8:32 PM ET UFC 251, originally scheduled for June 7th at Perth’s RAC Arena, has been postponed due to ongoing government restrictions on mass public gatherings. While Australia has managed to dramatically reduce the number of COVID-19 infections, laws still prohibit gatherings of more than 10 people in Western Australia, and thus the event would
7:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN A short training clip of Mike Tyson recently went viral, and according to the man who was catching the former champ’s punches, the iconic heavyweight still has some fight left in him at age 53. “I didn’t know what to expect,” trainer Rafael Cordeiro told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on Monday.
7:04 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic apparently broke confinement rules in Spain by going back to a tennis court on Monday. Djokovic posted a video on Instagram showing him exchanging shots with another man at a tennis club in the coastal city of Marbella, where the Serb has reportedly stayed. Djokovic filmed
5:50 PM ET The New Jersey Devils have given fans options if they have tickets to postponed 2019-20 NHL games, ranging from full refunds to ticket donations for front-line workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. Most NHL teams have opted not to address what fans can do with their tickets to games that were postponed in
5:53 PM ET LSU added ESPN 300 quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to its 2021 recruiting class Monday when the 6-foot-2, 185-pound signal-caller announced his decision to pick the Tigers over offers from the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and others. Nussmeier is the No. 62-ranked prospect overall out of Marcus High School in Flower Mound,
6:54 AM ET JUSTIN GAETHJE WAS 18 years old when he spent a summer working at the Morenci copper mine, located about an hour’s drive from his hometown of Safford, Arizona. Safford is a small town of approximately 10,000, in the southeast portion of the state. One of its largest employers is FreePort-McMoRan, a Phoenix-based
3:26 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — A 21-year-old Egyptian professional tennis player once ranked in the top 300 was banned for life — just like his older brother was in 2018 — after an investigation found evidence of match-fixing. The anti-corruption Tennis Integrity Unit announced Monday that Youssef Hossam cannot compete in or even
10:25 AM ET Don Shula, the NFL’s winningest coach who led the Miami Dolphins to the league’s only undefeated season, died on Monday. He was 90. The Dolphins issued a statement saying that Shula died “peacefully at his home.” “Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years,” the statement said. “He
1 bosses will meet this week to discuss a reduction of the budget cap figure to $145m (£117m) in 2021. The new level has been arrived at after a meeting on Monday between F1 chairman Chase Carey, managing director Formula Ross Brawn and FIA president Jean Todt. F1 is also closing in on plans to
8:29 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN May 5, 1862: The French were heavy favorites that day, as it was long before they went on their losing streak in international competition. Sportsbooks don’t keep odds that far back, but the troop ratio was probably about two-to-one. Still, Mexico won the Battle of Puebla in just a matter
11:25 AM ET Associated Press World TeamTennis is in discussions with several cities in an attempt to find one to host the league’s full nine-team schedule in one venue without spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic. WTT still hopes to start play on July 12, as scheduled. But that could change, as could the length of
8:44 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Gloucestershire have become the latest county to cancel the contracts of all their overseas signings, with Qais Ahmad and Andrew Tye‘s deals terminated. Ahmad and Tye were due to play for the club during the T20 Blast, with the Afghanistan legspinner also set to appear in the County Championship. The
9:12 PM IST Zimbabwe Cricket have voided the 2019-20 domestic season and will not declare winners in either the first-class competition or the 50-over tournament. Cricket in Zimbabwe has been suspended since March 18 and the country has been on lockdown since March 30. The stay-at-home order was due to end on May 3, but
9:36 AM ET A televised fundraiser for COVID-19 relief involving Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff will give fans their first live golf to watch since the sport was shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Called the TaylorMade Driving Relief, the event will be played at Seminole Golf Club
11:02 AM ET A majority of sports fans surveyed by ESPN said they are in favor of watching televised sports without fans rather than waiting for sports to resume only when fans can be in attendance. The ESPN Coronavirus Lockdown Fan Study surveyed 1,004 sports fans aged 18 or older, with 65% in favor of
7:15 AM ET The Korea Baseball Organization, the highest level of baseball in South Korea, is scheduled to begin its season on Tuesday (which is overnight Monday in the U.S.), making it one of the first major professional sports leagues to return to action during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s not quite the opening day that
7:04 AM ET DR. DONALD MUZZI sat in his Sarasota, Florida, home April 25 on a phone call with Dr. Jeffrey Davidson, the UFC’s chief physician. Over the course of more than 90 minutes, Davidson went over the health and safety precautions the promotion planned for UFC 249, the pay-per-view card Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Women’s Tour has been cancelled for 2020 and will be rearranged for June 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The stage race, which has been held in Britain every year since 2014, was due to take place from 8-13 June and was initially postponed in March. Organisers SweetSpot have now decided not to seek