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’
Month: October 2020
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
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
6:46 AM GMT Australia will reacquaint themselves with ODI cricket on Saturday after a gap of 12 months with a 20-year record of dominance over New Zealand to protect and the chance to equal a world record if they are able to win the Rose Bowl 3-0. Meg Lanning’s team currently sit on 18 consecutive
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
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
9:00 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Defending champion Sebastian Munoz found happy memories Thursday at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Munoz nearly holed a wedge on his opening hole as part of his fast start, ran in four straight birdies on the back nine and wound up with an 8-under 64 to share of
5:10 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes are in contract extension talks with 20-year-old winger Andrei Svechnikov, president and general manager Don Waddell said Thursday. The No. 2 overall draft pick from 2018 has one year left on his entry-level deal before becoming a restricted free agent. Waddell said Thursday the
2:35 PM ET The Champions League is back, and back with a bang, after the draw for the 2020-21 group stage concluded on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland. The top line? A head-to-head between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as Juventus and Barcelona were paired together in Group G, in a game that could also see
5:46 PM ET After a rapid courtship and negotiation, Doc Rivers has reached agreement on a deal to become the next coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Rivers’ deal with the Sixers comes only three days after departing the LA Clippers. It also returns him to the Atlantic Division where he’ll
7:03 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY, N.J. — Lauren Stephenson holed out from the rough from 137 yards for eagle on the par-4 14th and shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday for a share of the Shoprite LPGA Classic lead with Mi Hyang Lee. Stephenson, the 23-year-old former Clemson and Alabama player in her second
4:16 PM ET Stanford cornerback Paulson Adebo has opted out of the 2020 season and will focus on preparing for the NFL draft. Adebo was a first-team All-Pac-12 selection as a sophomore and junior before announcing in January he would return for another season. “Unfortunately, 2020 has not gone according to plan,” Adebo tweeted, while
3:36 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Ian Anderson dazzled in another shutout performance for Atlanta, and the Braves won a playoff series for the first time in almost two decades by sweeping the light-hitting Cincinnati Reds with a 5-0 victory Thursday. Ronald Acuna Jr. had three hits for the National League East champions,
6:05 PM ET Matchroom Sports promoter Eddie Hearn announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. Hearn’s organization is scheduled to host a card this Sunday, but as a result of the test he needed to leave the bubble inside Marshall Arena in Buckinghamshire, England. Sunday’s card remains on and will be headlined by a
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