8:22 PM IST Lauren Winfield and Amy Jones will resume training along with the rest of the England squad on June 22 after returning to the UK from Australia. Both players were stranded overseas and unable to fly back because of restrictions on international travel imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the cancellation of
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7:39 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Heather Knight, the England women’s captain, and Middlesex all-rounder James Harris have been appointed as vice-chairs of the Professional Cricketers’ Association. The two players will take up their positions on the PCA board in support of the chairman Daryl Mitchell, with a remit to champion the ongoing interests of professional
9:15 AM ET Bubba Wallace wore a shirt that read “I Can’t Breathe Black Lives Matter” before Sunday’s NASCAR race in Atlanta, and now the circuit’s first African American, full-time driver is pushing for change at the track. “My next step would be to get rid of all Confederate flags,” Wallace told CNN on Monday.
9:29 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Virginia on Wednesday for the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500. Editor Scott Symmes correctly picked Kevin Harvick to win last Sunday’s race at 5-1 odds. Harvick took the checkered flag in a dominant performance in Atlanta for his 51st career Cup victory. Who
8:00 AM ET Villanova sophomore forward Saddiq Bey — a potential lottery pick — is staying in the 2020 NBA draft, he told ESPN. Bey, No. 18 in ESPN’s Best Available players, is signing with Excel Sports Management for his professional representation, he said. Bey is 6-foot-8 and considered one of the most NBA-ready players
7:11 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN New Seattle Seahawks running back Carlos Hyde believes that an NFL team signing Colin Kaepernick would show that the league is serious about doing its part to improve issues of racial inequality. Kaepernick and Hyde were teammates with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016 when the quarterback began protesting racial
7:00 AM ET Four long years have passed since ESPN+ attempted to rank the college football coaching jobs. Since then, some programs have upgraded facilities, coaching, recruiting operations and on-field play, while others have backslid in key areas. The goal here is to assess which Power 5 jobs are most coveted by coaches (a Group
3:32 PM ET Well before the coronavirus pandemic halted sports in the United States in March, Top Rank had to make a decision. On Jan. 23, unified welterweight titleholder Jose Ramirez was preparing to fly to Haikou, China, to face Viktor Postol. A call came: Stay home. The fight was off. A similar call went
7:36 AM ET What have caddies been doing with their time off? The real reason a caddie fears getting the coronavirus? The truth about wearing the bibs at Colonial? The PGA Tour is set to return this week after 13 weeks off because of the coronavirus pandemic that shut down the sports world. So now
7:00 AM ET TrackMan Baseball has provided ESPN with tons of data to use on the broadcast of the Major League Baseball draft on Wednesday and Thursday, so you’ll see it peppered throughout both visually and verbally. I wanted to take a chance to include lots of those notes you’ll see and hear and also
By Andrew BensonChief F1 writer Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Formula 1 Mercedes are conducting a two-day test at Silverstone this week in preparation for the resumption of the Formula 1 season next month. The world champions are running a two-year-old car, permitted by F1’s testing restrictions, so drivers can
10:46 PM ET Former Clemson players DeAndre Hopkins and Deshaun Watson are petitioning the university to remove the name of John C. Calhoun from the school’s honors college, with Hopkins noting that the slave owner’s influence is the reason he does not mention the university’s name when he’s introduced before NFL games. Calhoun, who served
Matthew Wade drives © Getty Images Australia’s Test series against India later this year could be played in echoing, empty stadiums but Matthew Wade does not think it would be wise to try and compensate for the lack of atmosphere with too much talking to Virat Kohli‘s team. Wade, who currently occupies a middle-order spot
11:07 PM BST World Rugby has announced the qualification process for the 2023 World Cup in France aimed at promoting a “genuine opportunity” for all unions, the game’s global body said on Monday. Twelve teams — South Africa, England, New Zealand, Wales, Japan, France, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Argentina and Fiji — have already qualified
10:21 PM ET With UFC 250 in the books, the promotion is turning its attention to its next pay-per-view event. The UFC is targeting Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 2 for the featherweight title on July 11, sources told ESPN. The fight, however, isn’t signed yet. Volkanovski defeated Holloway to win the title in December.
5:39 PM ET Minnesota Vikings Pro-Bowl running back Dalvin Cook no longer will participate in any team-related activities until and unless he receives what he determines to be a “reasonable” deal, a source said Monday. “He’s out,” A source told ESPN. “Without a reasonable extension, he will not be showing up for camp or beyond.”
1:34 PM ET Henry Cejudo is keeping the door ajar for a UFC comeback. The former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champion told TMZ in a video published Monday that he would consider a return to the Octagon if he were given a fight against Alexander Volkanovski. Cejudo wants a crack at Volkanovski’s UFC featherweight title
4:22 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Alex Meruelo made history last year by becoming the first Latino controlling owner in the NHL when he purchased the Arizona Coyotes. He made another bit of history Monday, naming Xavier Gutierrez as the first Latino team president and CEO in NHL history. “I have known Xavier