Month: April 2021

2:11 PM BST France began their Six Nations campaign with an emphatic 53-0 victory over Wales at the Stade de la Rabine on Saturday. Winger Caroline Boujard enjoyed an impressive evening after scoring a hat trick inside the opening 15 minutes for Les Bleues in the Pool B clash. Agathe Sochat also crossed the line
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Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant was seen playing “box cricket” with ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and India’s Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane during a shoot. In the 10-second video, Pant throws a ball at Ajinkya Rahane and as he plays the ball, Ashwin takes a catch while standing close to the batsman and celebrates. However, the
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10:26 AM ET Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that Christian Pulisic suffered a hamstring injury during Chelsea’s shock 5-2 home defeat against West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday. Pulisic opened the scoring with his first goal since Tuchel took charge in January but, after Thiago Silva was sent off moments later,
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9:34 AM ET Associated Press College athletes will someday soon be permitted to be paid sponsors, social media influencers and product endorsers. Change is imminent, but not everyone in college sports believes it is for the better as athletes get closer to earning money from third parties for use of their name, image or likeness
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7:42 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is returning to the lineup Saturday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing the past 10 games with a bone bruise in his left knee. Embiid, who suffered the injury during an awkward fall on a dunk in the third quarter of Philadelphia’s win over
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11:04 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight showdown between two former title challengers in Gilbert Burns and Stephen Thompson on July 10, UFC president Dana White said Friday night. Contracts have not been signed, according to sources, but both sides have verbally agreed to the 170-pound matchup. The bout will take place at
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11:05 AM ET A featherweight bout between Chan Sung Jung and Dan Ige will headline a UFC Fight Night event on June 19, multiple sources told ESPN. Contracts have not been signed, but the UFC is working on finalizing the 145-pound contest. The promotion has not announced an official location for the event. Ige (15-3)
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10:05 PM ET Cris Cyborg will put her Bellator women’s featherweight title on the line against Leslie Smith on May 21, the promotion announced Friday night during the Bellator 255 broadcast. Cyborg beat Smith in 2016 in what was Cyborg’s UFC debut. Cyborg (23-2, 1 NC) is one of the best female fighters of all
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