9:46 AM BST The future of South African rugby could be on display on Saturday, when two contrasting 20-year-olds, Hacjivah Dayimani and Juarno Augustus, go head-to-head as their respective Currie Cup teams look to take a step closer to achieving a home semifinal. Augustus has been destined for great things since he made his presence
9:47 AM BST South Africa captain Siya Kolisi did little to ease any fears that his side can arrest their slide in the Rugby Championship ahead of their clash with the All Blacks on Saturday. The Springboks have lost their last two matches in the southern hemisphere competition while the All Blacks are on the
9:34 AM ET No. 1 seed Zhang Shuai knocked out defending champion Zarina Diyas to advance to the semifinals of the Japan Women’s Open. China’s Shuai broke the No. 6 seed in the penultimate game of the second set and served out to secure a 6-4, 7-5 victory. The world No. 41, who reached the
1:24 PM ET Associated Press ZADAR, Croatia — The chair umpire who penalized Serena Williams in the US Open final is back at work. Carlos Ramos is working the best-of-five Davis Cup semifinal series between Croatia and the United States. “I’m just focusing on this tie and working again. That’s all I can say,” Ramos
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. PSG head coach Thomas Tuchel insists he is not bothered whether Kylian Mbappe will surpass Neymar at the club, and is not interested about what the pair get up to on social
The FC guys give their take on whether or not Marcus Rashford should stay or leave Manchester United. The transfer window for all of Europe’s big five leagues is now closed, but that doesn’t stop Transfer Talk from rummaging through the remains of the summer window to scrounge up the earliest bit of gossip about
4:21 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Leicestershire, already reeling from the loss of Ben Raine and Zak Chappell, have prepared ground for their winter recruitment by releasing four players, including their long-serving wicketkeeper Ned Eckersley. Eckersley, 29, is Leicestershire’s longest serving player, having made his first-class debut in August 2011, and made 205 appearances in all
2:48 AM ET ESPN News Services It was a record-setting night for the FCS Davidson Wildcats on Thursday against the Division III Guilford Quakers. Davidson sailed to a 91-61 win that had people wondering if basketball season was underway. It was the second straight game in which Guilford scored 61 points; the Quakers defeated Methodist
1:42 AM 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 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay has a simple explanation for why he has a seemingly super-human ability to recall plays. “I have
2:28 AM ET The Colorado Rockies pretty much buried the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 10-3 victory at Coors Field on Thursday to take three out of four in the series. Back on Aug. 22, the Diamondbacks led the NL West by 1½ games and FanGraphs gave them a 43 percent chance of winning the division