6:57 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Stokes will miss the rest of England’s Test series against Pakistan after withdrawing from the squad for family reasons. He is set to travel to New Zealand, where his parents live, next week and will not be available for the two behind-closed-doors Tests in Southampton. Stokes’ father Ged was
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7:00 AM ET As NFL training camps begin to look more “normal,” with players getting on the field with their teams for the first time on Friday and pads set to come on for the first time on Aug. 17, there seems to be a natural sense of optimism around every team. Even with the
7:08 AM ET The Round of 16 matchups in the 2020 NHL playoffs are coming into focus. After the No. 1 seeds were determined on Saturday — the Philadelphia Flyers in the East and the Vegas Golden Knights in the West — Sunday’s two round-robin games will give us the Nos. 3 and 4 seeds,
Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll says he is “extremely angry” at suggestions his team have cheated in Formula 1’s ‘copying’ controversy. Racing Point have been docked 15 points and fined £361,000 for illegally copying Mercedes’ 2019 rear brake ducts for use on their car this season. Stroll said accusations from Racing Point’s competitors were “completely
12:06 AM ET During the final moments of the first five-minute quarter of the Milwaukee Bucks’ first five-on-five scrimmage since the NBA’s shutdown in March, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s team found itself down a bucket. When a long miss by the opposing team caromed off the rim and floated toward the baseline, Antetokounmpo launched himself with both
6:34 PM ET ESPN News Services With a shootout looming to determine the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference and time ticking away, Alex Tuch scored 4:44 into overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights outlasted the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 to win the round-robin tournament in Edmonton on Saturday. The Golden Knights, who made a
1:07 PM IST After almost a year of knocking on various doors for their grievances to be heard, 17 former BCCI scorers, whose services had been terminated last year without notice or any retirement benefits, have now formally approached their respective state association heads seeking some kind of relief. The scorers – those whose detailed
12:24 AM ET Derrick Lewis found himself flat on his back late in the first round, deep in the grasp of submission specialist Aleksei Oleinik. Lewis survived the choke attempts, but he admitted that getting to the second round on Saturday night was dicey. “I couldn’t breathe at all,” Lewis said in the postfight interview.
12:20 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jamal James captured the WBA interim welterweight title by defeating Thomas Dulorme by the scores of 115-113, 117-111 and 116-112, in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card Saturday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. It was a fast paced fight that saw both men have
11:26 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates‘ flight to St. Louis on Sunday has been canceled and their game on Monday against the Cardinals has been postponed, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. By Sunday, the teams will have a better sense as to whether they’ll play Tuesday and Wednesday, sources told Passan. The Cardinals’ three-game series
12:21 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Tampa Bay Lightning star defenseman Victor Hedman left the team’s round-robin finale Saturday night, after it appeared he twisted his right ankle midway through the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers. Following the 4-1 loss that secured the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference for the Lightning,
12:00 AM ET Derrick Lewis is the UFC’s new heavyweight knockout king. “The Black Beast” stopped Aleksei Oleinik via TKO at :21 of the second round Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. With the stoppage, Lewis earned his record 11th UFC heavyweight KO/TKO, breaking a tie with former champions
1:42 AM ET Steve KimESPN Premier Boxing Champions announced its schedule for the rest of the year on Saturday night, highlighted by the return of Shawn Porter and a title defense for Erislandy Lara. Porter (30-3-1, 17 KOs), a former two-time welterweight titleholder, will face Sebastian Formella (22-0, 10 KOs) in an IBF and WBC
5:05 PM ET The past few years have been unkind to Ray Borg. And now he no longer has an MMA contract on top of it all. The UFC has released Borg, a former title challenger, promotion officials confirmed Friday with ESPN. The news was first reported by MMA Fighting. A request for comment from
10:23 PM ET Nineteen players are within five shots of leader Dustin Johnson entering the final round of the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park. There are former major champions and rising stars all with a shot. But one name stands out, as it has, it seems, in nearly every major over the past
11:24 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — A long wait for the first golf major of 2020 is being rewarded with an impressive leaderboard and numerous possibilities heading into the final round of the PGA Championship. TPC Harding Park has proven to be a worthy test, with plenty of trouble lurking and yet opportunities for fireworks.
8:34 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Kevin Harvick raced to his fifth NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season, outlasting Brad Keselowski in overtime Saturday in the opener of a weekend doubleheader at Michigan International Speedway. Keselowski was denied again in his home state. He’s never won a Cup race at Michigan, but
8:29 PM ET Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. — Gabriela Ruffels keeps falling behind and keeps winning her matches in the U.S. Women’s Amateur, leaving her only one match away from becoming the first back-to-back winner in nearly a decade. Ruffels never led in her quarterfinal match Saturday until she made a 10-foot birdie putt on