12:44 PM ET Joenel Aguero‘s commitment to Georgia on Saturday boiled down to one simple reason. “They’ve been trying to get me for a while,” Aguero told ESPN. “I know they’re going to develop me the best, so I know what they’re saying is true.” Aguero, a 6-foot, 195-pound safety from Danvers, Massachusetts, who is
12:00 PM ET The Phoenix Suns and Monty Williams, the NBA’s reigning coach of the year, have agreed on a long-term contract extension, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Williams, who was voted the National Basketball Coach’s Association’s coach of the year in consecutive seasons, had two years left on his original five-year deal, and now
11:36 AM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Brooke Henderson stood over a birdie putt from three feet at the 18th green, a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Evian Championship seemingly at her mercy. For the first time on Saturday _ maybe all week, given her dominance of the fourth women’s
Sri Lanka’s teenage spinner Dunith Wellalage has been included in the final 12 for the second Test against Pakistan in Galle, skipper Dimuth Karunaratne said on Saturday. The 19-year-old Wellalage, a left-arm orthodox who awaits his Test debut, seems a likely replacement for injured spinner Maheesh Theekshana as the hosts look to bounce back in
Jonas Vingegaard is set to win the 2022 Tour de France after finishing second to Wout van Aert in the stage 20 time trial on the penultimate day. Van Aert clocked 47 minutes 59 seconds to finish 19 seconds ahead of his Jumbo-Visma team-mate. Denmark’s Vingegaard, 25, now has an overall advantage of three minutes
Charles Leclerc beat title rival Max Verstappen to pole position at the French Grand Prix with help from his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz. Leclerc beat Verstappen by 0.304 seconds after Sainz, who has a grid penalty, gave him a slipstream on both laps in the final session. Ferrari nailed the slipstream tactics on the second
11:12 AM BST Tonga advanced to next year’s Rugby World Cup finals after crushing Hong Kong 44-22 on Australia’s Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Sonatane Takulua scored a hat-trick of tries as the Tongans claimed the final berth in Pool B, where they will face defending champions South Africa, Ireland, Scotland and Romania. Hong Kong, who
The domestic teams of India and Pakistan are set to face off each other after a gap of eight years. The Bengal team of India and Lahore Qalandars of Pakistan will be the two sides that will feature in a four-team Global T20 Namibia series in September. While the host nation will be the third
8:52 AM ET The Calgary Flames and Florida Panthers swapped 100-point scorers in a blockbuster trade that was sealed late Friday. The Flames traded forward Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional fourth-round draft pick to the Panthers for forward Jonathan Huberdeau, defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, Panthers prospect Cole Schwindt and Florida’s lottery-protected first-round selection in the 2025
Jul 22, 2022 Sid LoweSpain writer The end comes fast. A moment and it’s all over. There’s something strange, slightly unreal about the moment when a team is knocked out of a tournament, however many times you experience it. On Monday night, as the sun set on Bisham Abbey and the media made its way
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will start the French Grand Prix from the back of the grid as a result of penalties for excessive engine usage. The Spaniard’s demotion was confirmed on Saturday when Ferrari officially took a complete new engine, his fourth of the season, one more than allowed. That was added to the new electronics
11:37 PM ET William E. Ricks The Toronto Blue Jays didn’t wait long to find their groove after the All-Star break. They put on an offensive clinic Friday night, defeating the Boston Red Sox 28-5. 1 Related Left fielder Raimel Tapia put on a show, finishing 3-for-7 at the plate with six RBIs and a
India women’s cricket is placed in Group B alongside Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, and the event will kickstart with India squaring off against Australia on July 29. Eight teams have been clubbed together in two groups comprising four teams each. Ahead of the event, India women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur and
6:18 AM ET Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel has said he is annoyed with Barcelona over their pursuit of Cesar Azpilicueta and suggested he may not sanction the Spain international’s move to Camp Nou. Azpilicueta, 32, has one year remaining on his contract at Stamford Bridge. ESPN reported last November that Barca wanted to sign the
11:38 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk and Jonathan Huberdeau had the best years of their career this past season. And now they’re changing places in an NHL blockbuster. Tkachuk was traded to the Florida Panthers on Friday night, with Huberdeau part of the haul going to the Calgary Flames for the
Lizzie Holden is a Manx rider for the British Le Col Wahoo team and will be competing in the inaugural Tour de France Femmes, which takes place from 24-31 July. When I was growing up in the Isle of Man, I used to rush home from school every day to watch Mark Cavendish in the
7:36 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The first-place New York Mets added some much-needed punch at designated hitter Friday, acquiring Daniel Vogelbach from the Pittsburgh Pirates in a trade for rookie reliever Colin Holderman. The burly Vogelbach, a left-handed hitter and an All-Star in 2019 with Seattle, was batting .228 with 12 home
3:49 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee The NCAA has charged Tennessee’s football program with 18 Level