England will defend their World Cup title in New Zealand next year © Getty Images England will begin the defence of their Women’s World Cup title against Australia in Auckland the day after New Zealand open the tournament on February 6, Waitangi Day. The 30-day, 31-match tournament concludes with the final at Hagley Oval in
8:13 AM ET IT WAS LATE November, a few weeks after Johnny Walker‘s first UFC loss. Tara Campbell, a teacher with a law degree who is also Walker’s girlfriend, couldn’t reconcile his lack of sponsors with his substantial fan following. It was time for a change. With Walker’s blessing, Campbell began researching representation firms in
7:50 AM ET The new MLB Rank from ESPN of Major League Baseball’s top 100 players is out, and as usual, my compulsive need to project the future already has me thinking about the 2021 list. After all, who likes waiting? Since I’m curious about what next year’s top 20 could look like, rather than
6:16 PM ET Nebraska is turning to its football team for some help in the Big Ten basketball tournament. The Cornhuskers have rounded out their roster by adding two football players — quarterback Noah Vedral and offensive tackle Brant Banks — for the conference tourney that begins Wednesday in Indianapolis, coach Fred Hoiberg said. Both
8:04 AM ET With two title fights out of the way this weekend, I thought this would be a good time to do another state of the UFC champions address. Let’s hit it: Heavyweight: Stipe Miocic Next fight: TBD According to his manager, Jim Walter, Miocic still isn’t cleared to return to action after having
5:22 PM ET Associated Press CHELTENHAM, England — A crowd of more than 60,000 attended the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, where more wash basins and hand sanitizer stations were in place to help combat the virus outbreak. The total of 60,664 racegoers on Tuesday was around 7,000 fewer than the record number present
4:27 PM ET Rafael Nadal is a famously organized pro who plans his schedule with utmost care. Thanks to the coronavirus, his plans are up in the air. He returned to Spain following the cancellation of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 tournament and is uncertain that he will return even if The Miami Open is
7:00 AM ET Last week, I ranked the top 100 prospects in baseball heading into the 2020 season. Now it’s time to go deeper with my team-by-team rankings, starting with the American League. A quick refresher on a key term you’ll see throughout the team lists: I use something called Future Value, shortened to FV
7:00 AM ET When Dominik Kubalik arrived in Chicago for Blackhawks training camp in September, he was far from a lock to make the roster. Kubalik, 24, was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round in 2013. Every summer, the Kings checked on Kubalik to see how he was doing in Europe.
4:04 PM ET Two NFL teams have proposed the addition of a booth umpire to each officiating crew for the 2020 season, one of seven team-based rule changes that league owners will consider this offseason. None of the proposals have been vetted or endorsed yet by the competition committee, which will meet later this month
4:37 PM BST The United States captain Blaine Scully has announced his retirement from professional rugby after a decade in the sport. Scully, 32, earned 54 international appearances and featured at three World Cups, seven World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments and won bronze at the 2011 Pan American Games. The wing became captain of the
4:27 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers and coach J.B. Bickerstaff have agreed to a multiyear contract, the team announced Tuesday. Terms were not disclosed, but sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Bickerstaff agreed to a four-year deal that will take him through the 2023-24 season. Bickerstaff took over as head coach last month after Cleveland
2:41 PM BST PRO14 has postponed all Round 14 and 15 fixtures involving Benetton and Zebre due to restrictions on travelling implemented by the Italian government. The decision affects the Round 14 game between Cardiff Blues and Zebre and the Round 15 game between Munster and Benetton, due to be held in Wales and Ireland
2:21 PM ET The deaths of 23 racehorses at Santa Anita Park during last year’s meet could not be blamed on illegal medications or procedures, according to a report released Tuesday, but horsemen were not found to be completely without blame. Those were just some of the conclusions of the California Horse Racing Board in
2:05 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Tuesday that the Tour has no plans to cancel upcoming events because of the coronavirus outbreak, including the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas, in two weeks. There were concerns that the match play tournament scheduled to be played at
1:09 PM ET The PFL announced a new class of signees, including several UFC and Bellator MMA veterans, for its 2020 regular season on Tuesday. Some of the more established names amongst the announcement included former UFC lightweight Johnny Case (27-7-1), former Bellator lightweight title challenger Marcin Held (26-7) and NCAA Division I national champion
1:54 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The pesky question of a rival league that would siphon its biggest reason for existence and render inconsequential much of what PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was lauding Tuesday could not be avoided. It has been a topic of discussion at every tour event played in 2020
Spain’s Ivan Garcia Cortina claimed a shock win in a bunch sprint finish on stage three of Paris-Nice. The Bahrain-McLaren rider, 24, kicked early and easily held off three-time world champion Peter Sagan in La Chaitre, with Andrea Pasqualon third. Germany’s Max Schachmann retained his overall lead in the race, which is being held “behind