6:26 AM BST Former Wallabies fly-half Bernard Foley says playing in Japan helped him “fall back in love with rugby again” after a difficult 2019 Test season, suggesting the ambitious League One clubs should not be viewed as entirely evil through what are right now extremely concerned Australian rugby eyes. With Japanese clubs circling Australian
5:12 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The New York Mets‘ hit-by-pitch frustrations boiled over Wednesday when reliever Yoan Lopez threw a pitch near Nolan Arenado‘s head, sparking a benches-clearing brawl that led to Arenado’s ejection in the St. Louis Cardinals‘ 10-5 victory. Arenado reached base four times and drove in three runs before
7:08 PM ET Phoenix Suns All-Star guard Devin Booker is progressing on a return soon, possibly for Game 6 on Thursday or a potential Game 7 on Saturday in the franchise’s Western Conference first-round playoff series against the New Orleans Pelicans, sources told ESPN. Booker has made significant progress with his strained right hamstring in
5:46 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — Don’t be fooled by the narrow margin of the scoreline. Liverpool‘s 2-0 victory over Villarreal at Anfield was the most one-sided semifinal you are likely to see and could and should have been so much more for the six-time European champions. But 2-0 may well be more than enough
5:36 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Former No. 1 Naomi Osaka enters the clay-court season with the goal of not being too hard on herself. Osaka, 24, made the final in Miami last month and will be playing as a wild-card entry when the Madrid Open begins on Thursday. “I’m trying to embrace my
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Round 1 of the 2022 NFL draft kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET and Rounds 2-7 will follow on Friday and Saturday. We have you covered with a one-stop shop for everything draft related. Don’t know what time the draft starts each day or where
4:40 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Danish teenager Holger Rune upset top-seeded Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BMW Open tennis tournament. The 18-year-old broke Zverev’s first service game in each set to take control of the match on his way to his first career win over a player
5:42 PM ET Associated Press Fifth seed Frances Tiafoe overcame a resilient wildcard Nuno Borges 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-0 in the second round of the ATP 250 Millennium Estoril Open on Wednesday. A tie-break was required to decide the opening set, which the 25-year-old clinched 7-4, before home-favourite Borges fought back in the second to
7:40 AM ET Mikaela Mayer Mikaela Mayer plans to be in an unfamiliar place, at least from a boxing perspective Saturday night: in the stands. The WBO and IBF junior lightweight champion is expected to be among those at Madison Square Garden in New York for the Amanda Serrano-Katie Taylor undisputed lightweight title fight (DAZN,
1:28 PM ET An important heavyweight bout between knockout king Derrick Lewis and the surging Sergei Pavlovich is targeted for a UFC card on July 30, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The UFC has yet to announce an event on that date, but the expectation is that it will be the UFC 277 pay-per-view event,
9:00 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN After an opening night filled will exciting lightweight and light heavyweight fights, the PFL returns on Thursday to do it all again in two other weight classes (6 p.m. ET on ESPN2/ESPN+). The card will be headlined by reigning PFL heavyweight champion Bruno Cappelozza, who will be looking to keep
Mercedes are aiming to have upgrades that they hope will begin to solve the car problems that have afflicted them this year at the next race in Miami. Trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said the new parts would “hopefully indicate whether we are moving in the right direction”. Mercedes, constructors’ champions for the past eight
7:00 AM ET During the winter, many big names entered the transfer portal and changed schools. After coach Lincoln Riley went from Oklahoma to USC, quarterbacks Jaxson Dart (Ole Miss) and Kedon Slovis (Pitt) transferred out, while Caleb Williams joined Riley out West. Bo Nix left Auburn to go to Oregon, while Quinn Ewers transferred
All eyes were on Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Umran Malik, but all they could see was a blur. But still, Gujarat Titans had the last laugh as they prised out a five-wicket win in their thrilling IPL match here on Wednesday. Introduced into the attack as late as the eighth over, as Kane Williamson‘s last resort, the
12:09 PM ET High school right-hander Dylan Lesko, the top pitching prospect in the 2022 MLB draft, had Tommy John surgery Tuesday, a source told ESPN. Lesko, the No. 8 overall prospect in the draft rankings, had the procedure done by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the head team physician for MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers and the
12:35 PM ET Associated Press A retired New York State Supreme Court Justice on Wednesday recommended a two-year suspension for Bob Baffert after the two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer’s hearing with the New York Racing Association. The ruling by O. Peter Sherwood is not a final decision. Baffert’s camp and NYRA each have seven days to
10:58 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars and left tackle Cam Robinson have reached an agreement on a three-year contract extension worth $54 million, a league source confirmed Wednesday. Robinson was set to play the 2022 season on the franchise tag for a guaranteed $16.7 million and instead will make $18 million annually
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