Month: July 2022

5:20 PM ET Canadian women’s national team players released an open letter to Hockey Canada on Monday to say they’ll be “part of the fight for the truth” into allegations of sexual assault made against men’s players as they seek a role in reforming the organization. “We join all Canadians in demanding a thorough and
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6:16 PM ET Associated Press Third-seeded Elise Mertens was eliminated from the Prague Open on Monday after losing her first-round match to unseeded Magda Linette of Poland 3-6, 6-2, 2-6. Linette beat her Belgian opponent for the first time after three losses. She next faces Daria Snigur or Viktoriya Tomova in the second round of
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5:50 PM ET Associated Press Hockey Canada released a plan on Monday to combat the “toxic” culture in its sport. It comes ahead of a second round of parliamentary hearings into the organization’s handling of sexual assault complaints. The plan includes putting together a centralized tracking and reporting system for abuse complaints by the end
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9:54 AM ET Everton supporters invaded the pitch at Goodison Park during their victory over Crystal Palace last season. MB Media/Getty Images England’s Premier League and Football League have announced tough new sanctions for pitch invasions and the use of smoke bombs and pyrotechnics. Last season saw an increasing number of pitch invasions at the end
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11:59 AM ET ESPN News Services Chase Elliott left Pocono Raceway as a third-place finisher and learned when he landed home in Georgia that he had been declared the race winner. For now, at least. Joe Gibbs Racing can still appeal NASCAR’s decision to strip Denny Hamlin‘s victory and teammate Kyle Busch‘s runner-up finish on
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1:16 PM ET LIV Golf Invitational Series player Sergio Garcia says he has changed his mind on giving up his DP World Tour membership. “When I finished the Open Championship [last] Sunday, I said that I was most likely going to resign my membership from the [DP World] Tour,” Garcia told ESPN. “That obviously meant
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12:25 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert announced Monday he has been cleared for training camp activities after rehabbing a knee injury since early last season. Mostert made the announcement on social media, tweeting, “It’s go time!!” “Being told you may never step on the field again isn’t easy to
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8:00 AM ET NBA Insiders The 2021-22 NBA season felt more normal than the previous two seasons, but the sport was without some of its biggest stars. LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson, Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray and Brooklyn Nets forward Ben Simmons all missed last season because of
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An independent review into allegations of racism at Cricket Scotland has found the governance and leadership practices of the organisation to be “institutionally racist”. The report, which was described as a “wake up call for Scottish sport”, found 448 examples of institutional racism. A review was commissioned by sportscotland, the national funding body, last year
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