5:42 AM ET Marc J. Spears The first NBA games in the United Arab Emirates will take place next preseason, sources told ESPN’s The Undefeated on Tuesday. The NBA and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi have agreed to a multiyear partnership, starting with two preseason contests next year. The two exhibitions
12:04 PM ET There’s growing optimism that Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James — who has been out two weeks with an abdominal strain — could make his return against the Boston Celtics on Friday, sources told ESPN. James has been making good progress, and Friday’s meeting with the Celtics (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) looms
11:50 AM ET ESPN News Services TURIN, Italy — Defending champion Daniil Medvedev inched closer to the ATP Finals semifinals after beating 2018 champ Alexander Zverev on Tuesday to make it two wins out of two in Turin. Medvedev, who won the US Open in September for his first Grand Slam title, took just over
Roger Hutton, the recently-departed chair of Yorkshire, has admitted in front of parliamentarians that the county is institutionally racist. Hutton, who stepped down as chair earlier this month, made the admission under persistent questioning from MPs at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee hearing into Yorkshire’s investigation of Azeem Rafiq’s claims of
5:10 AM ET Adriana Garcia Manchester United‘s Champions League game against Villarreal in Spain has been declared “high risk” by the country’s anti-violence commission. “The State Commission against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport has declared the Champions League match between Villarreal and Manchester United on Nov. 23 as high risk,” a designation issued
12:05 PM ET World Cup host nation Qatar has rejected Amnesty accusations of migrant worker exploitation. Photo by Aleksandr Gusev/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The government of Qatar said on Tuesday its labour system is still a work in progress but denied accusations in a report by Amnesty International that thousands of migrant workers in the
6:12 AM ET Benjamin Mendy awaits trial, charged with six counts of rape. Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy, 27, has been charged with two additional counts of rape, the United Kingdom Crown Prosecution Service said. The France left-back was charged on Aug. 26 with alleged attacks on three different women between October
11:19 AM ET Mercedes has written to motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, to request a review of the incident between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton on lap 48 of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, which was not investigated by the stewards at the time. Verstappen and Hamilton ended up off the track while fighting for
10:24 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Right-hander Noah Syndergaard and the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a one-year, $21 million deal, pending a physical, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Syndergaard, 29, spent the first seven seasons of
8:52 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians have resolved a lawsuit filed by a local roller derby team over rights to the name Guardians, the final hurdle for the Major League Baseball team to continue its changeover. The sides jointly announced an “amicable resolution” Tuesday, saying both organizations will continue to use