10:53 AM ET Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron and government members said they are “sad and sorry” for 2,700 Liverpool fans who had a ticket but couldn’t get into the stadium amid disorder and chaos at the Champions League final in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, where Liverpool lost to Real Madrid 1-0. The
10:26 AM ET Alan Pardew has left CSKA Sofia after joining the club in April. Photo by Laurens Lindhout/Soccrates/Getty Images Alan Pardew has left his managerial and technical director role at CSKA Sofia in protest after his Black players were racially abused by the club’s own supporters. Pardew and Alex Dyer, the club’s first Black assistant
9:00 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Gareth Bale has thanked Real Madrid for helping him “create moments that will live forever” in an open letter confirming that he is leaving the club after nine years in Spain. Bale, 32 — who has featured in just seven Madrid games, starting four of them, in an
8:00 AM ET Which team will be this year’s NBA champion? The 2022 Finals features the league’s top two defenses throughout the regular season, but the Golden State Warriors–Boston Celtics clash will focus on some of the most dangerous offensive threats in the game. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, their Splash Brothers partnership whole again
A white-ball series with India headlines West Indies’ cricket calendar over the next three months, with New Zealand and Bangladesh also scheduled to visit. According to a CWI statement on Wednesday, India’s white-ball tour will comprise three ODIs and five T20Is spread across four venues, including one in the United States. All three ODIs will
7:04 AM ET Associated Press New French Open tournament director Amelie Mauresmo says nine of the 10 night session matches at Roland Garros this year involved men because women’s tennis currently has less appeal. Mauresmo said at a news conference Wednesday that she tried on a daily basis to find a women’s pairing that had
9:51 AM ET Two-time defending PFL women’s lightweight champion Kayla Harrison will face the toughest challenge of her career when she takes on former Bellator women’s featherweight champion Julia Budd in the main event of PFL 6 on July 1 in Atlanta, officials told ESPN on Wednesday. In the co-main event, former Bellator welterweight champion
11:00 AM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft Modern major league rotations might be in constant flux, but it certainly feels like a larger-than-normal number of rotations have changed in recent days. That trend might only continue in the coming weeks, especially with 16 make-up games scheduled between now and the All-Star break. Interestingly, a large number
8:00 AM ET NEW YORK — The Eastern Conference finals showdown pitting Igor Shesterkin of the New York Rangers against Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning is a matchup between what many believe are the two best goalies in the world. Who’s the best? Shesterkin humbly concedes that it’s not him. At least not
7:50 AM ET Boxing’s top stars are easy to spot. Canelo Alvarez, Tyson Fury and Errol Spence Jr. are just a few of the names that are recognized in and out of the sport. Gervonta “Tank” Davis is also entering that category after carrying another big event this past weekend virtually on his own. To