9:46 AM ET Steve KimESPN FOR THE EIGHTH time in their careers, identical twin brothers Jermall and Jermell Charlo will appear together on the same card as they headline Saturday’s pay-per-view at Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime PPV, 7 p.m. ET). The event will be divided into two segments, separated by
Former Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has been appointed as Formula 1’s new chief executive. The sport’s owners Liberty Media announced that the 55-year-old will take over from Chase Carey in January 2021. The Italian, who left Ferrari in 2014, having been there since 2008, is the chief executive of sports car manufacturer Lamborghini. Carey will
3:47 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Already repeatedly trimmed, crowd sizes for the French Open have been reduced again — to just 1,000 spectators per day — because of the worsening coronavirus epidemic in Paris. The new limit, reduced from 5,000 per day, was first announced by Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday night.
Valtteri Bottas set the pace ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the Russian Grand Prix despite scruffy sessions for both Mercedes drivers. The Finn was top by 0.267secs despite sliding wide at the final corner, while Hamilton abandoned what would have been his own best lap after an error. Hamilton locked a front
10:45 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars left tackle Cam Robinson was ejected late in the third quarter of Thursday night’s game against the Miami Dolphins after he made contact with an official. The foul occurred after Robinson attempted to recover quarterback Gardner Minshew‘s fumble. Robinson and down judge Danny Short were on the
8:28 AM ET The French Open, which begins Sunday in Paris, is working like most every other sporting event under strict health protocols because of the coronavirus pandemic. The organizers of the event, which was postponed from its late spring time slot because of the health crisis, are hoping to make a bold statement. “We
7:00 AM ET In Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Tampa Bay Lightning‘s scoresheet had enough star power to unofficially qualify as its own galaxy. Among the goal scorers were winger Nikita Kucherov, last season’s MVP; center Brayden Point, second to Kucherov in playoff scoring; and defenseman Victor Hedman, who had his fourth
7:28 AM ET In February 2012, a 20-year-old realtor from Contagem, Brazil, made a quiet professional debut in mixed martial arts inside a modest gymnasium in nearby Santa Luzia. His name: Paulo Henrique Costa. Costa’s skills were raw, but he took his opponent down and won via first-round TKO. A ring girl appeared and placed
7:01 AM ET Steven Stamkos made his long-awaited postseason debut for the Tampa Bay Lightning in Wednesday’s Game 3 win. It was a triumphant return for the captain, but also painstakingly short; could it be the last we see of him this summer? Meanwhile, the Dallas Stars look to even up the Stanley Cup Final
7:00 AM ET It appears the band might be getting back together after all. After months of hemming and hawing about if, when and who their teams will play, all five FBS power conferences have committed to playing football this fall. All Group of 5 conferences might end up patching a schedule together, too. Now
7:00 AM ET When Rob Friedman — better known as PitchingNinja to his quarter-million followers on Twitter — watches a game and sees something that sticks out, he checks his gut before tweeting a highlight. In the seasons since he began posting the nastiest pitches in baseball, he’s developed an intuition about when something might
2:44 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — If Jamal Murray was going add yet another comeback victory to the Denver Nuggets’ dream postseason run, he was going to have to go through LeBron James to do so. With the Los Angeles Lakers clinging to a four-point lead with just more than five minutes remaining
Kings XI Punjab skipper KL Rahul has said that not to play a “match-winner” like Chris Gayle is a “very hard decision” for them. The captain also said that Gayle is getting fitter and stronger each day and will have a “huge role to play” in the tournament. “Chris Gayle has been the biggest match-winner
British talent Tom Pidcock and ex-Team Sky rider Richie Porte will ride for Ineos Grenadiers next season. Pidcock won this year’s Under-23 Giro d’Italia, came third in the 2019 under-23 road race World Championships and is an ex-world junior time trial champion. The 21-year-old took silver at the 2020 World Cyclocross Championships and is the
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was fastest in an incident-packed first practice session at the Russian Grand Prix. McLaren’s Carlos Sainz and Williams driver Nicholas Latifi both crashed, while Alpha Tauri’s Daniil Kvyat and Haas’ Romain Grosjean spun on the Sochi track. Lewis Hamilton was only 19th fastest after a difficult session for Mercedes. Both drivers cost
Venue: Imola, Italy Dates: 24-27 September Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. American Chloe Dygert has had leg surgery after crashing during the World Championships time trial in Italy. The defending champion, 23 was on target to retain her title in Imola
3:04 AM ET Pep Guardiola is treading new ground as he leads Manchester City into the 2020-21 campaign. For the first time in his glittering managerial career, the City boss is embarking on a fifth season in charge of a club and within that, he’s also having to rebuild and launch a second cycle of
11:48 PM ET It doesn’t matter what jersey Ryan Fitzpatrick wears when he plays the Jacksonville Jaguars. Take your pick of a half-dozen different team uniforms. All of them have led to one result: victory. Fitzpatrick on Thursday night became the first NFL player since at least 1950 to record at least one victory for