2:19 PM ET Former Bellator MMA lightweight champion Michael Chandler, one of the company’s most recognizable faces of the past decade, intends to test free agency for the first time in his career this summer. Chandler (20-5) is scheduled to face former UFC champion Benson Henderson (28-8) at Bellator 244 on June 6, and has
12:19 PM ET Steve KimESPN While boxing events throughout the United States were being postponed and cancelled this past weekend amid the growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, one nationally televised card did take place this past Friday night at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota — the latest installment of “ShoBox”, which
2:48 PM ET One day after his UFC main event was postponed along with two other fight cards because of the coronavirus pandemic, Leon Edwards said Tuesday that he’s hopeful his fight with former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will be rebooked once the UFC resumes operations. “This fight’s not going nowhere,” Edwards told ESPN’s Ariel
5:13 PM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim It was a hard deal to get done, but Canelo Alvarez has agreed to square off against middleweight titlist Gennadiy Golovkin for the
This year’s Tour de Yorkshire has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The sixth edition of the race had been scheduled to take place across the county from 30 April to 3 May. Dates are being looked at for the event to be staged later on in the year. Peter Box CBE, chair of
12:57 PM ET The ACC became the latest NCAA conference to cancel athletics activities through the end of the 2019-20 academic year in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and it might not be the last one to do so. In a statement on Tuesday, the ACC said its member schools voted unanimously to cancel “all
12:00 PM ET Associated Press The French Open tennis tournament was postponed for about four months because of the coronavirus pandemic, shifting from May to September. The French tennis federation announced the decision Tuesday. Main-draw matches for the clay-court tournament at Roland Garros in Paris were scheduled to begin on May 24. This is the
The Ferrari Formula 1 team have all gone into self-isolation since their return from the Australian Grand Prix – some in hotels paid for by the company. The move is a precaution – no member of the team have so far had any symptoms of the coronavirus, Ferrari said. Ferrari offered to put up in
12:05 PM BST ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print A Scottish women’s rugby player who tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month has been released from hospital, Scottish Rugby have announced. Scotland women’s Six Nations clash against France women — scheduled for March 7 — was postponed after the unnamed Scottish player
8:15 AM ET The outbreak of the coronavirus created the first major disruption of the tennis tours since World War II. With luck, the interruption will be a lot shorter, but even the projected break lasting until the beginning of May amounts to a unique challenge for the players. The WTA Tour currently plans to
Prestigious one-day races Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Paris-Roubaix was due to be held on 12 April, with Liege-Bastogne-Liege two weeks later. They are two of the five ‘Monument’ races of the cycling calendar, along with the Tour of Flanders, Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Lombardy. The Tour
11:00 AM ET In retrospect, the conference calls Major League Baseball regularly holds these days must seem like a waste of time to some of the participants. The circumstances to which MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association must react are changing so quickly that what once might have seemed important the day or
8:58 AM ET ESPN News Services Tom Brady said goodbye to the New England Patriots in a series of posts on Instagram on Tuesday, ending his 20-year run with the only NFL team he has ever known. Brady did not say which team he will sign with for the 2020 season, but he did indicate
8:29 AM ET The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) has cancelled all public boxing under its jurisdiction until at least early April. This includes the European welterweight title fight between Russia’s David Avanesyan and England’s Josh Kelly at London’s O2 Arena on March 28, as well as the British light-heavyweight title fight between Shakan
10:01 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Jofra Archer has spoken out against racist abuse and called for action against its perpetrators after posting screenshots of direct messages he had received, on his Instagram story. “I [have] given a lot of thought about reacting to this and I hope that no-one else has to deal with stuff
12:45 PM GMT Alex Hales has confirmed he is self-isolating at home after developing symptoms of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) following his return from the Pakistan Super League. The PSL’s organisers confirmed on Tuesday morning that the competition’s semi-finals and finals had been postponed indefinitely after a player had shown symptoms of the virus. PCB chief
12:30 AM ET ESPN News Services All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz says he showed no symptoms of being sick before testing positive for the coronavirus, and he continues to have no signs of illness since going into isolation. Mitchell, speaking to ABC’s “Good Morning America” in an interview broadcast Monday, also revealed
5:36 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli‘s demeanour on the field has pleased and upset people equally, with some welcoming his in-your-face pumped-up aggression, and others calling for a more restrained approach. As far as Madan Lal, the new head of the BCCI’s cricket advisory committee, is concerned, asking Kohli to “mellow down” makes no