With Neymar and Kylian Mbappe watching from the stands, Paris Saint-Germain cruised to a simple win over Saint-Etienne at the Parc des Princes. The FC crew take a gander at the short list released for FIFA’s Best Men’s Player award and debate whether Neymar should’ve been among the nominees. Paris Saint-Germain will have Kylian Mbappe
Confederation of Africa Football Federations (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad has revealed that the final decision over Cameroon as host of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be made in November. In an interview with KweséESPN last month, Ahmad expressed doubts over Cameroon’s ability to host the tournament and suggested the tournament could be
1:05 PM ET Lewis Hamilton says performance updates to his Mercedes car have motivated him to push even harder at this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix. The four-time world champion leads Sebastian Vettel by 40 points in the drivers’ standings and is closing in on his fifth title after winning four of the last five races.
1:24 PM ET If you thought the Daniel Cormier vs. Jon Jones feud has simmered down, think again. Just days after the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s ruling that Jones was eligible to return to competition on Oct. 28 — 15 months after failing a second drug test — the former UFC light heavyweight champion lit
5:59 PM ET Andy Murray has decided to end his season after his revival at the Shenzhen Open was halted in straight sets by Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals on Friday, according to British media reports. Britain’s former world No. 1 had made decent strides with two previous wins this week as he continued to
10:48 AM ET Andy Murray was defeated by Fernando Verdasco for the second consecutive tournament after the Spaniard won their Shenzhen Open quarterfinal 6-4, 6-4 on Friday. World No. 28 Verdasco, who beat Murray in four sets in the second round of the US Open in August, was the comfortable winner in China and didn’t
2:00 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Does Joe Thornton watch the NHL standings? “A little bit,” he told me, sitting in his stall after a recent San Jose Sharks practice. Get ready for the upcoming hockey season with team-by-team previews, bold predictions, position rankings, prospect reports and fantasy nuggets. A new NHL season is here, and
1:44 PM ET Jim Courier’s resignation as captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team doesn’t just mark the end of an eight-year tenure. It’s also a missed opportunity to take advantage of the competition’s new, streamlined format in 2019 and snag the title for the Americans for the first time in 12 years. It’s a
11:01 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando The rift that presently exists between Angelo Mathews and coach Chandika Hathurusingha must be repaired as soon as possible, so that Mathews can return to the ODI side quickly, the former Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara has said. Sangakkara, who has been a long-time advocate of Mathews and Hathurusingha
12:00 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball LOS ANGELES — It was the matchup that Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay had hoped for. Receiver Cooper Kupp darted across the field, and as quickly