New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Friday confirmed that all-rounder Jimmy Neesham has declined a central contract on the “basis of pre-arranged agreements he had already struck with overseas domestic leagues.” However, the body confirmed that Neesham will still be considered for BLACKCAPS selection when available. The all-rounder also took to Instagram to give his clarification
3:18 PM ET And just like that, as September reaches only its midway point, we are one-third of the way through the Champions League group stage. The 2022-23 European soccer season is a particularly relentless ride, thanks to the World Cup, and big teams that have started slowly in league play now have holes to
3:35 PM ET Baxter Holmes Close ESPN Senior Writer Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Zach Lowe Close ESPN Senior Writer Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) is a senior
3:43 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag said Cristiano Ronaldo “needed a goal” after the Manchester United striker finally got his first of the season against Sheriff Tiraspol. Ronaldo scored a penalty in the 2-0 win in Moldova as Ten Hag’s side got their first points on the board in the Europa League. –
9:48 PM ET Phoenix Suns vice chairman and minority owner Jahm Najafi, the team’s second-largest stakeholder, called for majority owner Robert Sarver’s resignation in an open letter to team employees released on Thursday night, saying there should be “zero tolerance” for lewd, misogynistic and racist conduct in any workplace. Sarver was banned from the NBA
8:11 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs Inc. has agreed to buy Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, for $79 million in cash. The deal announced Thursday with Enchantment Holdings LLC includes Churchill Downs assuming Ellis Park’s opportunity to build a track extension facility in Owensboro. The deal is subject to certain working
6:49 PM ET ROGER FEDERER HAS been asked about retirement for 13 years. The first questions came after he beat Stan Wawrinka at Roland Garros in May 2009. With that triumph on clay, he became the sixth man in tennis history to complete the career sweep of Grand Slam events. Reaching that milestone could have
3:20 PM ET Eric LeGrand, whose football career with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights ended in 2010, after suffering a spinal cord injury, will have his coffee shop advertised on New Jersey Devils‘ player helmets during road games thanks to the team’s program to support Black entrepreneurs. The Devils announced on Thursday that LeGrand Coffee House
4:44 PM ET ESPN News Services GLASGOW, Scotland — Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz won their singles matches to give the United States an unassailable 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan to move atop its Davis Cup Finals group on Thursday. The Americans are almost assured of reaching the quarterfinals with the two wins. Paul enjoyed a
2:50 PM BST MELBOURNE — Speechless. There is no other word to describe what happened at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Thursday night as one of the most thrilling Bledisloe Cup Test matches ever staged descended into near farcical scenes — and the All Blacks broke Wallaby hearts after the final siren. Even before French
4:20 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants top pick Kayvon Thibodeaux says he feels “really confident” in being ready to make his NFL debut Sunday against the Carolina Panthers despite being limited in practice for the second consecutive day. The rookie missed the opener because of a sprained right MCL he suffered
6:19 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Minor league baseball players officially unionized Wednesday, joining the Major League Baseball Players Association after an arbitrator validated the union-authorization cards and MLB recognized the MLBPA as the players’ bargaining representative. The
3:13 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Denny Hamlin said Kurt Busch is under no pressure to hurry up his recovery from a concussion and that 23XI Racing is not pushing at this time to get Tyler Reddick in its cars a year early. Richard Childress Racing had a full-throttle response to Reddick’s planned
3:02 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams is expected to miss the remainder of the NFL season after suffering an injury to his quadriceps tendon in the team’s opener, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The Seahawks placed Adams on injured reserve on Thursday and signed defensive back Teez Tabor off
3:14 PM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. A jersey worn by Michael Jordan in Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals — part of the hallowed
Venue: Wollongong, Australia Dates: 18-25 September Coverage: Liv coverage on Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app plus highlights on BBC Two The 2022 Road Cycling World Championships take place between 18-25 September in Wollongong, Australia. More than 1,000 riders compete across 11 men’s and women’s races in the elite, under-23
1:19 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have agreed to all material terms for a fight for the undisputed welterweight championship, an event targeted for Nov. 19 in Las Vegas, multiple sources tell ESPN. However, the deal has not been signed as the parties’ lawyers clean up legal language in the
10:17 AM ET SUGAR GROVE, Ill. — As LIV Golf prepares to stage its fifth tournament, which is outside of Chicago this week, CEO and commissioner Greg Norman said the upstart circuit has no desire to talk with the rival PGA Tour about a truce. LIV Golf, financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has