Month: September 2024

Team India will tour Australia for a highly-anticipated five-match Test series later this year. Australia have had a historical edge over India in Test bilaterals. However, they haven’t between India home or away since  the 2014-15 series Down Under. In fact, during that period, India have won all four Test series between the two nations,
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Ferrari Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 2 hours ago Frenchman Loic Serra is to become Ferrari’s chassis technical director. The 52-year-old, formerly performance director at Mercedes, will replace Enrico Cardile, who left in July to join Aston Martin as chief technical officer. Ferrari said in a statement that Serra would start his role on 1 October.
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ESPN News Services Sep 5, 2024, 12:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner used an aggressive, net-rushing style to reach the US Open semifinals for the first time by getting past 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday night. Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy who was cleared
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ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2024, 09:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga combined with two relievers to no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 12-0 win Wednesday night. Imanaga (12-3), a 31-year-old left-hander in his first season with the Cubs after pitching in Japan for eight seasons, struck out seven and
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Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:41 PM Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow DiRocco
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ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2024, 04:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were both left off the list of nominees for this year’s Ballon d’Or award, marking the first time neither star was nominated since 2003. Record eight-time winner Messi, and his longtime rival Ronaldo, who has five Ballon d’Ors
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Florida freshman quarterback DJ Lagway will make his first career start at home Saturday against Samford, with starter Graham Mertz sidelined in concussion protocol. Coach Billy Napier said during
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Associated Press Sep 4, 2024, 09:46 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fans and Columbus Blue Jackets players gathered for an emotional candlelight vigil outside the team’s arena Wednesday night to remember Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew, who died last week when they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home
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Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 03:37 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions The California-based federal judge overseeing the trio of antitrust lawsuits that could reshape college sports will weigh in for the first time Thursday on a proposed
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Andreas Hale, ESPNSep 4, 2024, 08:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Valentina Shevchenko said she is wary of allowing the judges determine the outcome of her trilogy bout with flyweight champion Alexa Grasso after their previous meeting ended in a controversial split draw. Shevchenko will try to regain the title when she meets Grasso for
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 07:00 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Rugby Football Union (RFU) CEO Bill Sweeney said the organisation feels “deeply disappointed” by Aled Walters
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Sep 4, 2024, 03:26 PM Open Extended Reactions The Rugby Football Union, Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Players Association revealed an eight-year plan on Wednesday that they say should align the three organisations across a host of areas after 18 months of wrangling. The Men’s Professional Game Partnership (MPGP) aims “to create world-leading English international
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 03:00 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions The announcement on Wednesday of the new-look Men’s Professional Game Partnership (MPGP) for English rugby came
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Sep 4, 2024, 11:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former NBA star Rajon Rondo avoided a jail sentence Tuesday when he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun possession charge in Jackson County, Indiana. Court records indicate that Rondo, as part of a plea deal, pleaded guilty to unlawful carrying of a handgun. Two separate charges
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