12:01 PM GMT Bruce French has stepped down from his role as national lead wicketkeeping coach at the ECB to spend more time with his family. French, a former England wicketkeeper himself, has earned an excellent reputation as a specialist coach and joined the ECB in 2009. In that time, he has played a significant
7:53 AM ET British Cycling has dismissed one of its top coaches after finding him guilty of gross misconduct including inappropriate relationships with riders. Head men’s sprint coach Kevin Stewart, who worked with six-time Olympic track champion Jason Kenny, had been given repeated warnings about his behaviour, British Cycling said in a statement. “While this
5:17 PM ET Bob McClellanNFL The Tampa Bay Buccaneers might have removed themselves from Super Bowl contention with Sunday night’s ugly 38-3 loss to the visiting New Orleans Saints. No team to win a Super Bowl has suffered a loss as bad as that one. Interestingly, though, a Tom Brady-led New England Patriots team that
7:00 AM ET There has been a lot of talk about the bad football being played in the NFC East. But while one coast struggles, the other has been thriving. The NFC West is dazzling (Week 9 excepted), as the Seattle Seahawks have arguably the most exciting offense in the league and the MVP favorite
11:31 AM GMT Rohit Sharma will not be part of the Indian contingent flying from Dubai to Sydney on Wednesday for the Australia tour. Sharma, who led the Mumbai Indians to their fifth IPL title on Tuesday, will instead return home to recover completely from the hamstring injury he suffered during the IPL. The Indian
5:23 AM ET Kai Havertz has said he chose to join Chelsea this summer because winning titles with them is “worth more” than any other clubs. The midfielder joined from Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen for a fee that could rise to £71 million. Havertz was linked with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich but said
4:00 AM ET Penalty taking has never been more important than it is in 2020. The introduction of VAR across Europe’s top leagues, combined with revisions to the handball law, have contributed to a dramatic increase in the number of spot kicks awarded throughout the game. 2 Related There have been 41 penalties in 78
2:31 AM ET Saturday’s football game between California and Arizona State is in jeopardy of being cancelled because several Bears players remain in quarantine due to contact tracing related to one positive case of COVID-19 on the Cal roster. It would be the second straight cancellation for Cal after last week’s game against Washington, but
11:51 PM ET The UFC added three new athletes to its active roster on Tuesday, including an undefeated Israeli featherweight who accepted a fight this week on just five days’ notice. UFC president Dana White signed featherweight Natan Levy, lightweight Nikolas Motta, and strawweight Luana Pinheiro to exclusive contracts on Tuesday, during Dana White’s Contender
10:15 PM ET The result of a quick knockout in a heavyweight boxing match between Luis Ortiz and Alexander Flores is being called into question by a regulatory body. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) is withholding Flores’ fight purse pending an investigation into the finish of the bout. Ortiz knocked out Flores in just