File photo of Gautam Gambhir.© BCCI Former Zimbabwe player and current Royal Challengers Bengaluru head coach Andy Flower has backed the BCCI’s decision to appoint Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of the Indian cricket team. The board on Tuesday announced the news of selecting Gambhir, a former India opener, to replace Rahul Dravid, whose
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 11, 2024, 11:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Nine players were out of the competition before play even began at the All England Club. Four women and five men withdrew from Wimbledon with injuries in the seven days between the start of qualifying and the start of the
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJul 11, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions During Gregg Berhalter’s tenure as manager of the United States men’s national soccer team, he always seemed to do just enough to meet modest expectations. But he also never
Jul 11, 2024, 10:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas meets Tracy Cortez in the women’s flyweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Denver. The fights at Ball Arena will be on ESPN and ESPN+, with the main card starting at 10 p.m. ET and prelims at
Jul 11, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The All-Star break is almost upon us, when the baseball world will pause to watch some of the biggest names in baseball participate in the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas. The break might be a welcome reset for a number of clubs
Amidst reports of India’s decision to refrain from travelling to Pakistan for next year’s Champions Trophy, former captain Shahid Afridi feels that Virat Kohli will forget the love and affection he has received in India if he visits Pakistan. The veteran all-rounder asserted that Kohli has a huge number of admirers and gets massive adulation
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Getty Images Harry Poole BBC Sport journalist 1 hour ago Comments History-maker Biniam Girmay sprinted to his third victory at this year’s Tour de France but overall contender Primoz Roglic lost significant time after a late crash on stage 12. Eritrean Girmay became the first black African to win a Tour de France stage with
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 10, 2024, 10:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Team USA executive director Grant Hill said the decision to send LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard home from training camp and to replace him with Boston Celtics guard Derrick White on the roster for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games ultimately rested
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Jul 11, 2024, 07:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A young fighter has been making noise in the last couple of years, taking over different weight classes and moving up the ranks. And with his performance against future Hall of Famer Juan Francisco Estrada on June 29, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez earned high praise from our
Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 2 hours ago Formula 1 has announced the six grands prix which will host events in the sprint format in 2025. The races, which feature a shorter race on the Saturday before the main event on the Sunday, start with the second grand prix of the season in China
Every NHL offseason is a chance for front office personnel around the league to bolster their club’s on-ice roster in an effort to improve their Stanley Cup chances in the upcoming campaign. This particular offseason included blockbuster trades (some occurring during the Stanley Cup Final), several teams drafting a new No. 1 prospect for their
Jul 11, 2024, 05:41 AM Open Extended Reactions England coach Steve Borthwick has made one injury-enforced change to his team for the second and final Test of the series against New Zealand at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday. Prop Fin Baxter made his Test debut in last week’s 16-15 loss to the All Blacks
Liam Napier Jul 10, 2024, 01:40 PM Open Extended Reactions Boxing’s The Ring magazine lists Oleksandr Usyk, Naoya Inoue, Terence Crawford and Canelo Álvarez as its leading pound-for-pound champions. In a World Rugby equivalent, All Blacks wing Mark Tele’a would rank among the upper echelon. French superstar Antoine Dupont and Springboks wing Cheslin Kolbe are
Following the appointment of Gautam Gambhir as India’s head coach on Tuesday, former seamers Zaheer Khan and Lakshmipathy Balaji are being considered for the position of national team’s bowling coach, as per sources. “BCCI discussing the names of Zaheer Khan and Lakshmipati Balaji for the position of bowling coach. BCCI is not interested in the
Jul 10, 2024, 01:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ahead of its quest for a fifth straight Olympic gold medal, Team USA’s men’s basketball team began its exhibition schedule Wednesday night with an 86-72 win over Canada in Las Vegas. On the day guard Derrick White replaced forward Kawhi Leonard on the 12-man roster, Team
Open Extended Reactions DORTMUND, Germany — Ollie Watkins lived the dream in a split second in Dortmund, the one that all schoolkids repeat day after day in the playground. A winning goal in stoppage time, which sends your country into a major final, after coming off the bench as a substitute. Beat that. And what