6:39 PM ET Associated Press Brazil striker Neymar left Wednesday’s training session early with back pains, which could force the Paris Saint-Germain star to miss Friday’s opening World Cup qualifier against Bolivia. Brazil’s team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar told journalists at the training ground in Teresopolis that Neymar had already started getting treatment but that it
4:34 PM ET Adriana Garcia Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni believes “it was positive” that Lionel Messi remained at Barcelona this summer instead of joining a new team. Messi had grown increasingly unhappy at how the club was being run and announced in August his wish to leave the outfit. The Argentina captain, was, however, forced
5:15 PM ET Brooks Koepka is making his return to competitive golf next week at the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, the event moved from South Korea to the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic. Koepka, who has dropped from No. 1 in the world at the start of the year
4:33 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Two key components of the San Francisco 49ers‘ starting backfield are returning to the fold Wednesday, as quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and running back Raheem Mostert were set to practice for the first time since leaving with injuries in Week 2. Garoppolo and Mostert were expected to be listed
4:26 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott knows defenses are going to do everything they can to rip the ball away from him. In four games, Elliott has fumbled three times, losing two of them that were turned into touchdowns by the Atlanta Falcons and Cleveland Browns. “That’s definitely something
3:52 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A group of Tennessee Titans players held a workout at a Nashville school last week, a school official confirmed to ESPN. Last Wednesday, one day after the Titans closed
10:25 AM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Sofia Kenin extended her run of success at Grand Slam tournaments this year by beating Danielle Collins 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 on Wednesday to reach the French Open semifinals. Kenin has now won a tour-leading 15 matches at majors this year. She started the year by winning the
3:32 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — French Open semifinalists Sofia Kenin and Stefanos Tsitsipas have both been fined $8,500 at the tournament so far for multiple infractions, including receiving coaching help. Both coincidentally were docked the same amounts for the same offenses: $3,000 for coaching in the first round, another $4,000 for coaching in
3:20 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former driver Justin Marks has started a new NASCAR team that will field a car in 2021 for Daniel Suarez. The team, announced Wednesday, is called Trackhouse Racing and will field the No. 99 Chevrolet for Suarez, who will drive for his fourth team in four years.
3:42 PM ET Associated Press Eighteen members of a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team have tested positive for the coronavirus and have been placed in isolation for 14 days, the team and league reported Wednesday. The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada have suspended operations indefinitely because of the outbreak. The QMJHL started its regular season last Friday,