2:40 PM BST Rohan Janse van Rensburg has been handed a two-week suspension and fined £32,500 after signing playing contracts with two Premiership clubs, Gloucester Rugby and Sale Sharks, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Friday. Sale have also been handed a suspended five-point deduction for illegally approaching the centre and fined £20,000. Van
5:27 PM GMT The ECB has been asked by the UK government to lead the way into investigating the viability of playing sport in a bio-secure environment. With an increasing acceptance that the best chance of fulfilling the broadcast deals that keep nearly all sport afloat is by playing fixtures behind closed doors, the Department
2:13 PM ET The UFC is moving forward with plans to hold three events in Florida within a seven-day period, beginning with UFC 249 on May 9, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Friday. White said there will also be UFC cards on Wednesday, May 13 and one on May 16. He would not
12:30 PM ET On Sunday night, as Cleveland Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. sat down with his family to watch the first two episodes of ESPN’s 10-part documentary on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, he was suddenly transported to his rookie season playing alongside Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant. As he watched
10:33 AM BST Sam Bruce Close ESPN Associate Editor Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPNscrum after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Tom Hamilton Close Senior
From going to-to-toe with Niki Lauda and Alain Prost, to some of the most scintillating and memorable drives in Formula 1 – John Watson’s record in the sport certainly isn’t a bad one. The Northern Irishman’s F1 career spanned a twelve-year period from his first Grand Prix entry, at Silverstone in 1973, to his last
3:27 PM GMT A movement appears to have begun urging the PCB to reintegrate Saleem Malik, the former batsman and captain who was banned for life in 2000 after being found guilty of attempting to fix a Test in Justice Qayyum’s report. It has gained prominence with support from Inzamam-ul-Haq and Saqlain Mushtaq and has
3:49 PM GMT India 275 for 4 (Tendulkar 134, Azharuddin 58, Fleming 2-47, Kasprowicz 2-48) beat Australia 272 for 9 (S Waugh 70, Lehmann 70, Prasad 2-32, Kanitkar 2-58, Agarkar 2-61) by six wickets Is sport at its best when it throws up the unpredictable? Or does it reach its heights when a genius shows
2:08 PM ET Fighters on Saturday’s boxing card at the Alexis Arguello Sports Complex in Managua, Nicaragua, are grateful to promoters and the Nicaragua Sports commission for giving them an opportunity to work. As the coronavirus pandemic stopped sports all over the world, they didn’t know whether they’d bring home a paycheck anytime soon. Rosendo
8:25 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1967, Omar Vizquel was born. Omar Vizquel has the greatest hands I’ve ever seen. And, after Ozzie Smith,
8:02 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson placed high expectations on Patrick Queen on Thursday night, when the reigning NFL Most Valuable Player connected the Baltimore Ravens‘ first-round pick with one of the greatest middle linebackers to ever play. After the Ravens used the No. 28 overall pick on Queen, Jackson shouted, “Ray
8:04 AM GMT International exemptions to allow an India touring party to arrive in Australia next summer would be seriously considered by the federal government in the event of wider travel bans, strongly suggesting that Cricket Australia will be able to avoid losing up to A$300 million in revenue in the wake of the coronavirus
By Andy BurkeBBC Scotland Last updated on 4 hours ago4 hours ago.From the section Cycling Olympic cycling champion Callum Skinner says Team GB sports risk having their funding withdrawn if they do not provide better care for their athletes. Skinner believes too many are left poorly prepared for life after sport after dedicating their lives
1:07 AM ET The Southeastern Conference often touts itself as college football’s toughest league, usually pointing to the number of players it sends to the NFL annually. On Day 1 of the 2020 NFL draft, the conference set a new benchmark in that department. Fifteen players from the SEC heard their names called in the
8:25 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals have their next franchise quarterback. Months of speculation ended on Thursday when the Bengals selected former LSU standout Joe Burrow with the first overall pick in the NFL draft. With this year’s event taking place virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, Burrow celebrated with his family and
8:00 AM ET Mark Hamilton had been around long enough to learn that on struggling affiliates, the minor league free agents are usually the first to go. The Gwinnett Braves, Atlanta’s Triple-A farm team, languished through most of the summer in 2014. Hamilton joined them over the offseason, three years after earning a World Series
6:02 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — New UNLV coach Marcus Arroyo has hired former Baylor assistant Glenn Thomas as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. “We are absolutely fired up about adding a coach with Glenn’s level of talent, pedigree and experience to the Rebel family,” Arroyo said in a statement Thursday. “He has
4:43 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The governor of North Carolina said Thursday that NASCAR teams can work in their race shops if they maintain social distancing guidelines, clearing a potential hurdle to resuming the season in coming weeks. Gov. Roy Cooper extended the state’s stay-at-home order through May 8 on Thursday and