4:13 PM BST England centre Manu Tuilagi has been ruled out of next month’s tour to Australia after undergoing a procedure on his knee, his club Sale Sharks said on Thursday. England play the Wallabies in a three Test series in their first tour of the country in six years, which gets underway in Perth
2:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu has been placed on the 15-day injured list after he left Wednesday’s game early. Ryu pitched four innings in a 7-3 win over the Chicago White Sox before exiting the game. The Blue Jays said Thursday that Ryu was going on the
12:46 PM ET The Minnesota Twins have placed right-hander Sonny Gray on the 15-day injured list because of a right pectoral strain, the team announced Thursday. Gray, 32, left Sunday’s game vs. Kansas City in the seventh inning because of the injury. He is 3-1 with a 2.41 ERA in seven starts for the Twins
12:04 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com LeBron James has become the first active NBA player to have a net worth of $1 billion, according to Forbes. The Los Angeles Lakers megastar, a four-time NBA champion and the league’s No. 2 career scorer, made $121.2 million from May 2021 to May 2022 in on-court salary and off-court
9:45 AM ET The betting public is siding with the Golden State Warriors over the Boston Celtics as the NBA Finals tips off Thursday. The Warriors were -150 favorites to capture the championship as of Thursday morning and have attracted the majority of bets to win the best-of-seven series at most sportsbooks. At online sportsbook
3:35 PM ET Nike founder Phil Knight and Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Alan Smolinisky have delivered a written offer of more than $2 billion to purchase Portland Trail Blazers and are in serious talks to acquire the team, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Knight and Smolinisky have been engaged in discussions with the Paul Allen
After a staggering first day of punch and counter-punch at Lord’s, Durham’s debutant Matthew Potts promised there would be no let-up in England’s pedal-to-the-metal approach in the first LV= Insurance Test against New Zealand, after warming to the theme of a chaotic day with the standout figures of 4 for 13 in 9.2 overs. If
Jun 1, 2022 Neymar scored twice to give Brazil the win. Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Neymar scored a pair of penalties to move to within four goals of Pele at the top of the men’s all-time scoring list as Brazil cruised to a 5-1 win over fellow World Cup qualifiers South Korea at Seoul World
10:15 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Argentina won the men’s Finalissima against Italy at Wembley. (Photo by Kristian Skeie – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images) A women’s Finalissima between the winners of this year’s Women’s Euro and Copa America Femenina will be played in Europe, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Thursday.
10:55 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah said he would trade all the individual honours he won this season for a chance to replay last Saturday’s 1-0 Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid. The Egypt international won the Premier League’s playmaker of the season award and shared