6:03 AM ET Associated Press PARMA, Italy — Serena Williams has accepted a wild-card invitation to play at the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma starting this weekend. The move came immediately after Williams lost in straight sets to Nadia Podoroska at the Italian Open on Wednesday in her first match in nearly three months. “Maybe I
6:33 AM ET The 2021 men’s Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea due to take place on May 29 has been moved to FC Porto‘s Estadio Dragao. It was due to be held in the Turkish city of Istanbul but people in the UK are not allowed to fly to Turkey due to
5:29 AM ET Borussia Dortmund interim coach Edin Terzic has said he will make a last minute decision on whether Erling Haaland is fit to play RB Leipzig on Thursday in the German Cup final. Haaland has returned to training after missing Dortmund’s last two games with a muscle injury he picked up in their
Shafali Verma, 17, is set to make her WBBL debut later this year © Getty Images India batter Shafali Verma and allrounder Radha Yadav are set to make their Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) debuts later this year in Australia. ESPNcricinfo understands that Verma, 17, has already signed a contract with two-time champions Sydney Sixers
12:57 AM ET Maybe this is one way to put Gerrit Cole in perspective. In his career, Nolan Ryan, the greatest strikeout pitcher of all time, had eight games in his career where he struck out at least 10 batters and issued no walks. Cole has five such games … in 2021. Cole’s 1-0 victory
11:47 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN With the New Orleans Pelicans eliminated from NBA playoff contention, Zion Williamson‘s standout season will end without him making his first appearance in the postseason. Williamson’s fractured left finger left him on the bench as the Pelicans failed in their final push to make the play-in tournament. Williamson isn’t the
9:58 PM ET Strength of schedule matters quite a bit in the NFL, but so too do things like prime-time appearances, rivalry matchups, and whether or not your franchise-defining quarterback who won a Super Bowl in his first season away from your team is going to be playing them in, say, Week 4 at Gillette
9:15 PM ET ESPN NFL experts The 2021 NFL schedule is out, and the regular season will begin with the Dallas Cowboys facing the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday, Sept. 9. Week 1 also features a meeting of AFC powerhouses in the Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns, the New Orleans Saints
11:27 PM ET River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo reacts to tear gas thrown outside the stadium by riot police on Wednesday. DANIEL MUNOZ/POOL/AFP Players and staff from Colombian side Junior and Argentina’s River Plate were left rubbing their eyes in discomfort after police fired tear gas at protesters outside the stadium ahead of their Copa Libertadores
8:32 PM ET FC Salzburg clinched the Austrian Bundesliga title on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over Rapid Wien, giving American manager Jesse Marsch his second straight domestic Double after winning the Austrian Cup earlier this month. Marsch, 47, is set to take over German Bundesliga side RB Leipzig next season after Julien Nagelsmann announced