Kusal Mendis‘ fiery start and a key lower-order knock by Bhanuka Rajapaksa powered Sri Lanka to a four-wicket win over Afghanistan in their Asia Cup Super 4 contest on Saturday. Set 176 for victory, Sri Lanka leaned on an attacking 62-run opening stand between Pathum Nissanka (35) and Mendis (36) to achieve their target with
Month: September 2022
Australian Oscar Piastri said a “breakdown in trust” with Alpine led to his decision to reject them and join McLaren for his debut next season. McLaren won a dispute over Piastri with Alpine on Friday, after F1’s contract recognition board (CRB) ruled they had a valid contract with the 21-year-old. “McLaren was a great opportunity.
Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz won stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana, as overall leader Remco Evenepoel saw rival Primoz Roglic gain 48 seconds on him. It is the Ineos rider’s second stage win, finishing eight seconds ahead of Astana’s Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez. Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic pulled away from Belgium’s Evenepoel on the final hill of
9:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN No. 23 Cincinnati is starting redshirt senior Ben Bryant at quarterback against No. 19 Arkansas, it was announced Saturday. Bryant began his career at Cincinnati, where he backed up Desmond Ridder for three seasons. He then transferred to Eastern Michigan, where he starred last year, and then transferred back to
Max Verstappen won a titanic fight for pole at the Dutch Grand Prix, shading Charles Leclerc by just 0.021 seconds. The Red Bull driver looked to be in formidable form early in qualifying but Leclerc went faster on the first runs in the final session in his Ferrari. Leclerc improved on his final run, only
AUS vs ZIM: Brad Evans celebrates after hitting the winning run against Australia.© AFP As Brad Evans drove Mitchell Starc through covers for a single, he brought up a historic moment for Zimbabwe as they registered their first ever win against Australia in Australia in any format. After bowling Australia out for 141 in the
Sep 3, 2022 ESPN News Services Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev ended the historic run of Yibing Wu with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory in the third round on Friday at the US Open in New York. The defending champion moves on to face Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios on Sunday. Medvedev is bidding to become the first
6:30 PM ET ESPN staff Tired of waiting for the commissioners to make a decision about expanding the College Football Playoff, the 11 presidents and chancellors who comprise the CFP’s board of managers took control on Friday with a unanimous vote to expand the field to 12 teams in 2026. The presidents have strongly urged
11:44 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Twenty-three years ago, Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam title here. On Friday, she said her goodbyes in the same place, in front of a sold-out crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium. “Thank you daddy, I know you’re watching. Thanks mom,” Williams said before starting to cry
Sep 2, 2022 ESPN Fantasy The ESPN staff got together for the last fantasy football mock draft before the start of the NFL season, this time using a 10-team, 1/2 PPR format. Choose your league size, customize the scoring and set the rules you want to follow in order to create the fantasy football league
Sep 2, 2022 Nobody has a more stacked lineup of fantasy football analysts and NFL team reporters than ESPN. It’s the rare “backfield by committee” that is actually a good thing for fantasy managers. Ready for kickoff? Sign up now to play with friends and family. Get started >> Throughout the preseason, our NFL Nation
3:08 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Pete Thamel The College Football Playoff’s board of managers unanimously voted Friday to expand the CFP to 12 teams in 2026 but is encouraging the sport’s commissioners to try to implement it as soon as
6:05 PM ET ESPN News Services Coco Gauff proved too strong for former finalist Madison Keys in their all-American third-round duel at the US Open, racing to a 6-2, 6-3 win in just over an hour at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Friday. The 12th-seeded Gauff will next take on China’s Shuai Zhang,
6:14 PM ET Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows will remain out of the lineup for the remainder of the season as he revealed in a post on Friday that he’s “struggling with my mental health” in addition to a myriad of previous injuries. “What I have told very few people is that I also have
Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez said that India, or more specifically the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), get “pampered” in world cricket thanks to the fact that they rake in so much revenue. In a video of a discussion that he shared on Twitter, that he captioned “Laadla” with a heart-eyes emoji,
3:31 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Lucy Li already is assured of an LPGA Tour card for next year. The 19-year-old Californian played Friday as though she is ready to join the big leagues even sooner. Li had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the back nine and kept bogeys off her
8:08 PM ET Associated Press United States defender Sergino Dest is hoping to get more playing time ahead of this year’s World Cup in Qatar after joining Serie A champion AC Milan on transfer deadline day. Milan also has the right to buy Dest from Barcelona at the end of the season-long loan deal for
7:35 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks signed forward J.T. Miller to a seven-year, $56 million contract Friday. The 29-year-old Miller was Vancouver’s leading scorer last season with 99 points on 32 goals and 67 assists in 80 games. He was set to become an unrestricted free agent at the
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