We’ve had drama, crashes, celebrities, real-life sackings – and now a ghost in the machine. It took until the final round of one of lockdown’s most high-profile racing series, but glitches hit Formula 1’s virtual esports grand prix on Sunday – leading to one racer vanishing completely. Williams’ George Russell won by a country mile
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By Gary RoseBBC Sport Last updated on 14 June 202014 June 2020.From the section Formula 1 The return of Formula 1 is edging ever closer with the season finally due to get under way next month, but where does that leave the world of esports? When lockdowns were put in place throughout the world and
Jun 11, 2020 In the wake of several controversies, including a recent acknowledgment of an assistant coach using a racist epithet during practice, Clemson football players have rallied to defend coach Dabo Swinney on social media. And on Thursday, four Tigers who are organizing a protest for racial justice on campus offered more insight into
10:17 PM IST Valkerie Baynes There will be no place for friendship when West Indies take on England belatedly this summer, Kemar Roach has warned fellow Barbadian fast bowler Jofra Archer. While no one will be happier to see each other on a cricket pitch than the combatants when their long-awaited three-Test series gets underway
11:11 AM ET Associated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Austin Dillon announced Sunday morning that he and his wife, Whitney, are now parents. The NASCAR driver said in a post on Instagram that Whitney Dillon gave birth to a boy named Ace. Dillon is scheduled to start 16th in the No. 3 car in Sunday’s Cup
7:05 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United midfielders Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes played together for the first time as the club played two friendlies against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford on Friday. Both players started in the opening match against the Championship side which United lost 2-1. Fernandes
8:00 AM ET What we’ll call the Jeff Luhnow mentality could be defined as the absolute devotion to gleaning every fragment of advantage, every bit of efficiency, regardless of whether you might drift beyond the bounds of common sense. The ends justify the means; just win the moment, baby. It’s as if Major League Baseball’s
9:18 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The workouts that Tom Brady has been organizing at Berkeley Preparatory School aren’t just with his Buccaneers teammates. On Saturday, Brady put Shedeur Sanders, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, through a workout. Shedeur Sanders is an ESPN four-star-rated quarterback entering his senior season at
5:36 PM IST Cricket South Africa has terminated the contract of Clive Eksteen, its former head of sales and sponsor relations, after finding him guilty of “transgressions of a serious nature”. Eksteen was suspended in October last year, alongside then interim director of cricket Corrie van Zyl and COO Naasei Appiah and faced charges of
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Before tuning in to watch ESPN’s “Long Gone Summer” (9 p.m. ET Sunday on ESPN) on the famous 1998 race between Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs to top Roger Maris’ single-season home run record (61), we asked three of our baseball
4:00 AM ET Football might be slowly returning amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the transfer window is likely to feel the financial impact for a while to come. As a result, clubs will turn to swap deals in a bid to move players on and bring in others for a cheaper fee. Here are some
4:54 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi LAS VEGAS — After months of frustrating setbacks and cancellations, UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori finally got to fight — and he looked pretty good doing so. Vettori (15-3-1) submitted Karl
1:22 AM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card started with three first-minute flash knockouts and ended with Cynthia Calvillo making an emphatic statement in her UFC women’s flyweight debut. Calvillo soundly defeated Jessica Eye and instantly put herself in the conversation among the best in the division. Merab Dvalishvili made an impression of his own,
12:31 AM ET Cynthia Calvillo is a UFC women’s flyweight contender after just one fight in the division. Calvillo rolled in a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) win over Jessica Eye on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Calvillo took Eye down in four out of five rounds
3:10 PM ET UFC president Dana White officially announced the company’s next two events to ESPN on Friday. Both will take place at the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov will headline UFC Fight Night on June 20, and a highly anticipated lightweight fight between Dustin
12:08 AM ET Steve KimESPN Bantamweight Oscar Negrete has been ruled out of the June 25 fight against Jason Moloney (20-1, 17 KOs) because of a detached retina, multiple sources told ESPN. Negrete will be replaced by the rugged Leonardo Baez (18-2, 9 KOs), who has a six-fight winning streak. The bout is scheduled to
12:13 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA informed teams in a memo Saturday that COVID-19 testing for players and staff taking part in the league’s restart will begin June 23 and take place every other day. The memo, which was obtained by ESPN, says players and “essential team staff” — any coaches, trainers or medical
10:34 PM ET Clemson’s football team participated in a march on Saturday that started at Bowman Field on the university campus, lasting just under two hours with thousands of attendees. The march was organized by four Clemson players: Running back Darien Rencher, linebacker Mike Jones Jr., wide receiver Cornell Powell and quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Prior