5:30 PM ET Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has revealed that “nobody wants to touch” the club’s No. 9 shirt amid fears it may be cursed. The number is vacant after Romelu Lukaku re-joined Inter Milan on a season-long loan, fuelling speculation it was being left for a possible new signing as the club continues to
4:29 PM ET Champions Bayern Munich fired five goals past woeful Eintracht Frankfurt in the first half on the way to an electric 6-1 victory in the Bundesliga season opener on Friday. The Bavarians put down a marker at the start of the campaign as they look to land an 11th consecutive league crown, and
4:53 PM ET Gabriel Martinelli celebrates scoring the first goal of the Premier League season to help Arsenal to victory over Crystal Palace. Marc Atkins/Getty Images Arsenal made a winning start to the season as a goal in either half gave Mikel Arteta’s side a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace in the opening game of the
6:31 PM ET The UFC has its Madison Square Garden main event. Israel Adesanya will defend his UFC middleweight title against old rival Alex Pereira in the headliner of UFC 281 on Nov. 12 in New York, Adesanya announced Friday on SportsCenter. Pereira owns two wins over Adesanya in kickboxing, including one via knockout. ESPN
4:54 PM ET WBO junior middleweight champion Natasha Jonas and WBC titleholder Patricia Berghult will fight in a unification title bout on Sept. 3 in Liverpool, England. Jonas (11-2-1, 8 KO) was the first British woman boxer to compete in the Olympics and will be making the first defense of her WBO belt, which she
5:02 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens first-round pick Tyler Linderbaum will miss at least one week with a lower left leg injury. Linderbaum, the No. 25 overall pick in this year’s draft, went down during a team drill early in Thursday’s practice and did not return. The rookie center underwent X-rays and
3:44 PM ET Sebastian Fundora and his younger sister, Gabriela, are going to be fighting on the same card as professionals for the first time in October, a source told ESPN. The fights are expected to take place on Oct. 8 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Opponents are yet to be
3:31 PM ET Associated Press MUIRFIELD, Scotland — In Gee Chun is making another strong run at a major. The South Korean golfer took the halfway lead at the Women’s Open after a 5-under 66 in the second round on Friday, putting her in position to challenge for a second major title of the year,
3:07 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez pleaded not guilty Friday in an attempted murder case in Santa Clara (California) County, his attorney Mark Geragos told ESPN. Velasquez, 40, is being charged with attempted murder and 10 other gun-related charges stemming from an incident where he allegedly chased down a man, Harry Goularte
2:51 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said Friday that the team is waiting to see what happens with the NFL’s appeal of Deshaun Watson‘s six-game suspension before altering its plans at quarterback in practice. To this point in training camp, Watson has gotten the overwhelming majority of the snaps with