7:14 PM ET DOHA, Qatar — This felt, for stretches, like a Champions League group stage game between potential tournament winners. You prod, you push, but, ultimately, you err on the side of caution because you know that you’ll live to fight another day. And the damage of a resounding defeat — even if only
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11:12 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Wisconsin has hired Luke Fickell as its next football coach, athletic director Chris McIntosh announced Sunday. Fickell led Cincinnati to the College Football Playoff last season and had gone 57-18 in his six years there. His 2021 Bearcats team went 13-0 before losing to Alabama in the playoff semifinals as
5:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov will not join the team for the start of its upcoming road trip, coach Paul Maurice said on Sunday. There is potential for Barkov to catch up to the Panthers and join the team during the trip, Maurice said after practice, but he will
1:57 PM ET Associated Press Michigan moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU at No. 3 and USC at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games. The Bulldogs (12-0) are No. 1 for the eighth straight week
11:22 AM ET Associated Press MALAGA, Spain — Canada won its first Davis Cup title Sunday, beating Australia behind victories from Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime. Auger-Aliassime secured the winning point when he downed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4 after Shapovalov opened the day by rolling past Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-2, 6-4. Shapovalov had dropped both
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5:16 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Stanford head coach David Shaw has resigned after 12 seasons at his alma mater. Shaw announced his decision to step down, effective immediately, after Saturday night’s 36-25 loss to BYU in Stanford’s season finale. “I prayed about it, I thought about it,” Shaw said. “With every hour it seemed, it
5:22 AM ET The Los Angeles Rams are uncertain when or if quarterback Matthew Stafford will return this season, league sources told ESPN. Stafford is out Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs because of a strained neck and two recent trips to the concussion protocol. He suffered one concussion earlier this month, and the Rams
Shubman Gill in ODI series against New Zealand© AFP It’s been a frustrating outing for the Indian cricket team in New Zealand, with as many as three matches getting affected due to rain since the players’ arrival. Two of the three T20Is facing rain-interruptions and now the second ODI between the two teams was abandoned
Narendra Modi Stadium Creates Guinness World Record© Twitter The secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Jay Shah, announced on Sunday that India has been awarded the “Guinness World Record” for the largest attendance in a T20 match ever. The milestone was set during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 final
7:50 AM ET Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — Dan Bradbury completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Joburg Open on Sunday to win his first European tour title at Houghton Golf Club. The Englishman’s 4-under 67 final round proved to be more than enough as his closest challenger, Sami Valimaki of Finland, dropped a further two shots
4:24 AM ET An exhausted Cameron Smith has fought back tears as he credited his grandmother for fuelling the final push to a third Australian PGA Championship and cap a magnificent homecoming. The Brisbane favourite captured a fifth title for 2022 in fading light on Sunday at Royal Queensland, rallying after twice being forced off
7:31 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — The Los Angeles Lakers expect star big man Anthony Davis to return Monday night against Indiana, sources told ESPN. The eight-time All-Star sat out the 143-138 win Saturday night over the San Antonio Spurs because of a left calf contusion. “He was kicked at some point in the second
2:02 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Russell Westbrook had blood covering his face after taking a flagrant foul to his forehead when LeBron James intervened to pull the Los Angeles Lakers point guard away from the fray and cover the cut with a towel in the third quarter Saturday. It wasn’t the flashiest sequence the
12:55 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Regis Prograis stopped Jose Zepeda in brutal fashion in Round 11 on Saturday in Carson, California, to capture the vacant WBC junior welterweight title. The 140-pound bout was a mostly tactical affair until Round 10, when Zepeda delivered a three-punch combination that stunned Prograis. The following round, Prograis (28-1, 24
2:00 AM ET UFC star Conor McGregor is not currently in the promotion’s drug-testing pool and will likely need to be in the pool for six months before competing again, a spokesperson for USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, told ESPN on Saturday. McGregor, the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion, has been out of action
NZ vs IND, 2nd ODI: The second ODI between India and New Zealand gets abandoned© AFP The second one-day international between New Zealand and India was abandoned in Hamilton after rain halted play on Sunday. India, sent into bat, were 89 for one with Shubman Gill on 45 and Suryakumar Yadav on 34 when play
11:30 PM ET ESPN staff For the first time in 2022, ESPN’s writers have an unanimous top four to make the College Football Playoff. Third-ranked Michigan made the biggest statement, turning a three-point halftime deficit against No. 2 Ohio State into a 45-23 rout. Michigan rushed for 242 yards in the second half, largely behind