Michael Woods claimed victory from the breakaway on stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana as Richard Carapaz retained the overall lead. EF Pro Cycling’s Woods distanced a lead group of four other riders with 1km remaining to finish four seconds ahead of Omar Fraile and Alejandro Valverde. Ineos Grenadiers’ Carapaz finished in the peloton,
Lewis Hamilton says Extreme E can be an “alternative” to traditional motorsport and lets him “merge a love for motor racing with a love for the planet”. The series will see all-electric SUVs racing across five remote territories to raise awareness of climate issues. “In life we all need to take responsibility for the planet,”
MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings have fared way below expectations in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, which has seen them failing to qualify for the IPL Playoffs for the first time in history. Dhoni’s side, which reached the final in the last edition, became the first side to be knocked out of this
7:53 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Khabib Nurmagomedov hadn’t even left the Octagon on Saturday before the debate began. Was he retiring as MMA’s greatest of all time? Former UFC two-weight champion Daniel Cormier, who was
11:41 AM ET With only a small percentage of fans returning to college football games across the country, the financial impact is not only affecting the universities directly, but the businesses closely tied to these schools. The coronavirus has kept more and more people out of communities. As a result, smaller operations that once thrived
6:53 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — It will soon be a Wednesday night in Week 8 of his first NFL season, and just as he did the week before and every Wednesday and Thursday prior, Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie safety Antoine Winfield Jr. will go to his most trusted resource as he prepares for this
9:00 AM ET October has been a busy and wildly entertaining month in boxing, and the action wraps up with an action-packed weekend of fights on Friday and Saturday. Boxing’s best athletes are stepping back into the ring, some for the first time in 2020, and there are plenty of questions looming over the sport
7:00 AM ET “The All-American Cuban Comet,” an SEC Storied documentary about Carlos Alvarez’s life and Hall of Fame career with the Florida Gators, debuts on SEC Network on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. ET. Alvarez spoke with ESPN to discuss his story, his activism and the state of athlete empowerment ahead of the debut. “We’re
7:00 AM ET Ryan Crelin rides the roller coaster of COVID-19 every day. “Things are getting better. Things are getting worse. There’s a second wave coming. There’s not a second wave coming,” said Crelin, the commissioner of the ECHL, a professional minor hockey league based in the United States. “I mean, facts are at a
9:38 AM ET It was another dazzling, fun-filled week in Major League Soccer as the cream of the crop continued to separate itself in the final weeks before the playoff race. There were big, impressive wins for Philadelphia Union and Sporting Kansas City, some derby joy for LAFC against LA Galaxy on Sunday, and a
Australia vs India: MI fans will be hoping Rohit Sharma returns for IPL 2020© BCCI/IPL Former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar feels fans have a right to know about Rohit Sharma‘s current injury issue, and the reason behind his absence from India’s upcoming tour of Australia. Speaking to Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 broadcaster Star
8:16 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — When the Dallas Cowboys practice Wednesday, defensive coordinator Mike Nolan might be on the injury report. The reason? Tabasco. Nolan had to step away from his weekly conference call with reporters on Monday because he got some hot sauce in his eye in the middle of answering a question
11:45 PM BST The Wallabies know exactly what they must fix up if they’re to claim victory in Bledisloe III this weekend in Sydney and extend the series into a deciding fourth game a week later in Brisbane. The Australians have based themselves up in the Hunter Valley but haven’t escaped the downpour saturating the
1:28 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — It had a chance to change the game and make history, but Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Manny Margot‘s attempted steal of home in the bottom of the fourth inning of Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night fell short, as he was tagged out just before
1:37 PM ET Real Madrid won their grudge match against Barcelona, Dortmund cruised to a win against their eternal rivals, Schalke, and two of the Premier League’s biggest clubs, Man United and Chelsea, played out a forgettable and needlessly defensive 0-0 draw. All in all, the soccer weekend was full of talking points. It’s Monday,
7:35 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Just as the San Francisco 49ers‘ offense seemed to be rounding into form over the past two weeks, that group has lost two more key contributors to injury. Wide receiver Deebo Samuel and running back Jeff Wilson Jr., both of whom played major roles in Sunday’s 33-6 win
6:51 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — The NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas was pushed back yet another day without drivers completing any more laps Monday. Eight hours after the race was scheduled to resume on a misty day with temperatures in the low 40s Fahrenheit (single digits Celsius), NASCAR postponed
6:27 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Khabib Nurmagomedov closed out his MMA career in style Saturday with a victory and, according to his teammate, an act of compassion. Numagomedov successfully defended his UFC lightweight championship by finishing Justin Gaethje with a second-round triangle. He used that submission rather than the armbar he initially had set up,