1:15 PM ET The Dallas Stars had six players and two staff members test positive for COVID-19, and the NHL expects the team will not open its 2020-21 season any earlier than Jan. 19. Those who tested positive are self-isolating and following CDC and NHL protocols. The positive tests have forced the Stars to close
Month: January 2021
Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has taken part in the first “collective vaccination” against Covid-19 in sport, say his UAE Team Emirates outfit. The team took a newly approved vaccine trialled in the United Arab Emirates. Pogacar, 22, won the Tour in September following one of the most dramatic finishes in the race’s history
6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN If Ben Roethlisberger says it’s OK to say it, then go ahead and call these NFL playoffs the year of the “old guys.” And Big Ben isn’t even the oldest. The NFL’s five oldest starting quarterbacks are all still playing, while some of the future stars, such as Kyler Murray
BCCI secretary Jay Shah tweeted pictures from his meeting with the CM of Arunachal Pradesh.© Twitter Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Friday said that the BCCI will extend support to all the North-Eastern states for several facilities including capacity building and cricketing infrastructure. “Humbled and honoured to visit
11:39 AM GMT Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones is confident he can shake off a knee problem in time for the start of their Six Nations campaign next month, Ospreys coach Toby Booth has said. Ospreys lock Jones, who is test rugby’s most capped player with 143 internationals under his belt, suffered the injury in
11:49 AM GMT England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) has expressed concerns over whether the organisers of the women’s Six Nations can successfully stage the tournament amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Several women’s Six Nations fixtures were cancelled last year due to the coronavirus outbreak, with England the only team to fulfill all their games. 1 Related
7:00 AM ET Jackson He’s adventure as a foreign exchange student started ordinarily enough. A native of Shaoguan, China, a city in the Guangdong Province about 175 miles north of Hong Kong in the south of China, he was sent by his parents to San Diego, where the plan was to have him spend a
When Teofimo Lopez stepped into the ring to face Vasiliy Lomachenko in a lightweight title unification fight, the stakes seemed simple enough. If Lopez upset one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighters, he would immediately position himself as one of the best in the 135-pound division, and one of boxing’s biggest attractions. When Lopez won
4:22 PM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Thursday that his team is on track to play in the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T against No. 1 Alabama on Monday despite ongoing coronavirus issues. In his first comments since reports earlier in the week that there were discussions about possibly delaying
7:15 AM ET ESPN staff The opening weekend of the NFL playoffs has arrived, with six games on the wild-card round slate. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score picks. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a stat to know for each
7:15 AM ET We’re just days away from embarking on a very different kind of NHL season, and it was fascinating to see how this year’s NHL Rank — our predictive ranking of the top 100 players for 2020-21 — played out. But it also got me thinking: How different will this list look in
7:00 AM ET The NHL drops the puck on the 2021 season on Jan. 13, and things are going to look different. It’s not just the abridged 56-game season length and temporary divisional realignment. The league also instituted several new rules. There’s one big on-ice change, which could simplify one of hockey’s most controversial rules
3:08 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A day after a mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Los Angeles Lakers captain LeBron James wondered what would have happened if the group of insurgents was mostly Black people, and blamed the mayhem on President Donald Trump. “We live in two Americas,” James said Thursday following
6:09 AM ET Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin reached the third round of the Abu Dhabi Open on Friday after her opponent Kirsten Flipkens injured her ankle and had to retire. Flipkens won the first set 7-5 and was 5-4 down in the second when she jumped
7:20 AM ET After a year in which UFC legends retired, unretired, threatened retirement and changed weight classes, what can MMA fans expect in 2021? Three titles changed hands in 2020, but each of those were in fights for vacant championships. In other words, defending world champions showed why they were the ones wearing the
BCCI has reportedly decided to part ways with events-management company IMG.© AFP The BCCI has decided to part ways with International Management Group (IMG), which has held the events rights of the IPL since its inception, a top board official revealed on Friday. “Yes, we have sent them a termination notice,” the official told PTI. It
7:00 AM ET Fingers crossed that the 2021 MLB season will begin on time — and that we get to see some live baseball at the ballpark this year. As we wait, Buster Olney concludes his annual ranking of the 10 best players at each position heading into the coming season — based on input
4:00 AM ET It’s traditionally one of the most exciting dates in the English football calendar: the third round of the FA Cup, the oldest cup competition in the world, when the Premier League teams enter the fray. Upsets follow as lower-league teams are inspired by “the magic of the cup” to knock out more
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