Getty Images World and European track sprint champion Emma Finucane aims to help inspire young female cyclists to follow her into sprinting. Since Great Britain’s team sprinters shone at the 2012 London Olympics, they have not made a Games. Finucane’s recent solo success came alongside team sprint silver medals at the 2023 World Championships in
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMar 8, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions KATERINA WU ALWAYS LOVED HOCKEY. Same with numbers. But the concept of marrying those two in a career like she has now, as senior data scientist for the Pittsburgh Penguins? That revelation
Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 06:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SANYA, China — Narin An shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to join Sarah Schmeizel in the lead after the second round of the Blue Bay LPGA on China’s southern island of Hainan. Both golfers had a 9-under total of 135 to sit one
Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will miss the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Spaniard, 29, will be replaced for the rest of the race weekend in Jeddah by the team’s 18-year-old British reserve driver Oliver Bearman. Sainz had been unwell for two
Skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s splendid hundreds gave India complete control of the fifth Test against England despite a late batting collapse that saw the hosts end day two at 473 for eight on Friday. India lost as many as five wickets for 97 runs in the final session after Rohit (103 off 162
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMar 7, 2024, 10:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns will undergo surgery to repair a torn left meniscus, and sources told ESPN on Thursday night that he is expected to be back by early in the Western Conference playoffs. Towns will be re-evaluated in four weeks, but
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ESPN News Services Mar 7, 2024, 10:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex Ovechkin scored his 840th career goal and added an assist as the visiting Washington Capitals drilled the reeling Pittsburgh Penguins 6-0 on Thursday night. Ovechkin’s two points pushed him past Hall of Fame defenseman Paul Coffey and into 15th on the NHL’s
SWpix.com By Katie Falkingham BBC Sport It had been that long they had worked out the exact number of days – 4,095. Not since late 2012, more than 11 years earlier, had a British women’s team sprint squad won a gold medal. But at the Adelaide leg of the Track Nations Cup in February, Katy
Mar 8, 2024, 01:02 AM Open Extended Reactions Louis Lynagh, the son of former Australia flyhalf Michael, will make his debut for Italy in their Six Nations meeting with Scotland this weekend after head coach Gonzalo Quesada named the wing in his team on Thursday. Lynagh was born in Italy and has played at Under-20
ESPN News Services Mar 8, 2024, 12:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions RALEIGH, N.C. — Frederik Andersen made 24 saves after a four-month absence and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Thursday night. Brady Skjei scored two goals and Stefan Noesen and Andrei Svechnikov added one each in Carolina’s first game since
Luis Suarez struck in stoppage time and Lionel Messi scored shortly after half-time to help Inter Miami tie Nashville 2-2 Thursday night in the Concadaf Champions Cup. The teams will meet Wednesday night in Miami for the second leg of the home-and-home portion of the round of 16, with Miami holding a decisive edge thanks to the
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 7, 2024, 10:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia are finalizing a deal for a May 4 fight in Las Vegas for Alvarez’s undisputed super middleweight championship, sources told ESPN. It’s a one-fight deal for Alvarez and PBC, sources said, after the sides parted ways last week with
India handed England their first series defeat in the ‘Bazball’ era heralded by Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum. As the two teams get down to action one final time in the fifth Test in Dharamsala, the Stokes-led side would like to go back home with a 2-3 series result. After winning the first Test, the side
Mar 7, 2024, 08:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Kansas City Chiefs and linebacker Drue Tranquill reached agreement on a three-year, $19 million deal that includes $13 million fully guaranteed, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Tranquill joined the Chiefs last season as a free agent after four years with the Los Angeles
Mar 7, 2024, 05:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Rams are re-signing guard Kevin Dotson to a three-year, $48 million deal that includes $32 million guaranteed, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Dotson, a fourth-round pick in 2020, was one of the Rams’ best acquisitions in 2023. The Rams traded for Dotson
Associated Press Mar 7, 2024, 08:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Venus Williams played a match on tour for the first time in about six months on Thursday, and the 43-year-old owner of seven Grand Slam titles gave away the lead and the last 10 games in a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterMar 7, 2024, 06:00 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions MAT ISHBIA SAYS he’s never had a cup of coffee. He doesn’t need caffeine, or an alarm clock. On Tuesday, he’d been up and going since 3:30 a.m.