1:35 PM ET Steve KimESPN Jorge Linares has tested positive for the coronavirus and has been removed from his fight against Javier Fortuna on Aug. 28, according to his manager Jose De La Cruz. “He’s feeling OK,” said De La Cruz. “He’s got symptoms, he’s at the hospital, he can’t leave for 10 days. It’s
1:27 PM ET One week before the UFC’s heavyweight title trilogy will be decided, a new divisional contender will emerge. And that fight is now official. Derrick Lewis (265 pounds) and Aleksei Oleinik (227) both weighed in successfully Friday morning in Las Vegas. The two men will meet in the UFC Fight Night headliner Saturday
3:49 AM IST Danyal Rasool After squandering much of the advantage following five sessions of gritty batsmanship, breathtaking pace, sublime swing and tricky spin bowling, you could have excused Pakistan’s spin-bowling coach for being somewhat miffed at what transpired in the final session. Mushtaq Ahmed, though, ever a ray of sunshine, insisted there was no
1:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Friday’s series opener between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed after at least one more positive COVID-19 test in the St. Louis clubhouse, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Cardinals have not played since July 29 due to positive coronavirus tests. The team previously announced
4:28 PM ET Associated Press A player testing positive for COVID-19 will be dropped from the US Open, but the U.S. Tennis Association has not established how many infected participants would force the Grand Slam tournament to be called off. According to a 10½-page “Player Q&A Update” sent out this week by the USTA, “There
Ferrari, McLaren and Renault intend to appeal the decision to punish Racing Point in Formula 1’s “copying” row. Racing Point were docked 15 constructors’ championship points and fined 400,000 euros (£361,000) after being found guilty of illegally copying Mercedes parts. However, Racing Point can continue running those parts. BBC Sport understands the three teams are
2:06 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans rookie forward Zion Williamson will not play Friday night against the Washington Wizards, according to the team. The team listed Williamson as out (rest) on its injury report Friday afternoon. Williamson played just under 22 minutes in the Pelicans’ 140-125 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday,
Geraint Thomas enjoyed his return to competitive cycling in Friday’s opening stage of the Tour de l’Ain. The 2018 Tour de France winner finished 24th in a reduced bunch sprint, with Team Ineos team-mate Egan Bernal 14th. Both riders were part of the group given the same time as Deceuninck-Quick-Step winner Andrea Bagioli. “I thought
4:12 AM BST Warren Gatland says he would like to continue coaching at New Zealand’s Chiefs next year if the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa is unable to go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gatland’s four-year deal at the Chiefs gives him the second season off in order to coach the
11:53 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Titans outside linebacker Vic Beasley, who hadn’t reported to camp since it began July 28, arrived to the team facility for COVID-19 testing on Friday morning. The team hadn’t
7:10 AM ET Here are 10 things I like and don’t like from the NBA restart: 1. The champs’ defense: the most exciting nerd thing in the NBA Nick Nurse’s funky zones get the attention, but Toronto’s base defense is one of the best night-to-night shows in the NBA. The Raptors in full flight are
10:35 PM ET The question hung in the air all week: What would the 2020 PGA Championship, the first major in 13 months and first without fans, look and feel like? On Thursday, we got the answer. “It’s just different,” Tiger Woods said. “That’s probably the only way to say it.” Different, but still intriguing.
7:08 AM ET It is not uncommon for a UFC Fight Night’s main event to eclipse all that is scheduled to come before on that evening, at least in the anticipation for the fights. That is not the case for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night headliner inside the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. Now, that’s
7:00 AM ET Mike Trout homered in his first at-bat as a father on Tuesday, and anybody who has ever spent any time around the Los Angeles Angels‘ star probably muttered something like, “Of course he did.” He does stuff like that all the time, some of it in front of the cameras but much
10:19 AM ET Women’s world No. 5 Elina Svitolina and Kiki Bertens, ranked seventh, joined a growing list of players withdrawing from this month’s US Open due to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday. Men’s defending champion Rafael Nadal and women’s world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty have opted against travelling to New York to play the
Lewis Hamilton headed team-mate Valtteri Bottas for Mercedes in second practice at the 70th Anniversary GP. Hamilton was 0.176 seconds ahead of Bottas but on different tyres. Mercedes were assessing which tyres might be most suitable for qualifying as teams struggled with durability in high temperatures at Silverstone. Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo was third, from Red
4:00 AM ET The Champions League rolls back into action this weekend after a five-month hiatus with the remaining round-of-16 matches. But it’s not just the conclusion of this season’s tournament — the quest to crown the European champions for 2020-21 also begins on Saturday. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring
7:50 PM IST India is set to retain the hosting rights for the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup while Australia have been asked to host the 2022 edition. In another significant decision the ICC also postponed the 2021 women’s ODI World Cup, scheduled in New Zealand between February 6 and March 7, to 2022. All