The Indian Premier League (IPL) has become the breeding ground for Indian batsmen. Over the years many a batsman has risen from IPL ranks and progressed to play for India — Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson and Manish Pandey are a few prominent examples. The seasoned all-formats batsmen too have carved a niche for themselves —
1:35 AM BST Wallabies coach Dave Rennie is itching to get back on the grass. Or at least to feel it under his feet again, having finally put 44 names on paper for a two-game Bledisloe Cup battle across the ditch and then six straight Rugby Championship Tests, all amid the quarantine requirements in both
11:35 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com US Open runner-up Alexander Zverev on Sunday revealed his parents tested positive for COVID-19 and couldn’t be with him during his extended stay in the tournament. During his postmatch speech Sunday — after the 23-year old German lost to Dominic Thiem 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) — Zverev was
11:51 PM ET NEW YORK — Dominic Thiem has been repeatedly knocked out in Grand Slam finals by the game’s icons, but he’s always popped to his feet and dusted himself off, eager try again. His persistence finally paid off in a big way as he won the US Open on an extraordinary Sunday afternoon
9:36 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Stewart Cink‘s long wait is finally over. He doesn’t have to worry about being cast as a villain, either, as was the case when Cink outlasted fan favorite Tom Watson to win the 2009 British Open. Sparked by a strong short game, Cink won the season-opening Safeway
9:00 PM ET CHICAGO — You won’t confuse Chicago Cubs right-hander Alec Mills with any of the flamethrowers in baseball, but perhaps you’ve seen his teammate — and 2016 ERA champ — Kyle Hendricks pitch. Mills is called a “baby Hendricks,” and Hendricks is called a “baby Maddux” — a reference, of course, to Hall
8:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Dominic Thiem won his first major title by outlasting Alexander Zverev in the first US Open final to be decided in a fifth-set tiebreaker. Thiem won 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in a match that lasted over four hours. He became the first man in 71 years —
6:37 PM ET ESPN staff The opening weekend of the 2020 NFL season was surreal. While the action on the field looked and sounded quite familiar to viewers at home, the precautions being taken due to the coronavirus pandemic meant that only one home team was allowed to have fans in the stadium in Week
8:00 PM ET Scottie Scheffler withdrew from the U.S. Open on Sunday because he had a positive COVID-19 test. Scheffler becomes the first player on the PGA Tour to test positive after six consecutive weeks of no positive cases. The United States Golf Association said Scheffler was asymptomatic and is at home in Dallas. South
6:58 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University The Big Ten’s presidents and chancellors did not vote Sunday on whether to start the fall football season
6:46 PM ET Doc Rivers cannot play the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year as his sixth man. When trying to comprehend how the LA Clippers have squandered a 3-1 series advantage over the Denver Nuggets — and in spectacular fashion, by losing a double-digit second-half lead for the second straight game in Denver’s 111-98
5:19 PM ET Marseille earned a smash-and-grab 1-0 win at Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain after forward Florian Thauvin struck in the 31st minute of a pulsating though ill-tempered match that ended with a brawl that saw Neymar sent off on Sunday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Littered with fouls
Talking about his career, India batsman KL Rahul on Sunday said that he is always determined to be the best version of himself. Talking about how he deals with success and failures, Rahul said, “No matter what I am doing. I have always been determined to be the best version of myself, physically and mentally.”
4:19 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quarterback Cam Newton rushed for two touchdowns to help lead the new-look New England Patriots offense — powered by the ground game — past the Miami Dolphins 21-11 in Sunday’s regular-season opener at Gillette Stadium. Newton’s 75 rushing yards on 15 carries were the most by a Patriots quarterback
10:57 AM ET The San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres will play a doubleheader Sunday after determining that a Giants player received a false positive on a coronavirus test, Major League Baseball announced Sunday. Games on Friday and Saturday had been postponed following the COVID-19 positive. “Following a careful review of all of the
3:13 PM ET New York Islanders forwards Casey Cizikas and Tom Kuhnhackl have both left the Edmonton bubble due to injuries, the team announced ahead of Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. Neither player will return for the rest of the playoffs, the team said. Cizikas, an important member of the Islanders’
2:43 PM ET Tottenham and Everton were only separated by Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s 55th-minute goal at the Tottenham Stadium, but the game, which finished 1-0 to the visitors, suggested there is a bigger gulf in their respective searches for identity and improvement, and that should trouble home manager Jose Mourinho. The new Premier League campaign began
Heralded as an “incredible circuit” by some and “phenomenal” by others, Mugello certainly did not disappoint on its Formula 1 debut. The race was packed with crashes, overtakes and incidents – with three safety car interventions and two red flags. The F1 circus had only pitched up in Mugello because of the impact coronavirus has