12:35 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Alexander Zverev kept his tournament hopes alive with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Diego Schwartzman on Wednesday at the season-ending ATP Finals. With Zverev’s victory, Daniil Medvedev can advance to the semifinals if he beats top-ranked Novak Djokovic later Wednesday in the empty O2 Arena. Djokovic also
9:00 AM ET Terence Crawford scored his eighth consecutive stoppage victory with a tremendous fourth-round TKO of former welterweight world titlist Kell Brook to leave no doubt he’s the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Or is he? ESPN Boxing writer Ben Baby believes that until Crawford faces the elite at welterweight, there’s another fighter
7:44 AM GMT England flanker Jack Willis got a close-up view of how coach Eddie Jones operates on Tuesday when, days after scoring a try on his debut in a 40-0 win over Georgia, the Premiership player of the year was omitted from a 25-man squad for Saturday’s match against Ireland. In an area of
England all-rounder Moeen Ali wants to give his all in the game and is desperate to feature in The Ashes next year after admitting that he had earlier ”lost a lot of hunger”. The all-rounder has acknowledged he hasn’t ”got that long left in international cricket” and wants to give whatever he has got to
1:26 PM GMT Johnny Sexton’s understudy at Leinster, Ross Byrne, will start in place of the injured Ireland captain in Saturday’s clash with England as coach Andy Farrell made four changes from his side’s opening Autumn Nations Cup win over Wales. Byrne made his only Ireland start in last year’s World Cup warm up game
12:03 PM ET The ECHL’s entire North Division has elected to voluntarily suspend operations for the 2020-21 season due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, sources confirm to ESPN. The six teams impacted are the Adirondack Thunder, an affiliate of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils; the Brampton Beast (Ottawa Senators); the Maine Mariners
Ishant Sharma is recovering from left internal oblique muscle tear.© Instagram India’s senior-most fast bowler Ishant Sharma on Wednesday bowled full tilt at the National Cricket Academy with an aim to get fit for India’s four-match Test series in Australia, starting December 17. Ishant was ruled out of the Indian Premier League after playing just
8:00 AM ET The hit was something else. Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson — all 6-foot-5, 269 pounds of him — left his feet and came crashing down on the chin and face mask of Alabama quarterback Mac Jones. Trailing 13-7 in the first quarter, Jones laid on the ground for a split second as
10:26 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs plan to sign cornerback DeAndre Baker to their practice squad, a source confirmed to ESPN. Baker had been facing four counts of robbery with a firearm in Florida in connection with an alleged incident in May, but the charges were dropped Monday. Though he’s beginning with the Chiefs
5:11 PM ET The Boston Celtics and forward Gordon Hayward have agreed to push the deadline for his $34 million player option for the 2020-21 season back from its original deadline of 5 p.m. Tuesday to 3 p.m. Thursday, league sources told ESPN. By extending the deadline for another two days, both sides get a
Tiger Woods left the grounds at Augusta National on Sunday afternoon without his green jacket, knowing all too well that he might not ever have the opportunity to take it with him again. Oh, it will always be there for him in the Champions Locker Room, waiting for his next visit, whether it’s a friendly
8:40 PM ET Former Bellator MMA champion Michael Chandler is eagerly looking forward to making his UFC debut, but it will not be against Tony Ferguson next month. “There is a 0% chance I’ll fight Tony Ferguson in December,” Chandler told ESPN on Tuesday. “And I 100% know he knew that, because the UFC already
3:52 PM ET Seattle Sounders FC announced on Tuesday that Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. and his family have been added to the Major League Soccer club’s ownership group. – Carlisle: Can MLS complete playoffs outside bubble?– MLS Cup playoffs: Who’s in, fixtures and more– MLS on
7:00 AM ET Even before Julien Gauthier got to the NHL, he was a fascination to many NHL teams. “Every year at the scouting combine, there are players everyone is curious about,” said one NHL team exec. “In 2016, one of those guys was certainly Julien Gauthier. He was a late birthday and already played
10:32 AM ET The Grand Place was packed, a sea of red shirts. The Belgium squad waved down from the balcony of Brussels’ City Hall, celebrating their third-place finish in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It felt like the entire country (population: 11 million) was packed into the square. “It’s a difficult environment, sometimes, but
1:29 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The political leader of Australia’s Victorian state says despite “incredibly complex” negotiations, he is confident January’s Australian Open tennis tournament will proceed. Daniel Andrews, the state’s top lawmaker, on Monday had cast doubts over planning for the season’s first tennis Grand Slam tournament which is scheduled for
3:40 PM ET Associated Press Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence is fit, confident and, most importantly for the Tigers, virus-free. The junior said Tuesday that he is ready for the fourth-ranked Tigers’ championship run down the stretch. Lawrence missed the past two games for Clemson (7-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) after testing positive for COVID-19, then
10:39 PM GMT ESPN staff All Blacks captain Sam Cane has hit out at some of his team’s fans following the shock loss to Argentina last Saturday, saying some supporters have little idea of what they’re talking about. The fallout from the three-time world champions’ 25-15 defeat in Sydney has shown no signs of slowing