Chelsea’s assistant coach Gianfranco Zola believes that as the season goes on the team will improve and ultimately help Eden Hazard to reach his full potential. The FC crew reflect on Alvaro Morata’s continued struggles and Eden Hazard’s inspired play for Chelsea in their come-from-behind win over Liverpool. Craig Burley and Alejandro Moreno talk tactics
Barcelona’s Ernesto Valverde says it’s imperative for Barcelona to bounce back from ltheir defeat to Leganes, comparing the reaction to each time Barca lose to an earthquake striking. The transfer window for all of Europe’s big five leagues is closed, but that doesn’t stop Transfer Talk from rummaging around about who will be moving where
10:43 AM ET Sebastian Vettel insists the atmosphere at Ferrari has not been poisoned by the team’s recent run of disappointing results. Over the course of the last five races, Vettel has seen his chances of winning the championship start to slip away as his title rival Lewis Hamilton has stormed to four victories. Ferrari
5:15 AM BST The Brumbies are confident they can rejuvenate the career of veteran Wallabies prop James Slipper after signing him on a two-year Super Rugby deal. Slipper leaves Queensland Reds after nine seasons and 104 games, having been on the outer following his admission of cocaine use. The 86-Test prop has also struggled with
4:58 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer struggled to wrap his head around how his defense was embarrassed for a second straight week following a 38-31 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. The Vikings let Los Angeles put up 556 yards of offense Thursday night, allowing Jared Goff to complete 26
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia 387 (Short 257, Kuhnemann 3-50) beat Queensland 271 (Heazlett 107, Lynn 58, Tye 6-46) by 116 runs D’Arcy Short’s knock got him into the List A record books ESPNcricinfo Ltd D’Arcy Short came within 11 runs of the highest individual List A score, plundering 257 off 148 balls aided
Bayern Munich’s Niko Kovac has defended his squad rotation in what is a busy fixture list and insists he has spoken to the players on the situation to which they’ve agreed to be rested. BERLIN — Bayern Munich head coach Niko Kovac said he “won’t paint everything black” after the defending Bundesliga champions suffered their
1:37 AM ET CHICAGO — If the upcoming weekend plays out for the Chicago Cubs like the beginning of the week did — and the way much of the season has gone, for that matter — then the Cubs will look down-and-out at some point before dusting themselves off to take their third consecutive NL
9:50 PM ET Less than three months after one of the most impressive performances of his career, 27-year-old bantamweight Michael McDonald has decided to retire from mixed martial arts. The winner of Bellator’s grand prix will receive a $1 million prize sponsored by entertainer 50 Cent. UFC’s Dana White said the promotion would like to
7:30 PM ET Junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker and mandatory challenger Alex Saucedo have a date for their collision: Nov. 16, Top Rank announced on Thursday. Middleweight Billy Joe Saunders’ world title belt and a scheduled defense against mandatory challenger Demetrius Andrade are in jeopardy after Saunders failed a drug test for the banned