8:54 AM GMT Former Italy coach Conor O’Shea will join the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as director of performance rugby next year, it was announced on Friday, while director of professional rugby Nigel Melville said he will step down in December. O’Shea left his role with Italy after the team’s pool-stage exit from this year’s
1:02 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Daniel Christian will return to Nottinghamshire for a sixth season in 2020, and will continue to captain the T20 side as he has done since 2016. Christian led the side to the T20 Blast title in 2017, and his side were well-placed to reach the final again this season until
6:45 AM ET The Week 13 NFL slate is stacked with great matchups. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score predictions. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a stat to know for each game, and the Football Power Index (FPI) goes inside
6:53 AM GMT Kurtley Beale is the frontrunner to fill the five-eighth hot seat as the NSW Waratahs prepare for life after Bernard Foley. With Foley, NSW’s most-capped No. 10, among several senior figures to head overseas following this year’s World Cup, the Waratahs will enter the 2020 Super Rugby season seriously short on experienced
6:37 AM ET Nur-Sultan — India raced to a 2-0 lead in their Davis Cup tie against Pakistan, losing just two games in the process, as Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal both picked up easy wins. Ramkumar double-bageled 17-year-old Muhammed Shoaib in just 42 minutes in the opening singles. The only time Shoaib made it
2:40 AM ET Wil Besseling carded a seven-under-par 65 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead in the blazing heat of the Alfred Dunhill Championship. The tournament’s first round marked the start of a new European Tour season, which opened with special dispensation for players to wear shorts at the Leopard Creek Country Club due
8:00 AM GMT Afghanistan 187 and 109 for 7 (Ahmadi 62, Chase 3-10, Cornwall 3-41) lead West Indies 277 (Brooks 111, Campbell 55, Hamza 5-74) by 19 runs Shamarh Brooks‘ maiden Test century and Rahkeem Cornwall‘s match haul of ten wickets took West Indies to the doorstep of victory by the end of day two
12:06 AM ET ATLANTA — The best move Atlanta Falcons made Thursday night was keeping star receiver Julio Jones out of the lineup with a shoulder injury during a 26-18 loss to the rival New Orleans Saints, a loss sure to incite more chatter of coach Dan Quinn’s hot seat despite an inspired effort by
8:00 PM ET Thursday’s first game went as expected with the Bears beating the Lions, who were down to their third-string quarterback. The Bills proved they were for real in the second game, beating the Cowboys at Dallas. And, the Saints clinched the NFC South with a win over the Falcons. Here are Week 13’s
11:41 PM ET ATLANTA — One down, 11 to go. The New Orleans Saints became the first team to clinch a playoff spot, winning the NFC South on Thanksgiving night and serving up some revenge on the rival Atlanta Falcons for good measure. The Saints (10-2) beat Atlanta 26-18 just 18 days after their stunning