5:12 AM GMT ESPN staff The South African Rugby Union (SA Rugby) has reaffirmed its commitment to the Rugby Championship for the next decade, tournament organisers SANZAAR said on Wednesday, bringing an end to speculation that the three-time Rugby World Cup winners may look to join Europe’s Six Nations. The four-nation SANZAAR alliance faced turmoil
Month: November 2020
5:03 AM ET The Ladies European Tour postponed two tournaments on Tuesday which were due to be held in Australia in February, 2021 due to the ongoing travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Geoff King Motors Australian Ladies Classic and the Women’s New South Wales Open were set to kick off the 2021 season,
5:24 AM GMT Australia has the young talent to potentially build the best front row in the world, new scrum coach Petrus Du Plessis said a few days after meeting the players in person for the first time. The South African-born former prop followed head coach Dave Rennie from Glasgow Warriors and has been impressed
6:42 AM GMT Bismillah Khan, the Balochistan wicketkeeper-batsman, has tested positive for Covid-19 in Karachi. Khan had shown symptoms during the second round match against Southern Punjab in the Quaid-e-Azam trophy, but wasn’t tested until the fourth day, after which he was substituted on the field by Adnan Akmal. Khan spent the remainder of the
11:17 PM ET Anthony Gonzalez, a former Ohio State standout who later played for the Indianapolis Colts, has kept his Congressional seat. Gonzalez, a Republican, won reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives in Ohio’s 16th Congressional District, according reporting by to the Associated Press. He ran against Democratic challenger Aaron Godfrey. Gonzalez, 36, will
8:56 PM ET After watching Mookie Betts make spectacular play after spectacular play in the postseason — including two home run robberies and a key catch of a sinking liner in Game 5 of the NLCS — it should come as no surprise that Betts is the National League Gold Glove winner for right field.
10:35 PM ET ESPN News Services Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville has recaptured a U.S. Senate seat for Republicans by defeating Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama. Tuberville spent 21 seasons as a college football coach with four different programs. He coached at Ole Miss from 1995 to 1998, before spending nearly a decade at
8:32 PM ET PGA Tour player Harry Higgs has tested positive for COVID-19 and has withdrawn from this week’s Vivint Houston Open. Higgs, 28, who is in his second season on the PGA Tour and won on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019, last played at the Zozo Championship at Sherwood two weeks ago, where
7:55 PM ET The long-awaited battle between WBC junior lightweight titleholder Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez scheduled for Dec. 12 in Las Vegas, could be in jeopardy after Berchelt tested positive for COVID-19, sources close to Berchelt’s camp told ESPN on Tuesday. Berchelt (37-1, 33 KOs) was tested as part of the weekly monitoring for
6:48 PM ET Despite an 0-8 record and a historically inept offense, New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas wants coach Adam Gase and quarterback Sam Darnold to be part of the organization’s future. “I have no problem saying he’s our best quarterback and our quarterback for the future,” Douglas said Tuesday in a midseason