1:52 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Over the dominant home season, India’s coach Ravi Shastri talked about taking the pitch and the toss out of equation, which, while lofty, is something for dominant teams to aspire to. To a large extent, India did do that in home Tests, but in away conditions against good teams, tosses
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9:27 PM ET The Montreal Canadiens have traded forward Ilya Kovalchuk to the Washington Capitals for a 2020 third-round pick. The move puts Kovalchuk on his third team in the 2019-20 season. He started the campaign with the Los Angeles Kings before they waived him and his $18.25 million contract in December, then he landed
8:40 PM ET The Montreal Canadiens have traded forward Ilya Kovalchuk to the Washington Capitals for a 2020 third-round pick, it was announced on Sunday. The move puts Kovalchuk on his third team in the 2019-20 season. He started the campaign with the Los Angeles Kings before they waived him and his $18.25 million contract
7:12 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Third-seeded Cristian Garin beat Italian qualifier Gianluca Mager 7-6 (3), 7-5 in Sunday’s rain-hit final to win the Rio Open. It was Garin’s second title this year after winning the Cordoba Open in Argentina earlier in February. The 25th-ranked Chilean is projected to make the top
7:09 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The adjustments to a major offseason overhaul at Team Penske continued Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where miscommunication between Joey Logano and his new crew chief led to a botched final pit stop in the NASCAR Cup Series race. Logano still wound up in Victory Lane
7:47 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Patrick Reed made it hard for anyone to question his moxie. A week that began with Brooks Koepka saying he thought Reed cheated when he was penalized for swiping sand in the Bahamas ended with Reed delivering clutch moments down the stretch Sunday to win the Mexico
6:37 PM GMT TWICKENHAM — England’s Rugby World Cup hangover has finally ended. Those headaches of defeat in the final by South Africa are now cleared as England dispatched Ireland — previously unbeaten in this year’s Six Nations championship — with a ruthless display of power, intensity and relentless focus. 2 Related Eddie Jones spoke
6:54 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Given a few hours to get ready, Reilly Opelka put this win on ice. The fourth-seeded Opelka worked overtime and won two matches on Sunday, topping Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-2 to take the Delray Beach Open championship. Opelka won his second career
6:25 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Viktor Hovland won the Puerto Rico Open on Sunday to become the first Norwegian winner in PGA Tour history, chipping in for eagle on the par-5 15th and racing in a 30-footer for birdie on the par-5 18th for a one-stroke victory over Josh Teater.
11:17 AM ET England roared back into the Six Nations mix with another comprehensive demolition of Ireland on Sunday as tries by George Ford, Elliot Daly and Luke Cowan-Dickie helped them to a 24-12 Twickenham victory in their best performance of the year. 1 Related Ford and Daly cashed in on Irish hesitancy when dealing
4:37 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Kacey Reynolds, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan from Maysville, Georgia, whose wish was granted last year when he got to announce the Bucs’ 2019 first-round draft pick, has died after a three-year battle with Hodgkin lymphoma, the team announced Sunday. “We’re saddened by the passing of Buccaneers fan Kacey
Mercedes say their new Formula 1 car is “a big step forward” compared with its world championship-winning predecessor. Technical director James Allison said they would start the season next month with improvements to the aerodynamics and engine. The team had “a good winter” and produced a series of innovations to try to fend off challenges
7:00 AM ET PEORIA, Ariz. — It was hours before Game 4 of the 2018 World Series. Los Angeles Dodgers star Manny Machado was in the weight room at Dodger Stadium, prepping for one of the biggest moments of his life. But in an instant, all that was put on hold. Kobe Bryant, Machado’s idol,
2:12 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. has a sprained left knee and will be reevaluated in two weeks, the team said Sunday. Jackson left Friday’s 117-105 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers late in the second quarter after an awkward fall when he was contesting a shot. He didn’t return for the
6:23 PM GMT While South Africans celebrate their double success in T20 cricket on a super Sunday in which both the men’s and women’s teams won crucial matches, Australia are not making any attempt to hide their disappointment that victory could have been theirs. Their men’s team lost a T20 for the first time since
1:04 PM ET As chance would have it, the Houston Astros‘ first exhibition game was a home game of sorts, with Houston playing host to the team that shares its West Palm Beach complex, the Washington Nationals. Because it’s still February and a lot of the veterans are relatively early in their preparation for the
1:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Ryan Newman is being treated for a head injury but suffered no internal injuries during Monday’s violent crash at the end of the Daytona 500. Newman said in a statement released by Roush Fenway Racing on Sunday that he intends to return to racing this season. “Ryan’s objectives have
12:58 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Jeanne Evert Dubin, a former world-ranked professional tennis player and a younger sister of 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert, has died. She was 62. Evert Dubin died Thursday after a 2½-year struggle with ovarian cancer, according to an online obituary posted by Lorne & Sons