8:01 PM ET The NHL is considering a temporary realignment of its teams for the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, according to commissioner Gary Bettman. Bettman said that restrictions on travel through the Canadian border, as well as “limitations in terms of quarantining when you go from certain states to other states” within
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Great Britain won two gold medals and one bronze on the second day of the European Track Championships. Katie Archibald, Neah Evans, Laura Kenny and Josie Knight beat Italy by just over three seconds to take women’s team pursuit gold in Bulgaria. Elinor Barker – who rode in the team pursuit qualifying and first round
7:29 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Howie Meeker, who won four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs, served in Parliament during his playing days, and went on to become a Canadian icon as a respected and colorful television hockey analyst, has died. He was 97. A spokesman for the Maple Leafs confirmed Wednesday
The W Series will link up with Formula 1 next season and beyond with eight support races at grand prix weekends. The female-only series started in 2019 but the 2020 season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The last two races of the season had been scheduled to feature on the F1 support-race bill
6:57 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The elevator door slid open and out walked Terence Crawford. Despite being the best boxer in the world, the 5-foot-8, 147-pound Crawford does not cast an imposing figure, not in the way a hulking heavyweight might draw eyeballs. But he embodies the swagger of a prizefighter who has never been
Formula 1 plans to introduce engines powered by sustainable fuels by 2026 as part of a wider environmental plan over the coming years. A working group including specialists from car manufacturers and energy suppliers is to investigate how best to combine hybrid engines with carbon-neutral fuels. The sport wants a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030
6:50 PM ET Italy’s Jannik Sinner defeated lucky loser Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3, 6-4 to reach the ATP Sofia Open quarterfinals. Sinner beat the Swiss in 78 minutes to claim his 16th victory of the shortened season. The 19-year-old will face Australia’s No. 6 seed Alex de Minaur in the quarterfinals on Thursday. The pair met
5:43 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Authentic’s track-record time in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland has been updated to 1:59.60 after a review of multiple sources and camera angles. The Bob Baffert-trained colt went wire to wire for a 2¼-length victory over stablemate Improbable in Saturday’s 1¼-mile finale of the
Great Britain won two medals, including elimination race gold from Matt Walls, on the first day of the European Track Championships in Bulgaria. The 22-year-old secured Britain’s first medal of the event, with Portugal’s Iuri Leitao the runner-up and Russia’s Sergey Rostovtsev third. Milly Tanner, Lusia Steele and Blaine Ridge-Davis then won silver in the
Williams acting team principal Simon Roberts has tested positive for coronavirus in the build-up to this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix. The team said the 57-year-old was tested in the UK on Wednesday after displaying “minor symptoms”. He will isolate for the statutory 10-day period and support the team’s operations at Istanbul Park remotely. Team manager
Tour de Yorkshire organisers have decided to further postpone this year’s scheduled event until 2022. The sixth edition had been due to start at the end of April but was delayed in March because of coronavirus. Previous plans were to reschedule it for 2021, but race partners are unable to plan or commit resources until
11:48 AM ET Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has opened up on his experiences with depression and has said returning to live with his parents in Canberra this year has been good for his mind and soul. Kyrgios, who started seeing a psychologist in 2018, has been criticised by some for not caring enough about his tennis
7:00 AM ET For Ben Stafford, it was the kind of hockey moment that young players dream about: scoring the game-winning goal in Game 4 of the 2005 Calder Cup Final, which clinched the championship for the AHL’s Philadelphia Phantoms. But even at the height of his hockey career, Stafford knew his dream was over.
8:49 PM ET Just call it manifold destiny. Sunday evening at Phoenix Raceway, the coronation of Chase Elliott became official. The promise that became the potential finally resulted in the payoff. The kid is still a couple of weeks shy of his 25th birthday, but to longtime NASCAR fans he feels so much older than
6:38 PM ET ESPN News Services AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR’s most popular driver is now a Cup champion, too. Chase Elliott took the torch from teammate Jimmie Johnson by winning his first Cup title Sunday, driving from the back of the field to Victory Lane at Phoenix Raceway. The win for Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet
9:23 AM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki ended her latest comeback attempt Wednesday because of a severe knee injury. The German player has struggled with injuries in recent years and was trying to rebuild her form when she tore an anterior cruciate ligament on Monday during a doubles match in
British Cycling has sacked a senior coach for gross misconduct and a “long-term pattern of inappropriate relationships” with riders. The governing body said it followed repeated warnings to Kevin Stewart that his behaviour “fell short of the values and standards expected”. An investigation into the senior sprint coach found no evidence of any physical relationship
Jumbo-Visma cyclist Dylan Groenewegen has been banned for nine months for causing the crash that left Fabio Jakobsen in a coma at the Tour of Poland. His ban will be backdated to the incident and will end on 7 May 2021. Deceuninck-QuickStep rider Jakobsen later said he was “glad to be alive”. He has had