The Austrian Grand Prix was worth the wait. Three months on from the aborted Australian Grand Prix in March, Formula 1 returned with a drama-packed race in Austria and a lot of exciting questions to answer for the new season. We still don’t know what the rest of the 2020 calendar will look like but
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8:49 AM ET Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has said he was left “disturbed” and “destroyed” at his side’s lack of desire in Thursday’s defeat at Sheffield United. Spurs were beaten 3-1 at Bramall Lane in a match overshadowed by VAR controversy as the visitors were denied a first-half equaliser when Lucas Moura handled the ball
8:48 PM IST Quinton de Kock, South Africa’s white-ball captain, has not hit a single ball in more than three months and only plans to return to the nets when “serious cricket,” is ready to resume, which he can’t see that happening “for a while.” The game has not been on de Kock’s agenda since
Valtteri Bottas survived reliability worries to win an incident-packed Austrian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton took fourth after a penalty. Four months after the scheduled first race, called off because of the coronavirus crisis, Mercedes’ win was anything but the cruise that had been expected. Gearbox concerns slowed the cars and Hamilton was penalised five
5:53 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff A conflict of interest complaint has been filed against Virat Kohli for his positions in two business ventures. Complainant Sanjeev Gupta, a life member of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, wrote an email to BCCI ethics officer-cum-ombudsman Justice (retd) DK Jain and a number of BCCI executives, including president Sourav
5:09 PM ET LOS ANGELES — David Price, the former Cy Young Award winner who was heading into his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, became the latest player to opt out of the 2020 season on Saturday, alluding to health concerns because of the coronavirus pandemic. Price joins Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross
6:00 AM ET Here are some quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and the NFL: 1. Newton’s link to Moss: It’s hard to find a better Patriots-specific comparison for the signing of quarterback Cam Newton than when the team acquired receiver Randy Moss in 2007. Both were superstar players with a flair
Britain’s Formula 3 driver Enaam Ahmed says the “levels of diversity” in motorsport are “20 years behind other sports”. “I don’t think it’s a racist sport, but it’s undiverse,” the Carlin Buzz Racing driver, 20, told BBC Asian Network. “It doesn’t feel representative.” Formula 1 is setting up a foundation to fund apprenticeships and scholarships
11:32 PM ET Felix Hernandez is opting out of the 2020 season, his agent announced on Saturday. The longtime Seattle Mariner signed a minor league deal with the Braves in January and was competing for a spot in the rotation. Hernandez, 34, is coming off his worst season in the majors. He went 1-8 with
9:46 PM ET Oklahoma had a few extra fireworks Saturday when ESPN 300 quarterback Caleb Williams committed to the Sooners. Williams is the No. 15 prospect overall and chose Oklahoma over LSU and Maryland. He’s a 6-foot-2, 210-pound prospect out of Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., and had nearly every major program after
11:08 AM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka cricketer Kusal Mendis has been arrested after the vehicle he was driving hit and killed a 64-year-old cyclist at around 5am on Sunday. The police media unit confirmed the accident had occurred in Panadura, just south of Colombo, and that the victim had been a local resident
7:00 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Matthew Wolff has been working on his mindset, trying to have a good time regardless of results to help him perform closer to his potential. An ice cream truck outside the Detroit Golf Club seemed to help. Wolff had a roller-coaster round that went well enough Saturday to
11:36 PM ET Isaiah Brevard, a wide receiver from Southaven, Mississippi, and the No. 61 overall player in the ESPN 2021 300, has committed to Oregon, he announced on social media Saturday. Brevard, who is ranked No. 7 among wide receivers in the 2021 class, released a video on Twitter that featured him donning an
9:34 PM ET Washington Redskins coach Ron Rivera said he’s been working with owner Dan Snyder on a new team nickname in recent weeks. “If we get it done in time for the season, it would be awesome,” Rivera told The Washington Post in an interview on Saturday. “We came up with a couple of
6:34 PM ET It’s not quite Christmas in July, but James Conner still played Santa Claus for his mom, Kelly Bibbs. The Steelers running back surprised Bibbs with a new house, posting a video of the unveiling to Instagram late Saturday afternoon. Conner pulled off the surprise with the help of his brothers, slipping out
8:00 PM ET A day after Gilbert Burns was forced out of the UFC 251 main event, there is renewed hope that next week’s welterweight title fight can be saved with an even bigger fight. According to multiple sources, there are active negotiations to book Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal as the new main event
8:21 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As NBA teams prepare to leave for Orlando in the coming days, organizations have received directives on the process for transporting players unable to travel on the team charters, according to a league memo acquired by ESPN. If a player misses a scheduled COVID test in the
Jul 4, 2020 Alexander Volkanovski found out he’s a part of the new main event for UFC 251 upon landing in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. A source confirmed to ESPN that Gilbert Burns would not compete against welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the original main event on July 11. As a result, Volkanovski’s fight against