the Orlando Magic. These games were scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday but were postponed after the Bucks chose not to play Wednesday afternoon in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, with teams across the
Britain’s Lizzie Deignan has won La Course with a stunning sprint finish in Nice. The 2019 champion Marianne Vos had moved into the lead with 400m to go, but Deignan chased down the Dutch rider to claim the victory on the line. Deignan and Vos were two of six riders who broke away from the
Aug 27, 2020 Here we go again! Thirty-three days after the 2019-20 season ended, and just six days after the Champions League final, English football returns on Saturday with Premier League champions Liverpool facing FA Cup winners Arsenal in the FA Community Shield at Wembley (stream LIVE on ESPN+ at 11:30 a.m. ET in the
The IPL 2020 is scheduled to be held in UAE from September 19 to November 10.© Twitter Bengaluru-based edu-tech firm ‘Unacademy’ has been roped in the as official partner for the Indian Premier League for three seasons, the BCCI announced on Saturday. The 13th season of Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to be held
The long-awaited 2020 Tour de France will get under way two months later than planned in Nice on Saturday, but it will do so without four-time winner Chris Froome and 2018 champion Geraint Thomas. One of the most dramatic editions in the history of the race was won by the Britons’ team-mate Egan Bernal last
10:49 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Justin Haley won the Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway on Friday night after his teammates wrecked on the final lap. AJ Allmendinger was leading when Kaulig Racing teammate Ross Chastain tried to make a move on the inside. Chastain made contact with Allmendinger, turning
8:18 PM ET Associated Press OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Rory McIlroy doesn’t need fans to keep his head in the game at the BMW Championship. Olympia Fields is so tough, it won’t allow anything but his full attention on every shot. McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay made their share of mistakes Friday and shrugged them off
8:36 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Not even a 37-foot putt to save par on the final hole could fix Tiger Woods‘ disastrous round — or get him to stop and talk to the media — on Friday. Woods continues to sputter his way along since returning to the PGA Tour last month, and
Aug 27, 2020 Every big club in the world would want Lionel Messi. Some players are just too good, and too exciting, to turn down if the opportunity arises that they may become available. There is just one major problem with Messi, though. Or, to be more precise, 100 million of them. Whenever you find
8:21 PM ET Associated Press ROGERS, Ark. — Jackie Stoelting returned from a 14-month maternity break to take a share of the first-round lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. With her mother with her to look after son Baren, the 34-year-old Stoelting had a bogey-free 7-under 64 — playing her first