9:19 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall rematch for Taylor’s lineal and WBO junior welterweight championship won’t take place on Feb. 4 in Glasgow, Scotland, as planned, sources confirmed to ESPN. The reason, as BoxingScene first reported, was a scheduling decision made by Sky Sports, the network that will televise the pay-per-view event
12:35 PM ET Arsenal beat Lyon 3-0 in a friendly in Dubai on Thursday as those players not involved in the World Cup in Qatar kicked off their preparations for the return of the Premier League later this month. All thee goals at the Al Maktoum Stadium came in the first half. Gabriel began the
2:53 PM ET France midfielder Youssouf Fofana is confident that striker Kylian Mbappe will have the last word against England in their quarterfinal on Saturday after Kyle Walker said he would not let the striker stand in the way of his World Cup ambitions. The battle between England right back Walker and France’s top scorer
3:42 PM ET Qatar has launched a work safety investigation into the death of a Filipino worker, officials said on Thursday, following reports that the man died while working at a training site during the World Cup. Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers has come under enormous scrutiny during the build-up to the tournament, with human
11:35 AM ET ESPN Brasil Real Madrid have agreed a deal to sign Brazilian wonderkid Endrick on a five-year contract from Palmeiras, sources have told ESPN. Sources said the transfer is worth €72 million, although the 16-year-old will only be able to move to Madrid in 2024, when he turns 18. It will be a
1:42 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi has said he is confident Lionel Messi will stay at the club and expressed his interest in signing Manchester United‘s Marcus Rashford on a free transfer. Messi’s contract at PSG runs out next June and reports have linked the Argentina captain with a move to Major League
3:04 PM ET Michigan defensive lineman Mazi Smith pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor weapons possession charge stemming from an Oct. 7 traffic stop and arrest in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Smith, 21, entered the plea as part of an agreement to have his felony weapons charge dropped. An Ann Arbor police officer stopped Smith for
1:57 PM ET Jason Heyward, the former All-Star and five-time Gold Glove Award winner who has struggled offensively for most of the last six years, has signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team announced Thursday. The agreement includes an invitation to spring training. Heyward, still only 33, was a dynamic
2:00 PM ET It’s important to start with this context before diving into the industrywide reviews of the Boston Red Sox signing Masataka Yoshida, a free agent outfielder from Japan who received a five-year, $90 million contract from the Red Sox: Baseball is hard. The act of playing baseball is notoriously difficult, as is predicting
12:00 PM ET Like the boxer who keeps getting knocked down to the canvas, San Diego Padres manager A.J. Preller kept getting right back up. Trea Turner didn’t want the Padres’ money, Aaron Judge didn’t want the Padres’ money, but Xander Bogaerts was willing and it’s a whopper of a deal: 11 years and $280