French Police searched the team hotel of Bahrain-Victorious after stage 17 of the Tour de France on Wednesday. Riders’ rooms and the team bus were searched but no arrests were made. The Bahrain-based team confirmed they had provided copies of their riders’ training files to police. The team’s technical director Vladimir Miholjevic said they have
6:27 PM ET Adam Brown Euro 2020 and the Copa America are over and the summer transfer window is open, leaving Europe’s biggest clubs clear to make a splash in the market. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Chelsea plot move for Haaland Chelsea‘s pursuit of Borussia
2:04 AM ET MILWAUKEE — When are we going to see a Khris Middleton game? From the Deer District to the bluffs of Lake Michigan, this has been the persistent question around town since the Bucks returned to Milwaukee down 2-0 to the Phoenix Suns in the 2021 NBA Finals. Giannis Antetokounmpo will get his
6:38 PM ET The administrative leave for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer has been extended by nearly two weeks to July 27, sources told ESPN. The move pushes Bauer’s leave past a scheduled July 23 hearing for a domestic violence restraining order filed by a woman in L.A. County Superior Court. Major League Baseball
9:54 PM ET Montreal Canadiens defenseman Shea Weber could miss next season and his NHL future is in doubt because of multiple injuries, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. According to multiple reports, Weber has been battling lingering foot, ankle, knee and thumb injuries. TVA Sports reported that the Canadiens will expose Weber in
8:41 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal has entered the health and safety protocols at Team USA camp, sources confirmed to ESPN. USA Basketball announced a player had entered the protocol but didn’t name the player. Beal, who played 30 minutes in Team USA’s win over Argentina on Tuesday night, is
9:33 PM BST Wing Sbu Nkosi and centre Lukhanyo Am scored first-half tries as a strong South Africa ‘A’ side inflicted a first defeat of the tour on the British & Irish Lions with a 17-13 win in what was dubbed an unofficial ‘fourth test’ in Cape Town on Wednesday. Lions coach Warren Gatland had
8:15 PM ET Associated Press MIDLAND, Mich. — Nelly and Jessica Korda teamed to shoot a 5-under 65 in alternate-shot play Wednesday for a share of the first-round lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. “I think our games are pretty similar,” Nelly Korda said. “We know each other really well, and I feel
7:56 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — With the rubble of Qualcomm Stadium piled high about 150 yards away, the construction of San Diego State‘s new football stadium reached a major milestone on Wednesday. Construction crews performed a traditional topping-out ceremony at Aztec Stadium by hoisting the final steel beam into place at the
5:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Wednesday nullified the suspension of horse trainer Bob Baffert, finding that the New York Racing Association acted unconstitutionally by failing to let him adequately respond to claims made against him after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test.
4:59 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Tennis Hall of Famer Shirley Fry Irvin, who won three consecutive major titles in the 1950s to complete a career Grand Slam, has died at 94. Her death Tuesday was confirmed by the International Tennis Hall of Fame, where she was a 1970 inductee. She lived in
4:14 PM ET Men’s British No. 1 Dan Evans has said he will miss the Tokyo Olympics following a positive test for COVID-19 in another blow to Team GB after Johanna Konta also pulled out. Konta, the women’s British No. 1, withdrew on Tuesday having tested positive for COVID-19, two weeks after she pulled out
3:41 PM ET World No. 2 Naomi Osaka, who withdrew from this year’s French Open and Wimbledon on mental health grounds, will compete in Montreal next month, organizers of the Canadian event said Wednesday. Osaka, a four-time Gland Slam champion who is one of Japan’s best gold medal prospects at the Tokyo Olympics, will be
1:21 PM ET Rising lightweight Islam Makhachev, the protege of retired former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, faces Thiago Moises in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex will be on ESPN and ESPN+, with the main card starting at 10 p.m. ET and the prelims
2:31 PM ET ESPN News Services The Jaguars said Wednesday that coach Urban Meyer and general manager Trent Baalke were subpoenaed as part of a lawsuit filed by lawyers for Black former Iowa football players alleging discrimination by some members of the school’s coaching staff. The team said Meyer and Baalke submitted a written response
1:30 PM BST British & Irish Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones will return to the squad after making a remarkable recovery from dislocating his shoulder against Japan in June, coach Warren Gatland announced on Wednesday. Jones had been ruled out for the rest of the tour after sustaining the injury on June 26 but passed
India will once again not play Pakistan in the second cycle of World Test Championship with three away tours lined up in the next two years, starting with the England series next month. As per rule, each of the nine nations in the World Test Championship calendar play against six nations of their choice and
12:45 PM ET Outside Red Bull Arena, the clinks of Coronas, a blaring Bad Bunny track and the anxious frenzy of juggling circles score the dusk. Inside, a sprite with copper-tinged hair skates around his contemporaries in hot pink cleats: Sporting Kansas City midfielder, Gianluca Busio, still weeks shy of his 19th birthday. Sporting KC