9:09 AM ET England’s Andy Sullivan stayed ahead of the chasing pack at the Golf in Dubai Championship on Friday with a steady third round of 68 at the Jumeirah Golf Estates for a two-shot lead over compatriot Matt Wallace heading into the final day. Sullivan began the round ahead by three strokes and landed
Month: December 2020
8:32 AM ET UFC president Dana White has been saying it a lot in recent weeks, and it’s worth repeating here: Just get through 2020. It’s safe to say the UFC has done a tremendous job operating within a pandemic this year, and it’s nearly across the 2020 finish line with three events to go.
2:29 PM GMT Sidharth Monga Moises Henriques has said Australia have no problem with Ravindra Jadeja being substituted out for a concussion, but has questioned if Yuzvendra Chahal was a like-for-like replacement for him. A combination of Jadeja, the batsman, and Chahal, the bowler, knocked Australia out in a T20 international that they controlled for
7:48 AM ET Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has said speculation over manager Mikel Arteta’s future is “so unjust” and insisted he cannot transform the club into Premier League title contenders overnight. The side cruised to a comfortable 4-1 win over Rapid Vienna on Thursday to maintain their 100% record in the Europa League but domestically
8:50 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has said it wasn’t helpful for the club’s acting president Carles Tusquets to say that Lionel Messi should have been sold last summer. Tusquets, who is in charge of the managing committee running Barca until a new president is elected on Jan. 24, said
8:00 AM ET Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has said the Premier League could be “affected” by the Manchester clubs having a game in hand during the second half of the season. Manchester City and Manchester United missed the opening weekend of the campaign after it was agreed by all 20 clubs at a summer Premier
6:16 AM ET Patrick Vieira has been sacked as Nice head coach after a poor run of form, the club announced on Friday. The French club were dumped out of the Europa League group stages after a 3-2 defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday. – Insider Notebook: Man United give Solskjaer backing Nice
6:54 AM ET Juventus are under investigation following irregularities found in an Italian citizenship test Luis Suarez underwent in September. At the time of the initial investigation on Sept. 22, the Italian finance police chief Selvaggio Sarri had said Juve were not being looked into, but that situation has now changed. – Insider Notebook: Man
8:42 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain are exploring the possibility of signing Barcelona‘s Lionel Messi in the summer, sources have told ESPN. Messi wanted to leave Barca in August after the 8-2 Champions League elimination to Bayern Munich and sources told ESPN at the time that Manchester City led the chase to sign him. – Insider
8:32 AM ET Errol Spence Jr. knows why the stakes are so high for Saturday’s fight against Danny Garcia. As much as the bout at AT&T Stadium is about maintaining Spence’s place as a unified welterweight champion, it’s also a test to see where Spence stands 14 months after a horrific car crash that left