IPL 2022: Kuldeep Yadav was purchased by Delhi Capitals during the IPL mega auction for Rs 2 crore.© BCCI/IPL Having not played a single game during IPL 2021, Kuldeep Yadav was released by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) after their campaign ended with a defeat to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the final. The spinner was
Month: April 2022
5:00 AM ET Bruno Fernandes has signed a contract extension until 2026 at Manchester United, the club have confirmed. The deal includes the option of extending it a further year to 2027. The Portugal international, who scored twice to seal his club’s passage to the World Cup in midweek, will be among United’s top earners
1:28 AM ET NEW YORK — Giannis Antetokounmpo became the Milwaukee Bucks‘ all-time leading scorer on Thursday night by delivering the type of unbelievable performance that has defined his star-studded career. Antetokounmpo broke Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s franchise mark of 14,211 points, scoring 44 points on Thursday to move his total to 14,216. As
3:23 PM ET Pro-Bowl linebacker Bobby Wagner will be staying in the NFC West next season despite his release by the Seattle Seahawks earlier this month. Wagner is signing a five-year, $50 million deal worth up to $65 million with the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday.
9:36 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Anna Davis was little more than a silhouette from right of the ninth green as darkness fell quickly at the end of a long day at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The only light came from a video board and headlights from carts making their way in.
11:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 50th goal of the season and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Winnipeg Jets 7-3 on Thursday night. Matthews scored Toronto’s sixth goal of the game into an empty net with 2:06 left in regulation. He moved past Leon Draisaitl (49 goals) of idle
9:09 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Whoa! It’s a Double Aho! Both NHL players named Sebastian Aho — one a defenseman for the New York Islanders, the other a forward for the Carolina Hurricanes — scored goals for their teams Thursday night. And at nearly the exact same time. According to Sportsnet Stats,
3:57 PM ET Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson will miss the first two games of the regular season after his three-game suspension, stemming from an incident at the end of the 2021 season, was reduced to two games, a source confirmed to ESPN. During a bench clearing incident with the Detroit Tigers in late
10:29 PM ET New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom felt tightness in his right shoulder while throwing long toss and might not be able to make his scheduled spring start Friday, according to manager Buck Showalter. The timing is far from ideal for the Mets, who open the season in a week, with deGrom slated
10:03 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Jennifer Kupcho shared the lead Thursday in The Chevron Championship in her second — and last — start at Mission Hills, the tree-lined layout she has quickly fallen in love with. “Honestly, I think it’s just being comfortable on this golf course,” Kupcho said. “I get
4:27 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Naomi Osaka‘s eyes welled with tears when her match ended, an all-too-familiar scene for her in recent years. These were of the happy variety. For the former world No. 1, that’s major progress. The unseeded Osaka defeated No. 22 Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday
1:13 PM ET DOHA, Qatar — For Qatar, the World Cup draw Friday is the bell signaling the last lap of a race that began more than two decades ago. That’s when the Gulf state — poor in square miles, population and (back then) name recognition, but rich in per capita GDP and ambition —
3:03 PM ET LeBron James hopes to return to the Los Angeles Lakers‘ lineup Friday after testing his sprained left ankle before their game against the New Orleans Pelicans, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. James, who will miss his second straight game Thursday against the Utah Jazz, returned to Los Angeles earlier this week to
Mar 27, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos and Devin Haney have struck a deal for a June 5 fight for the undisputed lightweight championship at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, Top Rank announced on Thursday. The bout will take place Sunday afternoon in Australia to accommodate a June 4 prime-time broadcast in the United States
6:43 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — NCAA president Mark Emmert said Thursday at the Final Four that the association needs to work with Congress to create a uniform name-image-likeness model across all 50 states in order to properly regulate it moving forward. Beginning last July 1, college athletes have had the opportunity to benefit from