After crafting a run-a-ball 92 against Sri Lanka, Indian opener Shubman Gill on Thursday said he has not yet regained full fitness after a bout dengue which forced him to sit out of first two Cricket World Cup 2023 matches. Gill’s knock along with fifties by Virat Kohli (88) and Shreyas Iyer (82) fired India
Nov 2, 2023, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions So who saw Saarbrücken becoming a serious part of the narrative this week? Bayern Munich‘s Blamage (a great German word for “disgrace”) in the DFB-Pokal has only added another layer of interest and complexity to assessing how Saturday’s showpiece event might go. Internationally, the Borussia Dortmund-vs.-Bayern
Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 07:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Texas Rangers 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks for their first championship on Wednesday night drew the largest audience of this World Series. However, it was not enough to prevent the five-game series from being the least-watched Fall Classic in recorded TV history.
David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterNov 1, 2023, 11:00 PM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions The Rangers have done it! They’ve won their first World Series in franchise history, beating the Diamondbacks in five games in what was one of the
Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 2, 2023, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vergil Ortiz Jr. will make his 154-pound debut against Fredrick Lawson on Jan. 6 in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday. Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs) hasn’t competed since August 2022 as he dealt with the effects of rhabdomyolysis, a condition that occurs when
Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 2, 2023, 02:40 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — AROUND 1 A.M., just hours after he managed the Texas Rangers to their first World Series championship in 63 years of existence, Bruce Bochy
Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterNov 2, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Open Extended Reactions AN HOUR BEFORE Game 4 of the
Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 01:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Stefanos Tsitsipas qualified for the ATP finals by beating Alexander Zverev 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday. Jannik Sinner, meanwhile, pulled out of the tournament because of some questionable scheduling. The seventh-seeded Tsitsipas earned his
Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 02:12 PM ET Colombia‘s government said Thursday that the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, known as ELN, was responsible for the weekend kidnapping of the father of Liverpool and Colombian national soccer team forward Luis Díaz. The peace delegation of the government, which is currently in negotiations with ELN, said
Nov 2, 2023, 12:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Masters after his second-round match finished in the early hours of Thursday morning, with the fourth seed saying he had to make the right decision for health reasons as his next match loomed. Sinner’s clash with Mackenzie McDonald did
Reaping dividends for producing a clutch of quality IPL performers, Punjab beat Uttar Pradesh by five wickets despite Rinku Singh’s brilliance to enter the semifinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament on Thursday. Batting first, Rinku, the Indian T20 team’s future finisher, smashed 77 off just 33 balls with a half a dozen sixes
Max Verstappen says it is not up to him to help team-mate Sergio Perez try to secure second place in the drivers’ championship this year. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said he wants Perez to clinch the position because the team have never had a one-two in the championship before. Perez is 20
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 2, 2023, 11:13 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Jon Rahm, the No. 3-ranked golfer in the world, has pulled out of participating in the inaugural season of TGL, the tech-infused league being
Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 2, 2023, 06:30 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions ZACH GAZELLE WALKED through the gates of an NFL stadium wearing a black Troy Polamalu jersey, carrying a homemade sign that read, “FIRE MATT
Fernando Alonso has made it clear he is annoyed with claims that he could switch to Red Bull from Aston Martin. Stories that he could replace Sergio Perez emerged in the wake of last weekend’s Mexico City Grand Prix. Alonso said he was “not enjoying” it, and dismissed the idea as “the normal paddock rumours
Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings released this week were hardly a surprise in terms of the top five teams. Perhaps the rankings order confused some, since Georgia has been No. 1 for the entire year in the AP poll but debuted at No. 2 in the CFP rankings. Ohio
Nick ParkinsonNov 2, 2023, 07:49 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions For too long now boxing in the UK has relied on the heavyweights to gain mainstream interest. The biggest
Nov 2, 2023, 08:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In a few weeks, the UFC will celebrate 30 years as an MMA promotion, helping drive the sport to new heights while introducing waves of future stars turned world champions to fight fans around the world. When ESPN did this project six years ago, our experts