Britain’s Chris Froome says he is “optimistic” of a Tour de France place despite trailing behind Team Ineos team-mate Egan Bernal. Froome has been some way off 23-year-old Colombian Bernal – the 2019 Tour winner – in recent warm-ups, as he tries rediscover his form. Ineos have three former Tour champions to choose from for
Month: August 2020
Aug 12, 2020 If history has its way, Bayern Munich will stick three or four unanswered goals past Barcelona on Friday evening and then go on to complete their second Treble by winning the Champions League just over a week later. When Bayern meet Barcelona’s perennial Spanish rivals, Real Madrid, in Europe, it’s a kind
Lewis Hamilton set the pace from team-mate Valtteri Bottas as Mercedes dominated Friday practice at the Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton was 0.287secs up on Bottas in the second session after Bottas topped the first by 0.039secs. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was 0.821secs off in third. Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo was fourth fastest, ahead of the surprising
8:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN The fight schedule rolls on this weekend, and the stakes are high with three world title fights, a title eliminator and the return of some of the sport’s big names for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic put a stop to the action in early March. The action kicks
8:46 AM ET The Toronto Blue Jays are in the midst of their first homestand of the 2020 season at Sahlen Field, their new home away from home in Buffalo, New York. Jays fans from Buffalo, less than a two-hour drive from Toronto, and around New York showed up to take in the home opener
8:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series is back at Daytona this weekend, but on the Road Course. The GoBowling.com 235 will be held on Sunday, beginning at 3 p.m. ET. Kevin Harvick swept the Michigan doubleheader last weekend. But who will take the checkered flag this time? Senior writer Ryan McGee,
Toto Wolff says he is considering whether to continue as Mercedes team principal after this season. Under Wolff, Mercedes have become the most successful F1 team in history but his contract runs out this year. He said he was discussing his future with Ola Kallenius, chairman of Mercedes’ parent company Daimler. “Many factors make me
Enigmatic former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and some of his Chennai Super Kings teammates arrived here on Friday for a short training camp ahead of the IPL in UAE, where the World Cup-winning star will make his eagerly-awaited return to competitive cricket after a prolonged sabbatical. Apart from Dhoni, others who have reached the
6:49 AM ET As you read this on your electronic device, your favorite NASCAR Cup Series is likely strapped into their own much larger electronic device, running virtual laps on a racetrack that they have never driven before, built inside a racetrack that they have all raced on so many times before. Yes, that’s a
6:46 AM ET For many series, this is a critical juncture: Teams with a 2-0 lead in a seven-game playoff series are 324-51 (86.4 percent) in those series. The Vegas Golden Knights are already there. Four more teams — the Colorado Avalanche, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders and Vancouver Canucks — have a chance to
Valtteri Bottas headed Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix. Bottas was 0.039 seconds quicker than Hamilton, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in third was 0.939secs off. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel were fourth and fifth, separated by just 0.011secs. Haas’ Romain Grosjean was a surprise sixth. Racing Point’s
4:00 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, there’s the latest on Arsenal’s investigation into their record £72 million signing. Plus: Barcelona start their search for a new boss. Jump to: Barca hunt for new boss | Mourinho and Levy’s
Australia’s limited-overs tour of England will go ahead this month at bio-secure venues, officials said Friday, after its players were given government clearance to travel. The confirmation ensures Australians will pad up for their first internationals in nearly six months, with Glenn Maxwell, Nathan Lyon and Marcus Stoinis recalled to the squad, while Usman Khawaja
8:46 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert on Thursday made it clear that the NCAA has no authority to tell the SEC, ACC or Big 12 — or any other conference or school, for that matter — that it can’t play college football this fall. “We have no authority to do that,” he said during
11:00 AM ET All the scenarios, all the magic numbers, all the scoreboard watching — it’s all getting settled on Thursday. Here is where things stand as four teams battle for two spots in this weekend’s Western Conference play-in: Portland Trail Blazers: win and they’re in (as the No. 8 seed). Memphis Grizzlies: win and
Olympic and world champion cyclist Elinor Barker says there is still a lot of “ignorance” surrounding women’s sport, with women facing different attitudes to men doing the same event. The Briton, 25, has won five world titles plus European Championships and Commonwealth Games golds. Barker feels her efforts would be viewed differently if she were
10:25 PM ET ESPN News Services The St. Louis Cardinals‘ series opener against the Chicago White Sox has been postponed to Saturday, giving the Cardinals an extra day to recover from a coronavirus outbreak. The Cardinals, who haven’t played since July 29, were set to resume their season Friday night in Chicago. But the series
10:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Tyler Strafaci is moving on at the U.S. Amateur, and he has the caddie for his opponent to thank. Strafaci, a Georgia Tech star, was all square with Argentina’s Segundo Oliva Pinto entering the 18th hole of their round of 16 match Thursday at Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Oregon.
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