Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted the world’s sporting bodies to consider how they should treat athletes, officials and competitions associated with the conflict. The International Olympic Committee has called on sports federations to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes, officials and teams from international events wherever possible. The British Olympic Association and Olympic Federation of
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12:56 PM ET On Monday, FIFA announced that it was indefinitely suspending Russian representative teams (men’s and women’s). (In a joint statement, UEFA announced they were removing club sides from all competitions.) This means Russia will almost certainly not be participating in the Qatar World Cup in November. The previous day, FIFA had condemned the
1:02 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said Dak Prescott had surgery on his left shoulder last week, but that it will not impact the quarterback’s availability for the off-season program. McCarthy said the non-throwing-shoulder injury was an “irritant” to Prescott as the season progressed, but added he did not think it
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10:49 AM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested Monday on a charge of attempted murder and booked into Santa Clara (California) County jail, the San Jose Police Department announced Tuesday morning. Velasquez is being held without bail, per online records. He has a court date set for Wednesday. The San Jose Police
12:47 PM ET Isaiah Thomas is signing a 10-day contract with Charlotte, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The veteran point guard has played in five games this season with the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks, signing 10-day deals with each team during the height of the league’s COVID-19 outbreak this season. Thomas averaged
Excluding Russian athletes from sport because the country invaded Ukraine is an “unfair solution”, says ex-Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat. The sport’s governing body, the FIA, is staging an emergency meeting on Tuesday to “discuss matters relating to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine”. It will determine whether F1’s only current Russian driver, Nikita Mazepin, can
10:04 AM ET Baseball’s offseason has now entered what is supposed to be the preseason, the clean-slate rebirth, the start of spring training and the new calendar. But commissioner Rob Manfred’s so-called “defensive lockout” has been very much offensive. There is no new season as of yet. Spring training games have been canceled. Barring an
News The match, which is set to be Virat Kohli’s 100th Test, was initially scheduled to be played behind closed doors The first India-Sri Lanka Test match in Mohali will now be open to spectators, who will be allowed to fill the PCA Stadium to 50% capacity. The match – which is set to be
6:00 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans enter the upcoming season with a variety of roster holes to fill in order to achieve their goal of winning a Super Bowl. However, the 20
7:00 AM ET Patrik Laine is living his best life — and it’s about time. The Blue Jackets winger had been stumbling ever since the Winnipeg Jets traded him to Columbus in January 2021. That transaction — which swapped Pierre-Luc Dubois for Laine and Jack Roslovic — was meant to be a fresh start for
7:00 AM ET The American Athletic Conference has been the best of the Group of 5 conferences, on average, for a couple of reasons. It usually has the best teams, of course — six of the group’s eight New Year’s Six bowl bids have gone to AAC champions since the College Football Playoff and NY6
7:20 AM ET They played at the strangest time in college basketball’s history. Not one of the 11 players below could have expected to still be playing college basketball in 2021-22 when they began as freshmen. But the “free year” offered by the NCAA as a result of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on a disjointed
6:55 AM ET Pat Verbeek retired from the NHL in 2002 after 20 seasons, 1,426 games, one Stanley Cup and the distinction of being the only player in league history to amass more than 500 goals and upward of 2,500 penalty minutes. Verbeek, affectionately known as the “Little Ball of Hate” as a player, was
6:00 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Commanders have let teams, and the world, know what they want most this offseason: A quarterback. There is no secret, not when coach Ron Rivera has hammered this quest home since the season ended. Washington’s search to find a long-term solution has been decades in the making.
Feb 22, 2022 There were times on Sunday night when Barcelona‘s football in the 4-0 win against Athletic Club was rapturously good. You know the feeling: when something happens on the pitch that’s so outrageously joyous that the senses take over, completely, from the rational mind — when football transcends your daily woes and your
2:35 AM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball and the players’ union have paused negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement after a 16-hour day of meetings that stretched into early Tuesday morning, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Enough progress was made that the league and MLB Players Association will meet again later Tuesday
News After losing two of four home Tests, and the series in India, the defending Test world champions are precariously placed on the WTC table In a Test match that Tom Latham feels was “even stevens” for the first three days, South Africa’s batting on the fourth day proved to be the difference between a