Former F1 driver Robert Kubica will race in the DTM German Touring Car Championship for BMW this year. The Pole, 35, returned to Formula 1 last year with Williams, eight years after a horrific rally accident left him with only partial movement in his right arm. Kubica will race a BMW M4 in the DTM
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The Vietnam Grand Prix is expected to go ahead on 5 April despite concerns over the coronavirus, says Formula 1’s managing director Ross Brawn. Vietnam’s inaugural race is being held in Hanoi, 100 miles from the border with China, the centre of the outbreak. The Chinese GP, which was scheduled for 19 April, was postponed
3:26 AM ET DENVER — The Los Angeles Lakers increased their stranglehold on the Western Conference’s No. 1 spot with an impressive road win against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, but LeBron James claims seeding isn’t a topic of conversation for L.A. “We don’t talk about it,” James said after the Lakers’ 120-116 overtime win
7:15 AM GMT Ricky Ponting has revealed his belief that the road leading Australia to the Newlands scandal had started years before when he became fearful of a decline in the level of senior experience around the national team to adequately mentor younger players as to how to conduct themselves. Speaking to a fundraising dinner
2:41 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Defending champion Nelly Korda shot a 4-under 69 to trail Jodi Ewart Shadoff by three strokes after the first round of the LPGA’s Women’s Australian Open on Thursday. Ewart Shadoff had seven birdies in her round of 66 at Royal Adelaide and held a one-stroke lead over
11:35 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — No. 2 seed Milos Raonic was upset in his opening match at the New York Open, falling 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4) 6-4 on Wednesday night to Soon-Woo Kwon. The Canadian was playing his first match since losing to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the
10:43 PM ET David Pastrnak‘s MVP-like season continued Wednesday night for the Bruins. The star right winger needed just two periods to record his fourth hat trick of the season as Boston bested the rival Canadiens at TD Garden, 4-1. The four hat tricks are the most in a season by a Bruins player since
9:37 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There appears to be public peace between Team Penske teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski. Keselowski was furious at his teammate and accused Logano of throwing unnecessary blocks that triggered one of the two wrecks in the final nine laps of the Busch Clash. “We shouldn’t
8:58 PM GMT The Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Wednesday it was cutting its funding of clubs in the Championship, the second tier of English rugby union, by almost half next season. The RFU said its contribution towards the 12 Championship clubs next season will be around 3.46 million pounds ($4.48 million), or 288,000
8:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Andrew Friedman, the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ president of baseball operations, tried to trade for Mookie Betts last summer. But the Boston Red Sox, at the time still under the direction of Dave Dombrowski, suddenly got hot. They won five of six against the division rival Tampa Bay Rays and
7:40 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — The rebuild may not be quite over yet but the Chicago White Sox hope the fun is already beginning. Three years of rebuilding and overhauling the roster have brought in young players who are developing into stars. The offseason was highlighted by the additions of All-Star catcher
10:00 PM GMT Lungi Ngidi knows a thing or two about making a comeback. In his short international career, which has just turned two years old, he has already had to recover from a stress fracture, a side strain and a slew of hamstring niggles, the latest of which kept him out of this summer’s
5:11 PM ET PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif.– Rory McIlroy is No. 1 for the first time in more than four years, but he doesn’t view it as any grand achievement, especially since he took over the top spot from Brooks Koepka despite not playing last week. “I’ve already had that euphoric moment in 2012,” McIlroy said
4:43 PM ET UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn was in a single-vehicle crash last week and is currently under investigation for possible DUI, a Hawaii Police Department spokesperson confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. There are currently no charges against Penn, 41. Police responded to calls of a black truck speeding, losing control and flipping into
4:54 PM ET Middleweight world titlist Gennadiy Golovkin’s mandatory defense against Kamil Szeremeta remains unsettled and likely will move into at least April, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN on Wednesday. Initially, the plan was for Golovkin to defend against Szeremeta on Feb. 29, probably at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, but that was backed
4:41 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — A flight restriction issued by the Federal Aviation Administration indicates that President Donald Trump is expected to attend Sunday’s Daytona 500. The U.S. Secret Service, which is responsible for presidential security, also tweeted to fans that drones are prohibited within 30 miles of Daytona International Speedway — a
9:04 AM ET For as long as six-year pro and super middleweight world titleholder Caleb Plant can remember, he dreamed of having a world title fight in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. “It’s something I have wanted, really, since I was a little kid,” said Plant, who grew up outside of Nashville in Ashland City,
6:50 AM ET The best moves at the NHL trade deadline are usually the ones teams don’t make. Sure, there’s always a chance a team finds that perfect, Butch Goring-sized puzzle piece to complete a championship picture. But more often than not, the NHL trade deadline is like impulse-buying a poorly constructed boat: filled with