Lewis Hamilton started his 2020 Formula 1 campaign with a powerful statement of intent as he topped the first day of pre-season testing. Hamilton and team-mate Valtteri Bottas shared the driving for Mercedes and ended the day first and second fastest. The world champion was 0.337 seconds quicker than Bottas, who headed Racing Point’s Sergio
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1:54 PM ET Top seed Simona Halep survived an early scare and saved a match point to beat Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 1-6, 6-2, 7-6(7) in the last 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday. Romanian Halep, playing her first match since a semifinal exit at the Australian Open, was rusty in the
6:17 PM GMT As Sri Lanka and the West Indies prepare to square off in the first of three ODIs on Saturday – which will be followed by two T20Is next month – the series offers the chance for both sides to benchmark themselves as they work towards the T20 World Cup later this year.
12:55 PM GMT Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has made three changes to the starting team to face Italy in Rome in the Six Nations on Saturday. Edinburgh forwards Stuart McInally and Ben Toolis and Gloucester centre Chris Harris have all won spots on the team. Toolis replaces the injured Jonny Gray while Townsend said McInally
12:25 PM GMT Wales prop Wyn Jones expects France to “cheat” in the scrum when the teams meet at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff in the Six Nations on Saturday. France are chasing a first Six Nations victory on Welsh soil since 2010 and Jones said defending champions Wales would have to be alert at
7:45 AM ET Spring training provides opportunities for players both young and old to make their mark and change their future outlook. Some young players are trying to do enough to make the team. Veterans who have bounced around and might not have a contract are doing the same. Meanwhile, former stars and once-heralded prospects
12:28 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Rory McIlroy dealt a serious blow to the prospects of the proposed Premier Golf League, saying Wednesday that he is not in favor of a plan that would see the top players splitting from the PGA Tour for a guaranteed financial windfall on a rival circuit. McIlroy, who at
11:12 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Over the last two seasons, running back Adrian Peterson remained one of the most durable and productive players for the Washington Redskins, which is why the team exercised the option year of his contract for 2020 in a move that was widely expected. Peterson had signed a two-year deal
11:00 AM ET Now even LeBron James has weighed in on the Astros scandal, with the King calling on commissioner Rob Manfred to listen to aggrieved, angry players like Mike Trout, Aaron Judge and Justin Turner, and do something more than what he has done. Manfred’s options are limited by the immunity granted to players
11:30 AM ET ESPN News Services ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Several former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams going back decades, prompting the Ann Arbor school to ask others with information to come forward, officials said Wednesday. The university said in a statement that an outside,
3:48 PM GMT The absence of proper pressure in South Africa’s domestic competitions is leaving bowlers ill-equipped to handle similar situations on the international stage, according to bowling coach Charl Langeveldt. Speaking three days after Mark Boucher assessed his bowlers’ skill levels as not being good enough following South Africa’s failure to defend totals in
8:06 AM ET NBA Insiders Can LeBron James catch Giannis Antetokounmpo in the NBA MVP race? Who is the favorite to win the NBA Finals? Does Zion Williamson have any chance in the Rookie of the Year race against Ja Morant? We polled the ESPN Forecast panel of experts for their predictions now that we
7:00 AM ET Nestled among the trees in suburban Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a building that looks like a long storage container, is a gym that serves as the home of the heavyweight champion of the world. Above a garage-style door hangs a sign that reads, “Parking space reserved for Mr. Wilder.” It’s an unexpected setting
6:45 AM GMT The Brumbies’ hopes of upsetting Super Rugby frontrunners the Chiefs have taken a blow with the squad hit by an outbreak of mumps. A number of cases have been confirmed within the Brumbies playing and team staff following testing this week, with Rugby Australia and SANZAAR stepping in. After consultation with ACT
9:23 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff As many as ten players opted out of Sri Lanka’s tour of Pakistan last year, the last time they played ODI cricket, and Sri Lanka have included many of them in a strong squad led by Dimuth Karunaratne, who was one of the players to withdraw, for the three-ODI series
Four-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny reveals she was told Tokyo 2020 was “off the cards” after breaking her shoulder but turned down an operation in her bid to compete at the Games. Watch live coverage of the Track Cycling World Championships on BBC Red Button, iPlayer and online from Wednesday 26 February. WATCH MORE: ‘Bike
12:45 AM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Tennessee offensive lineman Trey Smith has won the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award given annually to a Division I football player who has shown exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship on and off the field. The award was given out Tuesday night at the Dallas
11:27 PM GMT AAP, with ESPN staff WELLINGTON — Hurricanes match-winner Ben Lam will depart at the end of the Super Rugby season to take up a contract with French club Bordeaux. Lam, 28, was a long-serving New Zealand sevens player and emerged in recent seasons as an All Blacks candidate, without getting a call-up.