10:04 AM GMT Hosts and reigning champions New Zealand will take on neighbours Australia at Auckland’s Eden Park on the opening night of the women’s World Cup in September, organisers said on Friday. The hosts will be hoping for a bumper crowd for a triple-header at the 44,000 seater stadium on Sept. 18 to kickstart
Month: January 2021
Graham Thorpe has called on England’s batsmen to follow the example of their captain, Joe Root, and rise to the challenge of taking on India in their own back yard, as they seek to overcome their lack of standard preparation time ahead of Friday’s first Test in Chennai. Speaking from his hotel room during the
9:51 AM ET The Detroit Lions have hired Mark Brunell as quarterbacks coach, the first NFL coaching job for the 19-year veteran who last played in the league in 2011. Brunell is expected to tutor the Lions’ first new full-time starting quarterback in over a decade, as Detroit is seeking to trade Matthew Stafford, the
9:06 AM ET Associated Press The Oman Open scheduled for March 4-7 on the European Tour has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. It is the first event of the 2021 golf season lost to the pandemic. The tour says the decision was made “following an announcement by the Omani government that all gatherings,
8:55 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The biggest and most lucrative fight of Caleb Plant’s career could lie ahead in 2021, but the current IBF super middleweight titleholder isn’t getting ahead of himself. Plant’s focus is on Saturday, when he’ll put his title on the line for the third time as he takes on former world
8:57 AM ET New York Red Bulls defender Aaron Long has caught the attention of English Premier League giants Liverpool with an eye towards taking the defender on loan, multiple sources have told ESPN. Liverpool has been beset by injuries to their backline, with Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip all sidelined. Such
9:30 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” With just three weeks before spring training is scheduled to start, the free-agent market has finally headed up — well, for some teams at least — but one true ace remains unsigned.
The Mayor’s walking and cycling commissioner, Will Norman, said: “We know many Londoners have taken up cycling over the past nine months and we are doing all we can to support this and help avoid the risk of a damaging car-led recovery, including rolling out new cycle lanes across our city.”
8:33 AM ET At the UFC 257 postfight news conference in Abu Dhabi — just moments after Dustin Poirier defeated Conor McGregor in a blockbuster event — the man of the hour compared his two-week experience on Fight Island to being in “a prison in my own mind.” “You couldn’t call this Fight Island,” Poirier
6:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Week 13 bye week that came on the heels of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ 27-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs marked a turning point for their team, particularly on defense. The coaching staff spent a significant amount of time that week self-scouting to discern ways it could
7:00 AM ET NHL Insiders With two weeks of the 2021 NHL season in the books, some early trends have started to take shape. Some are expected, others are quite shocking. Here’s a 12-pack of takes based on the January action — from potential trades, to the first coach fired, to who we like as
7:42 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Serena Williams was preparing to play Naomi Osaka at an Adelaide exhibition tournament on Friday. But first things first — after 14 days in quarantine because of the COVID-19 pandemic regulations in Australia, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion took her daughter to the zoo. Williams said
8:00 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith There have been many thousands of words used to describe what life feels like for an addict at the very bottom. But perhaps none captures the last days of active addiction quite like one particular phrase from recovery literature: pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization. No checklist exists for what that entails.
7:56 AM ET The Tennessee Titans are likely to promote tight ends coach Todd Downing to offensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. Downing would replace Arthur Smith, who was named the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons earlier this month. Downing has previous experience as an offensive coordinator, serving in that role for the Raiders
7:07 AM ET THE BALL BOY, too young to tie his sneakers, made quite the impression on Goran Dragic. The kid was the son of a veteran player on Geoplin Slovan, an Adriatic League first-division club where Dragic began his professional career. The boy, 5 years old when he first met Dragic, always had a
7:00 AM ET BALTIMORE — When UMBC‘s starters were announced during a November 2019 game at Florida Gulf Coast, an unusually ecstatic ovation went up for one of the Retrievers’ guards. Darnell Rogers, a known figure to Florida Gulf Coast fans but hardly a returning star, was the recipient of the cheers. Rogers had been
6:17 PM GMT Fresh doubt has been cast on whether the Six Nations will go ahead as scheduled as organisers seek travel exemptions from the French government. The French government introduced strict travel restrictions to and from the UK including a 6pm curfew, a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of travel, and a seven-day
6:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The move to the NFL was something Urban Meyer had been contemplating for a decade and seriously considering for the past year. Meyer — who spent a total of 17 seasons in the college ranks as head coach of Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and Ohio State — did significant
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