1:20 PM ET Retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg said he respects Naomi Osaka’s decision to shun French Open press conferences for mental health reasons and added that she is “ballsy,” but recognised opponents could find it unfair. The German made considerable use of sports psychology as he battled and beat Mercedes teammate Lewis
Month: May 2021
Ashley Giles, the managing director of England men’s team, has said that the England and Wales Cricket (ECB) are not planning to change their schedule for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. The suspended 14th edition of the IPL is likely to be played in UAE in the September 15 to October 15 window with
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones — considered one of the best receiving talents in the NFL — is on the trade market. Right before the 2021 draft, Falcons GM Terry Fontenot said that the team would listen to trade offers on the 32-year-old veteran as Atlanta attempts to solve
12:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all ended up in the same half of the French Open men’s field in the draw Thursday, meaning no more than one of them can reach the final. The Big Three top the leaderboard for Grand Slam men’s singles titles. Federer and
11:21 AM ET Tiger Woods is in a familiar place: extensive rehabilitation. That was the gist of his comments in a brief interview with Golf Digest, the first he has done since being involved in a serious one-car crash in Southern California on Feb. 23 that left him hospitalized for nearly a month. “This has
11:09 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Expanding the Davis Cup Finals to more venues will help attract more fans and avoid some of the late finishes that hurt the revamped event’s first edition, organizers said Thursday. Madrid was the sole host of the inaugural edition of the restructured Davis Cup Finals in 2019. This
Italy’s Alberto Bettiol took victory from the breakaway on stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia as overall leader Egan Bernal finished safely in the peloton. Bettiol timed his effort to perfection on the longest stage of this year’s race – at 231km – to finish 17 seconds clear of Simone Consonni in Stradella. After a
7:00 AM ET After a two-week run at the top by the Chicago White Sox, a new team has overtaken the AL Central leaders for the No. 1 spot in our MLB Power Rankings this week. Will the Los Angeles Dodgers regain their place there after looking more like the team we expected to see
11:30 AM ET The fan who dumped popcorn on Russell Westbrook has been banned indefinitely from Wells Fargo Center and has had his Philadelphia 76ers season ticket membership revoked. The 76ers announced the punishment for the unidentified fan Thursday, one day after the incident took place during Philadelphia’s playoff game against Westbrook and the Washington
5:00 AM ET The Champions League final proves, in a sense, that money buys success. Chelsea vs. Manchester City is the team bankrolled by a Russian oligarch against the club that has been transformed by the financial might of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi. They are two clubs that have gone
MS Dhoni takes care of his horse.© Instagram Former India captain MS Dhoni is back at his farmhouse in Ranchi with the 2021 season of the Indian Premier League postponed midway through the tournament. Dhoni has been spending his time with his family and his pets, and his wife Sakshi Singh Dhoni has been sharing
7:51 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim MMA is doing pretty well for a sport less than three decades old. From the UFC to Bellator to the PFL and beyond, the fight game has grown from a shady niche to the spotlit mainstream, drawing in new fans by the day. A few fighters have broken through to
8:30 AM ET The first one who will tell you that Seth Jones had a disappointing 2020-21 campaign is Seth Jones. “I didn’t have the greatest season. I’m not sure why,” the Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman said. After garnering so much attention for his iron-man defensive play in the 2020 postseason bubble, when he averaged
Next month’s European Track Championships have been cancelled as a result of the ongoing political situation in Belarus. The five-day championships were scheduled to start on 23 June in Minsk. On Sunday, Belarus scrambled a warplane to force a passenger plane to land in Minsk in order to arrest a journalist. Enrico Della Casa, president
7:00 AM ET College football coaching jobs are typically evaluated on a macro scale. Here at ESPN+, there have been rankings of every FBS job and, more recently, tiers for Power 5 and Group of 5 jobs. Rather than repeat those exercises, I thought it would be more fun to take two comparable jobs, ideally
6:31 AM ET Wednesday brought us three more elimination games, but only two teams were sent packing. The Minnesota Wild kept their series with the Vegas Golden Knights alive with a massive home win to force the first Game 7 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers saw their
The All Blacks will be without their captain for over half the Test season and yet, barring a few notable exceptions, Ian Foster remains largely spoilt for choice as he plots his second campaign in charge. Foster made his first public appearance of the year last week as the Rugby Championship draw confirmed the All
9:33 PM ET Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook suffered a right ankle injury and left the floor limping in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s playoff game at Philadelphia. Westbrook stepped on 76ers guard Furkan Korkmaz‘s foot and rolled the ankle with 10:28 remaining and the Wizards down 17 points in Game 2 of the
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