5:15 PM ET OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott keeps checking off the boxes in his return from a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle he suffered last October. On Thursday, he went through his first full practice, including 11-on-11 drills. “There was no part of practice that I thought about
6:18 PM BST The British & Irish Lions have issued a complaint to the Irish Independent after one of its columnists, former Ireland forward Neil Francis, made an “offensive” remark about fly-half Marcus Smith’s skin colour. Francis described the Harlequins and England star as having a “David Beckham haircut and an Oompah Loompa tan” during
2:41 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers continued to aggressively reshape their defense, acquiring defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen from the Buffalo Sabres on Friday in a package that included a first-round pick. The Flyers sent the 14th overall pick in Friday night’s NHL draft, their second-round pick in 2023, and defenseman Robert Hagg to the Sabres. Ristolainen,
4:31 PM ET The New York Rangers traded winger Pavel Buchnevich to the St. Louis Blues on Friday for forward Sammy Blais and a 2022 second-round pick. Buchnevich, 26, is a restricted free agent with arbitration rights. He played all 301 games in the NHL with the Rangers, who selected him in the third round
5:54 PM ET We had a feeling that trades would heat up as the start of the 2021 NHL draft approached, and heat up they have. In a continuation of his offseason blue-line makeover, Philadelphia Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher traded the No. 14 overall pick in the 2021 draft, defenseman Robert Hagg and a 2023
2:44 AM ET An important women’s bantamweight fight is off this weekend’s UFC card. The scheduled co-main event bout between Aspen Ladd and Macy Chiasson has been canceled because of an undisclosed Chiasson injury, UFC officials told ESPN on Thursday. The Saturday event in Las Vegas will go on with 11 fights. 1 Related ESPN
Australian players leave the ground after the match was called off © AFP No further positive Covid-19 tests have been reported inside the bubble of the West Indies-Australia series with talks now underway as to whether the ODIs will be able to resume. The second ODI was suspended moments before play was due to begin
3:45 PM ET Omar Flores Aldana Erik Aguirre, center, wore a jersey with an upside-down Mexico flag. no_source Mexico midfielder Erick Aguirre lined up for Thursday’s Olympic soccer opener against France with his country’s flag displayed upside-down on his jersey, an oversight that could draw a disciplinary measure from the government against the Mexican Olympic Committee
12:37 PM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona will take on Juventus at the Camp Nou in the Joan Gamper Trophy on Aug. 8 in what could see a potential match-up between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Sources have told ESPN that Barca are struggling to make room for Messi to be registered in time for the
4:19 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool beat Bundesliga side Mainz 1-0 in a preseason friendly for the two clubs as they squared off in Austria. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access An own goal from Mainz’s Luca Kilia in the 86th