11:53 PM ET The Japan Boxing Commission and the Japan Professional Boxing Association announced Wednesday that all cards scheduled in March would be called off due to the government’s call for the cancellation or postponement of sporting and cultural events to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. The bouts scheduled in March will be
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12:28 AM ET HOUSTON — Rookie of the Year front-runner Ja Morant appreciates point guards who combine extreme aggressiveness and extraordinary athleticism, which is why his favorite player as a kid was Russell Westbrook. In fact, Morant argues that Westbrook should have more fans. “I still feel like he’s highly disrespected,” Morant told ESPN on
11:41 PM GMT The Brumbies’ Super Rugby match against the Sunwolves scheduled for early next month in Osaka is set to be relocated due to the coronavirus. SANZAAR announced on Thursday morning the Japanese government has requested the cancellation of all sporting events for the next two weeks, which takes in the Brumbies’ match on
12:34 AM GMT “I want you to get a feel of enjoyment rather than think of runs…” As Harmanpreet Kaur made her way into the nets for a second round of hits at a windswept Junctional Oval on Tuesday, India head coach WV Raman tried to put things into perspective for the captain of India.
10:31 PM GMT Liam Napier Welcome to the new world order of athlete power. Professional rugby is celebrating its silver anniversary this season and, like any marriage, the relationship between those governing the game and those at the coalface has evolved significantly in that time. For the vast majority of the first 25 years of
8:19 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid left Wednesday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first quarter and was ruled out with a left shoulder sprain. Embiid appeared to collide with Cavaliers center Ante Zizic while being fouled late in the first quarter. The 7-footer held
8:10 PM ET Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom underwent a minor lower-body procedure Wednesday and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, Canucks general manager Jim Benning announced. Markstrom underwent an MRI on Monday after suffering the injury in a 9-3 win over Boston on Saturday. Backup Thatcher Demko will receive the bulk of the workload
8:54 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Houston’s Alex Bregman was hit on the back by a breaking ball from St. Louis reliever Ramon Santos on Wednesday, making him the seventh Astros player plunked in five spring training games. “It was a splitter,” Bregman said. “It just got away from him.” Some
9:03 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence was edgy and antsy after his second national championship game, something he hasn’t felt too often. But six weeks ago, the spectacular sophomore who hadn’t lost a game in college had his worst performance as Clemson’s starter in a 42-25 loss to LSU
8:30 AM ET The stress of the NHL trade deadline is over, and it has been replaced with a completely different kind of pressure: trying to excel in the stretch run of the 2019-20 season. In this week’s NHL power rankings, we look at some of the players under the most pressure as the games
7:54 PM ET Maria Sharapova is nothing if not knowledgeable about herself. For as long as she has been in the public eye, she remained true to that pared-down, hyper-aggressive game (oh, that piercing war cry when she struck the ball!) that earned her a career Grand Slam, albeit one with an asterisk applied due
6:48 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Aaron Rodgers was one of the 14 dissenters among the 32 NFL player representatives on Tuesday, when they narrowly voted to send the new collective bargaining agreement to the full NFL Players Association membership, and he made it clear he wasn’t just voting on his own behalf but based on
5:46 PM ET When UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili was told on Feb. 1 that she had to immediately move her training camp from China to avoid the travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus, she thought it was a dream. That dreamlike sequence took an even more surreal turn a week later when she had
5:50 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC’s strawweight champion, Zhang Weili, says her upcoming title defense against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 on March 7 has taken on a “deeper significance” due to the ongoing health crisis in her native China. Earlier this month, Zhang (20-1) was forced to flee her normal training camp
5:52 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Ray York, who won the 1954 Kentucky Derby aboard Determine at age 20 and rode in a record seven consecutive decades, has died. He was 86. Michael McKay, his longtime girlfriend, said he died Sunday after a year-long struggle with pneumonia at an extended care facility near
UCI Track Cycling World Championships Venue: Berlin Velodrome, Germany. Dates: 26 February-1 March. Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. Great Britain’s Laura Kenny finished fourth in the scratch race at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, a month after
Great Britain’s Jason Kenny, Jack Carlin and Ryan Owens win silver in the men’s sprint final at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, after being beaten by a record-breaking Netherlands team. Watch live coverage of the Track Cycling World Championships on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and
4:59 PM ET Associated Press MUSCAT, Oman — Italian golfers Lorenzo Gagli and Edoardo Molinari have withdrawn from the Oman Open on the European Tour amid reports they are being isolated to determine if they have the virus spreading in Europe. Gagli tells Italian newspaper La Nazione that a European Tour doctor told him at