Dr Richard Freeman says he has “never, ever taken any undue risks with a rider” as the hearing into his fitness to practise medicine continued. He has admitted a number of charges but denies ordering testosterone “knowing or believing” it was for improving a rider’s performance. He said a rider had “never come across any
10:22 AM ET Football could have fans back inside English stadiums before Christmas, sources have told ESPN. The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) held a landmark meeting on Tuesday with key administrators across football including representatives from the Premier League, the Football Association, the English Football League, the Professional Footballers’ Association, anti-discrimination
7:45 AM ET Welcome back to our weekly Heisman Watch for the 2020 college football season. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman Trophy candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 13 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place
1:27 PM ET PITTSBURGH — On the heels of another win against an AFC North opponent, the undefeated Steelers will head to Jacksonville to take on a one-win Jaguars team this weekend. Coming just four days before a Thanksgiving rematch with the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday’s meeting has all the makings of a trap game, but
12:11 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Dominic Thiem mastered the tiebreakers again to get the better of Rafael Nadal, beating the 20-time Grand Slam champion in straight sets Tuesday for a second win at the ATP Finals. Thiem clinched a 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) win on his fifth match point in their first meeting
12:11 PM GMT France have been awarded a 28-0 victory over Fiji and a bonus point after Sunday’s Autumn Nations Cup game was called off following positive COVID-19 cases in the Fiji squad, tournament organisers said on Tuesday. Fiji Rugby said last week that one of their players had tested positive and Six Nations Rugby
Nov 15, 2020 IT’S SATURDAY, AND Anthony Edwards’ stomach rumbles with anticipation as the young man climbs into the back of Grandma’s SUV with his older brothers and sister. Mom’s up front with Grandma; they’re mirror images, always smiling and having a good time. Buckled in, they turn onto Lockwood Drive and head out for
Afghanistan will play three ODIs against Ireland in January 2021.© ICC/Twitter Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Tuesday announced that they will host Ireland for a three-match ODI series in January next year. The three-match ODI series will begin on January 18 with the second and third game set to be played on January 21 and
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN As the NFL Power Rankings dive into the second half of the season, we decided to be gluttons for punishment and play the “What if?” game. We asked every NFL Nation reporter one thing that the teams they cover have done in 2020 that they wish they could take back.
9:00 AM ET It was the most abnormal postseason in NHL history, with 24 teams competing in two Canadian bubble arenas in front of empty seats. Yet its finale was inherently predictable: The Tampa Bay Lightning, among the wagering favorites before the tournament, raising the Stanley Cup in victory. But never tell Julien BriseBois the
8:57 AM ET Another Terence Crawford fight, another eye-opening victory for the welterweight world titlist to solidify his spot atop the ESPN pound-for-pound rankings. But how long will fight fans have to wait for the megafights against top opponents and fellow titleholders Errol Spence Jr. and Manny Pacquiao? Former featherweight world titlist Shakur Stevenson, who
The award is not just for his awesome driving ability. He’s Formula 1’s only black driver and has been very vocal in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, especially since the death of George Floyd.
8:05 AM ET The UFC men’s flyweight division was all but an afterthought. As recently as last summer, many MMA fans, fighters and media members thought the UFC was going to move on from the weight class. At the time, it seemed improbable that a flyweight bout would headline a major event. Yet that will
By Jolyon PalmerFormer Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Formula 1 Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who left Renault during the 2017 season, is part of the BBC team and offers insight and analysis from the point of view of the competitors. Lewis Hamilton
12:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are the leading candidates returning to baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot in a year without any favorites among the new names. Schilling was third behind Derek Jeter and Larry Walker with 278 of 397 votes last year, finishing at 70%
11:30 PM ET Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles was carted off the field after being slammed to the turf late in the fourth quarter of Monday night’s 19-13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. With 44 seconds left in the game, Foles dropped back to pass and attempted to avoid the Vikings’ rush, but Minnesota defensive
Cricket Australia on Tuesday airlifted players, including Test skipper Tim Paine and star batsman Marnus Labuschagne, to New South Wales from Adelaide in an attempt to save the series against India as a coronavirus outbreak in South Australia threatened the upcoming summer. As Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania closed their borders to South Australia on
5:01 AM ET When Spain welcome Germany at an empty Estadio de la Cartuja in Seville on Tuesday in their final Nations League match, it offers the chance to see where they are in their evolution. When Spain won back-to-back European Championships and a World Cup in their dominant spell from 2008 to 2012, they