The Mumbai Indians shared a video of Rohit Sharma practicing in the nets.© Twitter Any athlete needs constant practice to stay at their best, and as Indian players returned to training in the UAE ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, it would be understandable if some of them looked a little out of
World champion Annemiek van Vleuten will join Movistar on a two-year deal from next season. The Dutch rider, 37, is leaving Mitchelton-Scott after five successful years at the Australian team. Following back-to-back world time trial titles, Van Vleuten won the world road race in Yorkshire last year after a stunning 105km solo attack. “I’m not
6:41 AM ET NFL NationESPN A little more than two weeks before the 2020 NFL regular season kicks off, a few teams are still trying to settle on a starting quarterback. The Chicago Bears traded for Nick Foles this offseason to provide competition for incumbent Mitchell Trubisky. The New England Patriots signed Cam Newton this
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The most unusual MLB trade deadline in the sport’s history is approaching with a 4 p.m. ET deadline on Aug. 31 for teams to make deals. We’ve got you covered with all of the trade rumors, reaction and analysis you need as your team ponders its next blockbuster move in
6:55 AM ET In the salary-cap era, no NFL team can head into a season with above-average starters at every position. Some teams have come close — and others have been able to mask their issues with dominant players at other positions — but every team’s weakness gets exposed. The New England Patriots, who have
Caleb Ewan produced a dazzling sprint finish to win stage three of the Tour de France as Julian Alaphilippe held on to the yellow jersey. The Australian Lotto Soudal rider timed his sprint to perfection to squeeze past Peter Sagan and snatch victory from Irishman Sam Bennett. Frenchman Jerome Cousin had led by nearly three
10:10 AM ET Notre Dame football attendance this fall will be limited to 20% or less of stadium capacity with priority going to students, the school announced Monday. Once student ticket demand is met, Notre Dame faculty and staff will receive the remaining tickets. No fans from outside the university community will be allowed, with
8:00 AM ET With six first-round series done in the 2020 NBA playoffs, let’s bounce around some positives and negatives we haven’t covered in other places (i.e., enough about The Process). We’ll have more on the Jamal Murray–Donovan Mitchell firestorm before Tuesday’s Game 7. The Mavs are here … right? Through four games against perhaps
9:04 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Robin Montgomery was hanging out after practice one day in early August at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Maryland, when she got the text. It was only a few words, but they changed her life in an instant: “You got the wild card.” The 15-year-old was in
9:44 AM ET For the record, Tiger Woods finished 63rd in the FedEx Cup standings, his 2019-20 season coming to an end Sunday at the BMW Championship, where he failed to qualify for this week’s Tour Championship. That means he won’t be able to play for the $45 million in FedEx bonus money that is
7:43 AM ET It almost doesn’t seem possible that Michael Chandler is a free agent for the first time The 34-year-old former Bellator MMA champion has been one of the best lightweights on the planet for nearly a decade. He’s openly discussed the possibility of testing free agency multiple times, but Bellator has never let
8:30 AM ET It is the transfer story that won’t go away, but of all the summer sagas, Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich to Liverpool is the one that is least likely to happen… for now. Within that league table of “will they / will won’t they?” deals you can include Lionel Messi from Barcelona
8:14 PM ET Associated Press OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Even with so few people around, Jon Rahm could hear from the other side of the Olympia Fields clubhouse that Dustin Johnson had made a 45-foot birdie on the final hole to force a playoff Sunday in the BMW Championship. Resilient as ever, Rahm went out
7:15 AM ET With Phase 2 of the draft lottery and the first round of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs complete, the 2020 NHL draft picture is slowly becoming clearer in this unprecedented season. The New York Rangers are the lucky winners of the Alexis Lafreniere sweepstakes, but there’s plenty of talent across this draft
Babar Azam is the No.1-ranked T20I batsman in the world.© AFP Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar called out the “insecurity” of current limited-overs captain Babar Azam, calling him “a lost cow” who is out there “not knowing what to do”. Shoaib called Azam an insecure captain and called on the Pakistan management to give the
2:50 AM ET Steve KimESPN Unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko has arrived in the United States in preparation for his highly anticipated unification fight against IBF titlist Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) on Oct. 17 at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. “Mr. Lomachenko is in the house,” Egis Klimas, Lomachenko’s manager, confirmed
4:07 AM BST Reuters with ESPN staff SANZAAR has dismissed reports that world champions South Africa are to join an eight-team competition in Europe later this year rather than play in the Rugby Championship. World Rugby vice-president Bernard Laporte told French newspaper Le Progres that the Springboks would replace Japan in the European tournament, which
3:19 AM ET After two weeks without a game and one controversial tweet from his agent, Marc-Andre Fleury returned to the crease to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to within a victory of advancing to the Western Conference Final. Fleury made 28 saves in the Golden Knights’ 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks in Game