This one meant a lot – and for Lewis Hamilton it was all about the context. Not the context of being more than half a second quicker than Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas around Spa-Francorchamps, the archetypal drivers’ circuit. Although that was important. No, it was what it said about the strength of Formula 1’s only
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Dates: 29 August – 20 September Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app This year’s rescheduled Tour de France starts in Nice on Saturday and finishes in Paris on Sunday, 20 September. The riders will tackle a particularly tough course, with plenty of unique touches, as they race
9:52 AM ET NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka, who battled through to the Western and Southern Open women’s singles final while navigating an intense degree of attention because of her social activism, has withdrawn from Saturday’s championship match, citing a hamstring injury suffered in her semifinal. Osaka was scheduled to play resurgent former No. 1
7:17 AM ET After three days off, the 2020 NBA playoffs resume Saturday when the Milwaukee Bucks face the Orlando Magic. These games were scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday but were postponed after the Bucks chose not to play Wednesday afternoon in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, with teams across the
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton set pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix half a second clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton was fastest on both laps in the final session and beat Bottas by 0.511secs. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was just 0.015secs off the Finn. Daniel Ricciardo excelled with fourth place on the grid,
7:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — Even with the door closed and his voice muffled, it was clear what Joe Burrow was doing in the basement of his family home. The words were not discernible, but the sound was unmistakable. The Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback was staring at a screen, listening to his coaches on a
8:00 AM ET Back in May, Clemson linebacker Mike Jones Jr. knew he had to do something after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. After calling his grandfather, James, who recalled how he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. decades ago, Jones had his answer. “After talking with him, I was just like,
7:00 AM ET The NHL paused its schedule the past two days in solidarity with other sports leagues, protesting racial injustices as well as the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. “I’ve got so much more respect for every single player in this league for doing something like this,” said Colorado Avalanche center
11:23 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Billionaire Steve Cohen has reentered into negotiations to purchase the New York Mets, hoping to salvage a deal for the franchise after a previous agreement to buy the team fell apart, a
Aug 27, 2020 Here we go again! Thirty-three days after the 2019-20 season ended, and just six days after the Champions League final, English football returns on Saturday with Premier League champions Liverpool facing FA Cup winners Arsenal in the FA Community Shield at Wembley (stream LIVE on ESPN+ at 11:30 a.m. ET in the
3:45 PM IST Marcus Stoinis is aiming to bring some inventiveness back into his batting if he gets the chance to resume his Australia career on the tour of England. Stoinis has returned to the set-up for the first time since last year’s World Cup as part of the 21-man squad for the T20I and
Britain’s Lizzie Deignan has won La Course with a stunning sprint finish in Nice. The 2019 champion Marianne Vos had moved into the lead with 400m to go, but Deignan chased down the Dutch rider to claim the victory on the line. Deignan and Vos were two of six riders who broke away from the
The long-awaited 2020 Tour de France will get under way two months later than planned in Nice on Saturday, but it will do so without four-time winner Chris Froome and 2018 champion Geraint Thomas. One of the most dramatic editions in the history of the race was won by the Britons’ team-mate Egan Bernal last
10:49 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Justin Haley won the Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway on Friday night after his teammates wrecked on the final lap. AJ Allmendinger was leading when Kaulig Racing teammate Ross Chastain tried to make a move on the inside. Chastain made contact with Allmendinger, turning
7:54 AM IST Victoria and New South Wales-based players from the Australia Women’s squad will undergo a 14-day quarantine period in Brisbane next month alongside their New Zealand counterparts ahead of the T20I and ODI series which will be played at Allan Border Field. It is hoped that crowds will be able to attend the
10:25 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Following a contentious players’ meeting Wednesday that left the NBA bubble on the verge of bursting, LeBron James and Chris Paul led a subcommittee of players who reached out to former President Barack Obama for advice. The Los Angeles Lakers star, along with his good friend and
Aug 27, 2020 Every big club in the world would want Lionel Messi. Some players are just too good, and too exciting, to turn down if the opportunity arises that they may become available. There is just one major problem with Messi, though. Or, to be more precise, 100 million of them. Whenever you find
8:36 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Not even a 37-foot putt to save par on the final hole could fix Tiger Woods‘ disastrous round — or get him to stop and talk to the media — on Friday. Woods continues to sputter his way along since returning to the PGA Tour last month, and