11:23 AM ET ABU DHABI — Dressed in a t-shirt proudly pronouncing Max Verstappen as the 2021 world champion, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner marched towards the stewards’ office on Sunday night to defend the very slogan stamped across his chest. Just four hours earlier, Horner had stood on the Abu Dhabi podium celebrating
Month: December 2021
In an extraordinary turn of events on Monday, UEFA was forced to announce that the Champions League round of 16 would have to be redrawn after the first attempt was marred by technical issues. The first draw, at the scheduled time of noon CET / 6 a.m. ET sparked administrative chaos as the software utilised
6:02 AM ET Williams driver Nicholas Latifi has apologised and said it was not his intention to play such a major role in deciding the outcome of the F1 championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Latifi’s crash on lap 52 of 58 was the spark for the safety car which changed the
Dec 11, 2021 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Conor Benn is doing a good job of keeping up the family tradition after knocking out former world champion Chris Algieri in the fourth
8:49 AM ET Brent Venables got his first commitment as the new Oklahoma football coach on Monday when ESPN 300 quarterback Nick Evers committed to the Sooners. Evers is ranked No. 134 overall and is a 6-foot-3, 190-pound prospect from Flower Mound, Texas. He’s the No. 8 pocket passer in the class and had been
9:22 AM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this week’s Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi, it was announced on Monday. Raducanu is in the midst of preseason as she prepares for her first full season on the WTA Tour. She will also compete
6:52 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Boxing will reform a judging system tainted by manipulation to regain its place on the program for the 2028 Olympics, the president of the newly renamed International Boxing Association said Monday. Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon were all left off the initial list of sports for the
8:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Julianna Peña’s face was blank, and emotionless. She was on her knees and reached over to hug Amanda Nunes. A Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) inspector came over and pointed Peña to her corner, where a ringside physician tended to Peña’s bruised left eye. Peña had just beaten the
Report Pakistan go with Iftikhar Ahmed and Haider Ali in the middle order Toss: West Indies chose to bowl v Pakistan Nicholas Pooran, the stand-in West Indies captain, won the toss and elected to bowl in the first of three T20Is at the National Stadium in Karachi. West Indies are fall from full-strength with some
Dec 10, 2021 Atlas won their first league title since 1951 with a penalty shootout victory over Leon on Sunday. Hector Vivas/Getty Images Atlas snapped their 70-year league title drought as they claimed a penalty shootout win over Leon to clinch the Liga MX on Sunday. Beginning the match down 3-2 to Leon after stumbling in