1:27 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Sir Jim Ratcliffe has announced himself as a contender to buy Manchester United, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Ratcliffe, head of chemical company INEOS and Britain’s richest man with a reported worth of £9.8 billion, has registered an interest to buy the club from the Glazer family, who revealed in
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2:40 PM ET ESPN staff The 2023 NHL draft will be held June 28 (Round 1) and June 29 (Rounds 2-7) at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The event will be broadcast on ESPN networks, and at least one of the NHL’s 32 teams will be leaving the weekend with a franchise-altering prospect in their
1:18 PM ET UFC flyweight Jeff Molina is suspected of having “substantial involvement” in a betting scheme currently being probed by multiple government entities, Nevada deputy attorney general Joel Bekker said Tuesday at the Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting. The NSAC temporarily suspended Molina last month, as first reported by ESPN, though the commission did
1:42 PM GMT Gregor Townsend has named four uncapped players in Scotland’s squad for the Six Nations with England-capped wing Ruaridh McConnochie included. McConnochie played for England at the 2019 Rugby World Cup but hasn’t featured since. Due to World Rugby regulations, this gap between caps means he can switch allegiance and Scotland have called
1:02 PM GMT Hooker Ken Owens has been named as captain of Wales for the Six Nations as returning head coach Warren Gatland included four uncapped players in his expanded 37-man selection on Tuesday. Gatland’s trust in Owens, 36, is a disappointment for former skippers Alun Wyn Jones and Dan Biggar, who have both been
Four-time Paralympian Aileen McGlynn has announced her retirement from track cycling at the age of 49. The Scot won three gold, three silver and one bronze Paralympic medals, stretching back to Athens 2004. She won silver and bronze tandem medals at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games last summer, her final competition. “I feel like I’ve achieved
India will be looking to continue their winning run when they take on New Zealand in the first ODI encounter in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The Rohit Sharma-led side will be high on confidence after defeating Sri Lanka comprehensively in the recently concluded series. Virat Kohli was the wrecker-in-chief for India with two brilliant centuries. On the
7:02 AM ET The rate of spending this offseason has been both frantic and jarring, with more than $2 billion lavished on the 10 most expensive free agents in a span of less than 10 weeks. But the most intriguing free agent in baseball history still looms. In 10 months, barring a last-minute extension with
Jan 16, 2023 THE CELEBRATION IN the visitors locker room at Houston’s NRG Stadium after the Kansas City Chiefs clinched the AFC West in Week 15 had at least some of the trappings of a party, including caps and T-shirts to commemorate the moment. But this was their seventh straight division championship, and the mood
2:53 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Keeping true to his word, that he wouldn’t be “taking time to smell the roses” in what might have been his final game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and possibly in the NFL, quarterback Tom Brady was among the first to reach the tunnel at Raymond James Stadium after
9:40 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Emma Raducanu‘s face lit up with excitement during her first-round press conference at the Australian Open when she learned her next opponent at Melbourne Park would be fellow WTA rising star Coco Gauff. The pair will meet Wednesday evening on Rod Laver Arena, and while it may only be
9:55 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Travis Pastrana is a motor sports icon decorated for his fearless attack on anything with wheels or engines or ramps or danger. But there is one thing missing from his resume, and as far as Pastrana is concerned, no event is bigger. Pastrana said Tuesday he’ll make
10:32 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — The supportive signs and dozens of Serbian flags and loud chants of Novak Djokovic‘s nickname filled Rod Laver Arena, providing a warm welcome marking his return to the Australian Open — a tournament he has dominated in the past but could not enter a year ago.
9:22 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN If Brazil isn’t the birthplace of the UFC, it is at least the playground for the promotion’s formative years. The inaugural event in 1993 took place in Denver, and the company’s first 15 fight cards all happened in the United States. It took the UFC nearly five years before finally
British sprinter Mark Cavendish has agreed to ride for Astana this season. Former world champion Cavendish, 37, will be hoping for a record-breaking 35th stage win if he competes at the 2023 Tour de France. Cavendish, who had been without a team since leaving Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl in the summer, had been tipped to join
7:00 AM ET We’re five months away from the 2023 NHL draft in Nashville, Tennessee — one of the most anticipated drafts for NHL teams in recent history. “We’ve been told about how exciting the 2005s (their birth year) are for a while now,” one NHL general manager told ESPN. “It’s why a lot of
3:57 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Twenty years after LeBron James was the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft, the No. 3 selection in the league’s most recent draft — Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. — told the Los Angeles Lakers star something to make him feel his age. “Hey,” Smith said
The cancelled Chinese Grand Prix will not be replaced this year. F1 has rejected a request from the Chinese organisers for the race to be reinstated and will not replace its 23 April date with another event. “Formula 1 can confirm the 2023 season will consist of 23 races,” a statement said. “All existing race