11:41 AM ET Bruce Schoenfeld Barcelona are one of many top clubs with academies or developmental relationships in the United States. The goal? Unearthing the next soccer gem. Courtesy of Barcelona residency academy FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Yurem Linares arrived with his father moments before soccer practice. He walked up a steep dirt path to the
Month: October 2021
12:11 PM BST The 2022 World Rugby Sevens Series will kickoff with a pair of men’s and women’s rounds in Dubai starting November, while Hong Kong returns as a stop, the global body said on Tuesday as the schedule was announced. Sydney, Australia and Hamilton, New Zealand will not host the series next year due
Oct 10, 2021 Canada failed to qualify for the Rugby World Cup for the first time after being beaten 33-24 by Chile on Saturday, while Uruguay clinched their place after overturning a three-point first-leg deficit against the United States. Canada won their first tie 22-21 a week ago but Saturday’s drubbing in Valparaiso, Chile, kept
11:43 AM BST The British & Irish Lions announced the formation of a steering group on Tuesday to look into the feasibility of establishing a women’s Lions team. Former Lion Ieuan Evans will chair the 13-member group which will include administrators from professional rugby such as Lions managing director Ben Calveley and chief operating and
Virat Kohli’s last match as RCB skipper ended in a heartbreaking 4-wicket loss to KKR.© Twitter Virat Kohli’s last match as captain in the Indian Premier League (IPL) ended in heartbreak as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lost the Eliminator of IPL 2021 to Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets in Sharjah on Monday. A day
10:29 AM ET Deontay Wilder has no plans to retire, the American boxer’s trainer Malik Scott said, after he was knocked out by Britain’s Tyson Fury in their WBC heavyweight world championship fight on Saturday. Fury (31-0-1) weathered the early storm to outbox Wilder and landed the decisive blow in the 11th round to close
8:00 AM ET It’s time for our dumbest NBA preseason tradition: League Pass Rankings! These rankings turn 10 today. I can’t believe I continue to trick publications into running them. These are not power rankings! They are watchability scores, derived from an ancient formula Bill Simmons claims appeared before him when he ingested too many
12:40 AM ET Brianna Williams Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder 3 did not disappoint in the slightest. Fury defeated Wilder by knockout to retain his WBC heavyweight title. It was a spectacular fight and one that will be considered by many as the fight of the year for 2021. The hype leading up to the
Olympic champion Katie Archibald will lead Great Britain’s 19-strong squad for this month’s Track Cycling World Championships in Roubaix, France. Archibald also took madison gold alongside Laura Kenny at Tokyo 2020. “I took a short break after Tokyo, but now I’m back and really motivated for everything that’s to come,” she said. “It felt good
Six-time British time trial champion Alex Dowsett will attempt to break the UCI hour record for a second time in November. Dowsett, 33, broke the record in May 2015 but lost it 36 days later to Sir Bradley Wiggins. The record is currently held by Belgium’s Victor Campenaerts, who rode 55.089km last December in Manchester.
3:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Off the bat, nine innings into a game surprisingly devoid of action, it seemed as if an entire ballpark believed Gavin Lux had tied the score with his Los Angeles Dodgers down to their final out. “My stomach pretty much sank when he hit it,” San Francisco Giants third
3:30 AM ET Oyarzabal’s in the thick of a brilliant year for club and country, leading fans to wonder if he’s the next big thing. David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images Though they ended the tournament with a runners-up medal, the UEFA Nations League finals confirmed without a doubt that this is the era of Baby Spain.” Recite
The ICC T20 World Cup gets underway from October 17 and this is a tournament that fans have been waiting for eagerly as the last time cricket’s elite sides fought for the global title in the sport’s shortest format was way back in 2016. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on their part have been trying to
2:28 AM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev beat Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 7-6 (1) to reach the round of 16 on a gusty Monday night at the BNP Paribas Open. Karolina Pliskova, the women’s top seed, was upset by Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 7-5. Medvedev, the US Open champion, connected on
11:55 PM ET BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens weren’t able to set an NFL rushing record but all they will remember is how Lamar Jackson carried them with his arm. Rallying from 19 points down in the second half, Jackson led the Ravens to an improbable 31-25 comeback win over the Indianapolis Colts. Jackson’s 5-yard
11:02 PM ET Luke Rockhold‘s return to the Octagon will have to wait. The former UFC middleweight champion said Monday night in an Instagram story that he has a herniated disk and is out of a scheduled fight with Sean Strickland at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 in New York. It would have been Rockhold’s
12:03 PM ET UFC legend Chuck Liddell was arrested early Monday on a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau (SIB), officers responded to a home in Hidden Hills, California, regarding a domestic disturbance at about midnight Monday morning. After determining there had been a physical altercation, deputies
10:59 PM ET BOSTON — Early on Monday night, it looked like the Boston Red Sox might cruise to the ALCS after scoring five runs in the third inning. While the Rays slowly chipped away at the lead throughout the night, eventually tying the game in the eighth inning, Boston displayed the resilience that made
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