5:15 PM ET France geared up for their upcoming Nations League games with a 2-0 home defeat against Finland as their 12-match unbeaten streak came to an abrupt end on Wednesday. Marcus Forss and Onni Valakari scored in the first half to give Finland their first win against Les Bleus, having lost all their previous
4:40 AM ET The women-only W Series will link up with Formula One next season and beyond with eight support races at grand prix weekends, organisers said on Thursday. The series started up in 2019 but cancelled racing this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No details were given about where the women would race,
3:37 AM GMT Wallabies coach Dave Rennie says he’d welcome further discussions into the use of a red card replacement law, but stressed he had no gripes with the send-off decisions handed down in Bledisloe IV. The red cards issued to All Blacks prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi and Wallabies debutant Lachie Swinton in Brisbane last Saturday
4:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Louis van Gaal still says he should have seen his dismissal coming at Manchester United six months before it happened, and while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not there yet, the similarities are striking. Two managers wrestling with the suspicion they were not backed by the club when it mattered, an
12:56 AM ET Perry Minasian, an assistant general manager with the Atlanta Braves, is the front-runner to be the Los Angeles Angels‘ new GM, a source told ESPN on Wednesday. A decision is expected Thursday. Minasian has spent the past three years working alongside Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos and has helped turn
9:28 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A week after the NFL and players’ union opened an investigation into the San Francisco 49ers‘ compliance with the league’s COVID-19 protocols, the team has been cleared of any potential violations. A league source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday that after a review of the team’s adherence to
2:40 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Joe Burns could have a final chance to keep his Test place after being named in the Australia A squad for the two warm-up matches against India alongside fellow Test specialists Tim Paine and Travis Head, but Steven Smith, David Warner, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood will not play any
8:14 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers won’t have fans at Staples Center during the upcoming regular season until further notice. The NBA champions made the long-expected decision official Tuesday for the new season, which will begin Dec. 22. The Lakers also apparently don’t plan to hang their 17th title
9:39 PM ET Projected No. 1 pick LaMelo Ball conducted an individual workout with the Minnesota Timberwolves, owners of the top selection in the upcoming NBA draft, on Wednesday in Southern California, sources told ESPN. It was the first private workout Ball granted an NBA team. He previously met and interviewed with the Timberwolves, Golden
5:30 PM ET Former San Antonio Spurs superstar Tim Duncan has decided to step away from his position as a full-time assistant coach for the team, a source said, confirming a New York Times report. Duncan, part of the Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2020 class, spent last season on coach Gregg Popovich’s staff. However, he