7:24 AM ET Will Valentina Shevchenko fight Amanda Nunes in 2021? Will Deiveson Figueiredo breathe new life into the flyweight division? Can Joaquin Buckley sustain the momentum he created with his viral knockout? These are some of the questions surrounding UFC 255 on Saturday in Las Vegas, where Shevchenko defends her flyweight belt against Jennifer
7:07 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A South African player has tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the upcoming limited-overs series against England. The player and two others considered to be close contacts by South African team medical staff have all been placed in isolation in Cape Town. All are asymptomatic but doctors will continue to
2:11 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook used a peculiar phrase a few weeks ago to describe his efforts as a rusher upon being named NFC Offensive Player of the Week. “I run yards like Swiss chard,” said Cook after totaling 226 yards and four touchdowns in a win over
2:47 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets are trying to win. They really are, according to coach Adam Gase, who insisted the reason they’re tearing down the roster isn’t because they want the top pick in the 2021 draft. “Nobody has talked about that,” Gase said Wednesday. “We’re just trying to
1:07 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants fired offensive line coach Marc Colombo following a nasty verbal confrontation with head coach Joe Judge, sources told ESPN, and have replaced him with longtime NFL assistant Dave DeGuglielmo. “We appreciate what Marc has done, but I felt like this move is in the
12:35 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Alexander Zverev kept his tournament hopes alive with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Diego Schwartzman on Wednesday at the season-ending ATP Finals. With Zverev’s victory, Daniil Medvedev can advance to the semifinals if he beats top-ranked Novak Djokovic later Wednesday in the empty O2 Arena. Djokovic also
7:44 AM GMT England flanker Jack Willis got a close-up view of how coach Eddie Jones operates on Tuesday when, days after scoring a try on his debut in a 40-0 win over Georgia, the Premiership player of the year was omitted from a 25-man squad for Saturday’s match against Ireland. In an area of
1:04 PM ET The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has reversed a lower court’s decision and reinstated former Baylor football player Sam Ukwuachu’s 2015 sexual assault conviction for a second time, according to a ruling released Wednesday. Ukwuachu’s attorney has been appealing his conviction on a number of issues that have, one by one, gone
1:34 PM ET No. 24 Louisiana‘s football game against Central Arkansas on Saturday has been canceled due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the Ragin’ Cajuns’ program. According to the school, 33 athletes are in the program’s COVID-19 safety protocol — a combination of recovering cases, contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. The team
1:26 PM GMT Johnny Sexton’s understudy at Leinster, Ross Byrne, will start in place of the injured Ireland captain in Saturday’s clash with England as coach Andy Farrell made four changes from his side’s opening Autumn Nations Cup win over Wales. Byrne made his only Ireland start in last year’s World Cup warm up game