10:50 AM ET US Open champion Daniil Medvedev may have to provide assurances that he does not support Russian President Vladimir Putin if he is to compete at Wimbledon, British Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said on Tuesday. Huddleston said he would not be comfortable with a “Russian athlete flying the Russian flag” and winning the
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10:56 AM ET Recent U.S. Olympian Keyshawn Davis has a new date for his next fight. The junior welterweight will face Esteban Sanchez on April 30 in Las Vegas, a source familiar with the bout told ESPN. It will be on the undercard of the Shakur Stevenson-Oscar Valdez junior lightweight title unification at the MGM
9:35 AM ET Associated Press Henrik Stenson is Europe’s choice to be the Ryder Cup captain for the 2023 matches in Italy, with an announcement Tuesday indicating he has decided not to join a Saudi-funded rival league. Stenson was a logical choice for Europe. A former champion at The Open who has won top honors
Jan 23, 2022 Dan Hooker says the chance for a fresh start and the opportunity to put himself back into the title mix are behind his move down to featherweight, which was officially rubber-stamped by the UFC on Monday. Hooker has been booked to fight Arnold Allen, ESPN’s 10th-ranked featherweight, for the UFC’s return to
7:00 AM ET The NHL trade deadline is Monday at 3 p.m. ET. Several contenders are looking to add the final pieces to their Stanley Cup puzzles. Other teams are seeking to capitalize on the value of pending free agents before they walk away. The 2022 deadline is highlighted by the potential availability of a
12:01 AM ET Former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Charvarius Ward intends to sign a three-year deal worth up to $42 million, including $26.7 million guaranteed, with the San Francisco 49ers, his agency, Universal Sports & Entertainment Management, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Ward, who turns 26 on May 16, has been a regular in
6:44 PM ET NORTH PORT, Fla. — Not long before Braves manager Brian Snitker hosted the first team meeting of spring training Monday morning, he texted Freddie Freeman, who was on the other side of the country. Snitker mentioned that he was about to talk to the players, joking that Freddie still had a few
7:00 AM ET There are plenty of obvious hazards to starting a full offseason preview series in February. Players get hurt, players transfer, things change. But at least coaching changes usually don’t play a role. Usually. When I wrote the MAC East preview last March, Lance Leipold’s Buffalo Bulls and Frank Solich’s Ohio Bobcats appeared
7:00 AM ET Nobody in college football’s upper hierarchy can seem to agree on anything remotely related to playoff expansion, so we’ll do it for them. Truth is we’ve been way ahead of the curve for years. So once again, we’ll count it down from 64 teams (not just four), and that way, just about
7:00 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN LESS THAN A minute has ticked off the clock at the United Center, with the Bulls hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers, when a microcosm of Chicago’s most surprising success story this season reveals itself — again. Cavs guard Darius Garland walks the ball up the left side of the court. He
7:29 AM ET Australian Open champion Rafa Nadal said he felt sorry for Naomi Osaka after she was rattled by a heckler during her second-round loss on Saturday night at Indian Wells, but added that tennis players needed to be ready to deal with adversities. Osaka, who sparked a conversation about mental health in sports
Harmanpreet Kaur came out in support of Shafali Verma.© AFP Young India batter Shafali Verma was dropped from Team India after the game against Pakistan in the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup, but she has found the support and backing of seasoned pro Harmanpreet Kaur. Shafali was not been able to show her aggressive nature
5:00 AM ET No matter whether they win, draw or lose this Sunday’s Clasico against Real Madrid (4 p.m. ET; stream LIVE on ESPN+), there is healthy evidence that Barcelona are becoming a force again. Of course, most of their fans would rather bump their car, drop a dumbbell on their toes, accidentally tell their
An eagerly anticipated week of sporting action is upon us. With the climax of the Six Nations, the start of the Formula 1 season, the Cheltenham Festival and the next round of the FA Cup, there’s plenty to be across. The Question of Sport team have put together ten questions based around the major events,
3:07 AM ET Coming into the final round with a one-shot lead, Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri fell short by a stroke to finish second at The Players Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach. Lahiri (69) needed a birdie on the 18th hole, the 72nd of the tournament, to force a play-off with Cameron Smith of Australia,
12:40 AM BST ESPN staff Moana Pasifika are staring down the prospect of a fourth postponed Super Rugby Pacific match as COVID continues to wreak havoc with the New Zealand fixtures in the new-look tournament. The Highlanders on Tuesday cancelled training as they deal with an outbreak of cases across their squad, while the Blues
4:00 PM ET The trade: Braves acquire 1B Matt Olson from the A’s for CF Cristian Pache, C Shea Langeliers, RHP Ryan Cusick and RHP Joey Estes Baseball is designed to break your heart, former commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti once wrote. Indeed, our favorite players get old, they get waived, they get traded — and
5:12 PM ET The Los Angeles Chargers are giving former New England Patriots cornerback J.C. Jackson a five-year, $82.5 million deal that includes $40 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Jackson, who just concluded his fourth NFL season with the Patriots, earned his first Pro Bowl selection in 2021. His eight