9:43 PM ET Wayne Rooney scored his 10th goal of the season in the first half, and D.C. United moved to within a victory of clinching a playoff spot following a 1-0 victory over visiting Toronto FC on Wednesday night. D.C. is now four points ahead of the Montreal Impact for the sixth and final
8:28 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Sloane Stephens was eliminated from the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday, losing to Tunisian qualifier Ons Jabeur 6-3, 6-2. Sloane Stephens was eliminated from the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday, losing to Tunisian qualifier Ons Jabeur 6-3, 6-2. The third-seeded Stephens, who had a first-round bye, lost her opening service
4:26 AM ET As the old saying goes, as one door closes, another one opens. Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions stable of fighters, including Canelo Alvarez, the unified middleweight world champion and boxing’s biggest superstar, have long been stalwarts of HBO. But with the premium cable network’s recent announcement that after 45 years
8:51 AM ET The gardens of the Tokyo Prince Hotel are heaving with people. Polite conversation mixes with a hip-hop beat as waiters move their way through the crowd topping up champagne flutes. As a group of cameramen position themselves around the hotel’s swimming pool, the iconic red and white Tokyo Tower provides the backdrop.
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Building for the future often means navigating through the ups and downs of the present. Such was the case for the U.S. attack in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Peru. Caretaker manager Dave Sarachan opted to start three teenagers in offensive positions — Jonathan Amon, Josh Sargent and Tim Weah — and
8:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Le’Veon Bell is not in the building. The Pittsburgh Steelers have one practice left before breaking for the bye. Bell can show up at any time, but ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the team doesn’t expect that to be this week. &• Darnold, Jets now kings of New York?&• What to
In a little deviation from the norm, Arsenal recently had teammates Mesut Ozil and Shkodran Mustafi interview each other using random topics selected by a “wheel of fate”-type contraption. The two players took turns spinning the wheel and then deliberating on the subject provided. First up was childhood heroes, with Ozil naming Zinedine Zidane as
As a former journalist and politician, German FA (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel is a pretty eloquent man. But when the 57-year-old stepped in front of reporters at midnight to offer his verdict on the 2-1 defeat to France, and by extension on the embattled manager Joachim Low, the words that came out his mouth were
8:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Every time Clayton Kershaw takes the mound the rest of this month — however many times that ends up becoming — the same question will linger in the background: Is this it? Kershaw can opt out of his contract at the end of the season and has yet to
ESPN FC’s Ale Moreno assesses the latest transfer rumours surrounding Raheem Sterling, Dejan Lovren, Arturo Vidal and many more. France captain Hugo Lloris believes Paul Pogba gets judged unfairly because of the record transfer fee Manchester United paid for the midfielder in 2016. The transfer window for all of Europe’s big five leagues is closed,