6:03 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Anthony Joshua has agreed to terms to challenge WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury on Dec. 3, with the fight expected to take place
7:34 AM ET LAFC‘s Gareth Bale leads Major League Soccer in shirt sales for the 2022 season, according to rankings released by the league. Bale’s jersey is the best-selling in MLS for this campaign, ahead of Charlotte FC‘s Christian Fuchs in second, LAFC teammate Carlos Vela in third, LA Galaxy striker Javier Hernandez in fourth
8:48 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti has laughed off reports that Kylian Mbappe could leave Paris Saint-Germain sooner than expected, saying Real Madrid’s focus is on their in-form strike duo Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo. On Tuesday the newspaper L’Equipe reported in a front page story that Mbappe’s PSG contract — signed in
6:00 AM ET You may not remember all of them, but let me assure you that Spanish football has been witness to some of the great retaliation extravaganzas of all time. Diego Maradona, when he was at Barcelona, Kung Fu-kicking Athletic Club‘s Miguel De Andres at the end of the 1984 Copa del Rey final.
Sep 12, 2022 ESPN News Services TORONTO — Elias Theodorou, a charismatic mixed martial artist who campaigned successfully for the right to use medical marijuana as an athlete, has died. He was 34. Theodorou’s official twitter account announced on Saturday that the former UFC fighter died Sunday in Toronto of colon cancer that metastasized. Theodorou,
8:15 AM ET Lewis Hamilton fears he might have the first winless season of his Formula One career because he thinks Max Verstappen and Red Bull are “almost unbeatable”. Seven-time world champion Hamilton has won at least one race in every season stretching back to his rookie year, 2007. Mercedes has crept closer to the
Sep 12, 2022 Khamzat Chimaev‘s head coach, Andreas Michael, said it was his decision to stop the undefeated fighter’s weight cut last week due to health concerns, but he still expects Chimaev to compete at welterweight. Chimaev (12-0) missed weight for a five-round welterweight main event against Nate Diaz (21-13) last week at UFC 279
8:00 AM ET The ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings you see below are only slightly different from the men’s and women’s top 10s we published Aug. 24, the last time our voting panel weighed in. That should come as no shock. There have been only two UFC fight cards and few other major events across the
Gerhard Erasmus has been retained as Namibia’s captain for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, having led them into the Super 12s of 2021 tournament in the UAE. The 16-member squad also features T20 globetrotter David Wiese and left-arm seamer Ruben Trumpelmann who earned a gig with Desert Vipers for the upcoming International League
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN Welcome to Week 2 of the NFL regular season. After a wild opening week, our NFL power rankings are, as expected, all over the place. From the Minnesota Vikings dominating the Green Bay Packers at home, to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott suffering a right thumb injury against the Tampa