British Cycling is to ban transgender women from the female category of its competitions following a nine-month review and consultation. Under a new participation policy that the governing body said was “predicated on fairness”, such athletes will compete in an ‘open category’ with men. The female category will be “for those whose sex was assigned
Month: May 2023
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 26, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. The Coastal Division died as it lived — namely, by producing a nonrepeat champion that got mauled by the Atlantic champ in the ACC championship. From 2011 to 2021, Coastal winners went 1-10 in title games,
Nick ParkinsonMay 26, 2023, 07:41 AM ET Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Michael Conlan refuses to view being knocked out of the ring in the last round of his first title fight as a
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterMay 25, 2023, 03:15 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Former UCF and Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton took the first step toward a coaching career on Thursday, getting hired as an offensive analyst at Tennessee and reuniting with coach Josh Heupel.
British Cycling chief executive Jon Dutton is “confident” the new policy to ban transgender women from competing in the female category “safeguards the fairness of cycle-sport competition”. But he says he has sympathy for riders such as Emily Bridges – the country’s highest-profile transgender cyclist – who will no longer be in contention to be
Tim David was dismissed for 13© Twitter Mumbai Indians registered a thumping 81-run victory over Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator match on IPL 2023 on Wednesday. Playing at Chepauk, the five-time champions posted a total of 182/8 and later bundled out LSG for 101, after Akash Madhwal took a five-wicket haul. The wickets kept
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 26, 2023, 01:29 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. DALLAS — The Dallas Stars avoided a Western Conference finals sweep by the Vegas Golden Knights with a 3-2 Game 4 victory Thursday, thanks to forward Joe Pavelski‘s power-play goal 3:18 into overtime. Now comes the hard part: trying
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 26, 2023, 01:02 AM ET BOSTON — Before Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was asked about his team’s mindset entering a second straight elimination game. “Just win or die,” he said. After a dominant performance Thursday night, the Celtics are still alive. Boston took control
May 25, 2023, 05:19 PM ET Manchester United will be back in action in next season’s Champions League after they hammered Chelsea 4-1 on Thursday to secure a top-four finish in the Premier League. Casemiro, Anthony Martial, Bruno Fernandes (penalty) and Marcus Rashford scored for United, who needed a point from their final two league
Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 25, 2023, 01:21 PM ET Close Covered Oakland Raiders for CSNBayArea.com and Sacramento Bee for eight years Member of Pro Football Writers Association Previously worked at Los Angeles Times, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Sports Illustrated HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo underwent surgery on his injured left
Associated Press May 25, 2023, 11:33 PM ET NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Anna Nordqvist was among 11 players who won matches for the second straight day, only the three-time major champion from Sweden had to work the longest at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play. Nordqvist had her second match go all 18
Associated Press May 25, 2023, 07:24 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says a vote on the Oakland Athletics‘ prospective move to Las Vegas could take place when MLB owners meet June 13-15 in New York. “It’s possible that a relocation vote could happen as early as June,” Manfred said Thursday at Milwaukee
ESPN News Services May 25, 2023, 08:36 PM ET Harry Hall, a PGA Tour rookie from England, needed only 22 putts, the last one an 8-foot birdie, for an 8-under 62 that gave him a three-shot lead over Harris English at the PGA Tour’s Charles Schwab Challenge on Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas. Along with
Associated Press May 25, 2023, 06:18 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge has granted Churchill Downs’ motion for summary judgment that dismisses Bob Baffert’s claim the track breached due process by suspending the Hall of Fame trainer for two years. Churchill Downs Inc. suspended Baffert in June 2021 after his now-deceased colt, Medina
May 25, 2023, 07:00 AM ET If we had told you last year that in the first two months of the 2023 season, the Rangers and Orioles would be in the top five of our Power Rankings while the Yankees and Astros sat on the outside looking in, would you have believed us? Welcome to
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterMay 25, 2023, 07:03 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Arkansas has dismissed backup quarterback Kade Renfro from the football team following accusations of sexual assault and harassment posted to a social media account this week. The anonymous account also included photos depicting
Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMay 25, 2023, 03:00 PM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is making plans for his next fight. On Thursday, Usyk’s promoter won the purse bid for his mandatory WBA title defense against
Associated Press May 25, 2023, 05:29 PM ET There’s a high demand for seats to watch the turnaround at the University of Colorado under Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders. Or so the soaring ticket sales indicate. The Buffaloes sold 11,273 single-game tickets Wednesday, the largest one-day total for individual games in team history. The school already
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