9:22 AM ET Bruno Fernandes opened his Premier League season with a hat trick as Manchester United thrashed old rivals Leeds United 5-1 at Old Trafford on Saturday. Luke Ayling‘s second half strike temporarily brought Leeds level but Mason Greenwood and Fred also scored for United and helped secure the win. – Stream ESPN FC
11:50 AM ET Christian Pulisic and Marcos Alonso both scored. Getty Christian Pulisic fired Chelsea to a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Saturday against Crystal Palace. Marcos Alonso opened the scoring for Thomas Tuchel’s side and it was a memorable Premier League debut for Trevor Chalobah who scored in front of the home crowd. –
11:53 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rumors of a 100% taxpayer-funded stadium for the Buffalo Bills appear to have been just that — rumors. Bills owners Kim and Terry Pegula will pay at least a portion of the team’s next stadium’s construction costs, they said through a statement to The Associated Press. This
10:02 AM BST Hooker Codie Taylor scored two tries as the All Blacks overwhelmed Australia 57-22 in Auckland on Saturday to make a winning start to the Rugby Championship and ensure the Bledisloe Cup stays in New Zealand for a 19th straight season. Rieko Ioane, Brodie Retallick, Ardie Savea, Sevu Reece, Will Jordan and David
10:43 AM ET After recording her first victory as a professional mixed martial artist in June, Claressa Shields will return to the PFL cage on Oct. 27, the boxing champion announced Thursday. PFL officials confirmed to ESPN that she will face Abigail Montes, 21, of Mexico. “I’m always in training. I’m always working,” Shields said
7:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There certainly were a lot of things for NFL teams to love about Trevor Lawrence, but there’s one thing that arguably stands above the rest: The guy hardly ever loses. Lawrence enters his first NFL preseason game on Saturday 86-4 as a starter — 52-2 at Cartersville (Georgia) High
6:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — For football fans, the “kneecap” speech was an instant classic. By now, if you follow the NFL even casually, you’ve probably heard about the off-the-cuff, entertaining news conferences given by Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell. Campbell has yet to lead the Lions out on the field for
11:58 PM ET Gegard Mousasi‘s near-perfect run as a Bellator MMA middleweight continued on Friday, as he defended his 185-pound championship against John Salter in Uncasville, Connecticut. Mousasi (48-7-2) earned a TKO finish at 2:07 of the third round, via unanswered strikes on the ground. The 36-year-old veteran weathered an early, grappling-heavy approach from Salter
News Former captain still insists that team can win the T20 World Cup if all first-choice picks are fit and healthy Ricky Ponting has questioned the depth in Australian cricket after the poor T20 results on the recent tours of West Indies and Bangladesh but believes the team can still challenge for the World Cup
12:50 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — “Crazy” is the best way that Detroit Lions running back Craig Reynolds can describe the period between early-morning Thursday and Friday night. Within that time frame, he went from being a free agent, to getting a tryout, to suiting up for an NFL preseason game against the