4:50 PM BST South Africa A were handed a 17-14 defeat by the Bulls on Saturday as the majority of the Springbok’s fringe players got a much-needed run out but failed to impress before next weekend’s first test against the British & Irish Lions. First half tries from Aphelele Fassi and Wandisile Simelane had the
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4:46 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets placed shortstop Francisco Lindor on the 10-day IL on Saturday with a right oblique strain. Lindor left Friday night’s 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth inning with soreness on his right side. Lindor winced after grounding out to second base. He took
3:53 PM ET In the brave new world of name, image and likeness sponsorships, a Texas A&M fan site has struck a deal to pay two Aggies football players $10,000 each for “exclusive feature interviews” ahead of SEC Media Days. Running back Isaiah Spiller and safety Demani Richardson each will be featured on TexAgs.com as
3:58 PM ET Wes Unseld Jr., has agreed to a four-year deal to become the new head coach of the Washington Wizards, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Washington officials completed an agreement with the Denver Nuggets associate head coach and his agent Brian Eflus on Saturday on a long-term deal to replace Scott Brooks, sources
3:56 PM ET A bout between Miles Johns and Anderson Dos Santos has been removed from UFC Fight Night on Saturday, just hours before the first bell, the UFC confirmed with ESPN. Per the UFC, the bout was pulled due to COVID-19 protocol issues stemming from Dos Santos’ camp. Johns first mentioned the cancellation on
3:06 PM ET ESPN News Services Louis Oosthuizen is the 54-hole leader of The Open after hanging on over the back nine at Royal St. George’s. Oosthuizen made an 8-foot birdie on the 16th hole and a long two-putt par on the closing hole for a 69. That gives him a one-shot lead over Collin
At the circuit where the Formula 1 World Championship started in 1950, the sport made a decisive break with tradition on Saturday – and the results were inconclusive. F1’s first ‘sprint’ – a race on Saturday, one-third of the distance of a regular Grand Prix, to set the grid for Sunday’s main event – ended
Shikhar Dhawan will lead Team India vs Sri Lanka in the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli© AFP India, without their regular skipper Virat Kohli, are all set to take on Sri Lanka in a three-match One-Day International series (ODIs) starting on Sunday, July 18. The ODI series was scheduled to begin on July 13
Tadej Pogacar is set to win the Tour de France after finishing seventh in the time trial on the penultimate stage. Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert won stage 20 on Sunday to secure his second stage win of the 2021 Tour. Pogacar, 22, will officially claim the yellow jersey after Sunday’s final stage to Paris, when
ENG vs IND: Rohit Sharma practices during a training session in Durham.© Twitter Rohit Sharma took to social media to update fans about his training ahead of India’s upcoming five-match Test series against England. The opening batsman is currently in Durham gearing up for the visitors’ upcoming friendly warm-up match against County Select XI, starting
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will start the British Grand Prix from pole position after winning Formula 1’s new trial sprint race on Saturday. The Dutchman got the jump on Lewis Hamilton off the line and led comfortably to the end to extend his championship lead by a point to 33. Hamilton chased Verstappen all the
10:23 AM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the final of the Prague Open by beating Xinyu Wang of China 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday. The second-seeded Krejcikova set up an all-Czech final against eighth-seeded Tereza Martincova, who defeated ninth-seeded Greet Minnen of Belgium 6-3, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
10:00 AM ET When Gianluigi Buffon made his professional debut for Parma in November 1995, most of his new teammates weren’t even born. If I’d wanted to check that fact on the internet back then, I couldn’t Google it: I’d need to use a search engine like WebCrawler (it’s still around, in case you want
10:34 AM BST South Africa’s Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus has cranked up the tension with the touring British & Irish Lions by going onto social media to question the tackling technique of Owen Farrell. Erasmus posted video clips of two tackles Farrell made in the Lions’ tour match on Wednesday, when they lost to
7:36 AM BST Samoa qualified for their ninth successive Rugby World Cup with a 79-28 aggregate victory over Tonga, winning the second leg of their Oceania playoff 37-15 in Hamilton on Saturday. The Samoans, who claimed the first leg 42-13 in Auckland last week, were challenged by the Tongans after dominating the first half but
7:45 AM ET Who’s the NFL’s best cornerback? Wide receiver? Offensive tackle? What about the second-best defensive tackle — after Aaron Donald? To preview the 2021 NFL season, we set out to answer those questions and much more. We surveyed more than 50 league executives, coaches, scouts and players to help us stack the top
Jul 16, 2021 Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Although Tennessee Titans defensive back Kristian Fulton is entering his second season in the NFL, he is facing a different kind of rookie season this year. Kristian, 22, and
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen ended the final practice before Formula 1’s new ‘sprint’ qualifying race fastest at the British Grand Prix. Verstappen was 0.375 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. The second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz was third ahead of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon. But the headline lap times were not relevant to performance in the