“Dazzle the Dog”, a small and furry pitch invader, recently hogged the limelight with its cute and hilarious antics during the All-Ireland T20 Women’s Cup semi-final match between Bready and CSN. And, now, the popularity of the canine seems to have grabbed the attention of the International Cricket Council (ICC) too. On Monday, as ICC
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Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen says he is fit to return to racing at the Russian Grand Prix. The 41-year-old Finn, who is retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the season, missed the Dutch and Italian races after contracting coronavirus. “I am all good. See you at the next GP,” he posted on
12:39 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor broke an eighth-inning tie with his third homer, sending a drive whistling into the right-field seats after a pitch tipping spat with Giancarlo Stanton, and the Mets beat the Yankees 8-7 Sunday night in a heated Subway Series finale that nearly turned into a
Mark Cavendish, Ethan Hayter and Lizzie Deignan have all been included in the Great Britain team for the UCI Road World Championships taking place in Flanders, Belgium. British Cycling has named a squad of 30 riders in elite, under-23 and junior categories. Olympic mountain-biking champion Tom Pidcock is included as GB aim to bounce back
Ramiz Raja was appointed as the PCB chairman for a three-year term on Monday.© Twitter Former cricketer Ramiz Raja has been officially appointed as Pakistan Cricket Board’s 36th chairman for a three-year term, the country’s cricket body announced on Monday. After his appointment the former batsman said that he will work to ensure Pakistan cricket
3:37 AM ET With the Premier League back in action for the first time since the summer transfer window closed, this feels like a good time to take stock. The clubs who have finished in the top four in each of the past two seasons — Chelsea, Liverpool, defending champions Manchester City and Manchester United
4:40 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season had a little bit of everything. The Cardinals’ offense looked great in a big win over the Titans, as Kyler Murray starred with five total touchdowns. Tennessee struggled all day, as did another AFC powerhouse, the Bills. Elsewhere, Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold had
6:33 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A game from the end of his bid for what would have been the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969, Novak Djokovic covered his face with a towel, hiding his tears during a changeover. For 27 Grand Slam matches in 2021, on hard courts,
11:10 PM ET NEW YORK — One sleepless night during Wimbledon, Daniil Medvedev began to envision what he would do if he won the sport’s most fabled tournament. The Russian player knew if he did, he would have to come up with some sort of special celebration, since so many past champions there have had
10:08 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic covered his face with a towel, but he couldn’t hide his sobs from his courtside chair in Arthur Ashe Stadium. As he desperately tried to conceal his eyes from sight, he inadvertently exposed more of his face and his emotions were on full display for
Sep 12, 2021 NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic said he felt “relief” that his run toward history was finally over after coming up short in the US Open on Sunday. The world No. 1 was going for the first calendar-year Grand Slam — winning all four major titles in the same year — by a
5:49 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Max Scherzer of the Los Angeles Dodgers has become the 19th player in major league history with 3,000 strikeouts. The right-hander fanned Eric Hosmer of the San Diego Padres in the fifth inning Sunday at Dodger Stadium. The crowd gave the three-time Cy Young Award winner
Sep 12, 2021 ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Diede de Groot became the first woman to achieve a Golden Slam after winning the women’s wheelchair singles title at the US Open on Sunday. De Groot, of the Netherlands, beat Yui Kamiji 6-3, 6-2 in the final. The Golden Slam consists of winning all four
Sep 12, 2021 ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai won their second Grand Slam women’s doubles title together and denied Coco Gauff and Caty McNally their first with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory on Sunday. The No. 14 seeds added the US Open title to the Australian Open they won
Sep 1, 2021 Casey O’Neill is starting to feel at home in the UFC. Having won her first two fights in the promotion, and being locked in a third against former teammate Antonina Shevchenko on Oct. 2 at the UFC Apex, O’Neill (7-0) has delivered on the self-belief she had before moving to Las Vegas
8:44 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Welcome to L.A., Matthew Stafford! A play-action rollout resulted in Stafford airing it out to Van Jefferson, as the second-year receiver sprinted behind the
7:13 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — David Toms beat Dicky Pride with a par on the first hole of a playoff Sunday in the PGA Tour Champions’ inaugural Ascension Charity Classic. Toms hit his approach in the playoff on the par-4 18th to the middle of the green and two-putted from 18 feet.
6:00 PM ET Two big players returned to their former clubs and had very different “debuts” in Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United and Antoine Griezmann at Atletico Madrid, while Bayern Munich showed how they’re still the clear front-runner to win the Bundesliga this season and make it a stunning 10 in a row. Here’s the