1:38 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — There were plenty of recent reasons for Stefanos Tsitsipas to doubt himself, to wonder how things could keep going so awry. And yet here he is, a French Open semifinalist for the first time. The fifth-seeded Tsitsipas completely changed the match’s complexion Wednesday with a little help from
1:19 PM BST England forward Courtney Lawes has been ruled out for 12 weeks with an ankle injury, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) confirmed on Wednesday. England coach Eddie Jones is already navigating a convoluted Six Nations schedule with his training squad minus any players from Bath, Sale, Bristol, Exeter, Worcester or Wasps due to
12:55 PM ET Associated Press Trade action is heating up on the second day of the NHL draft. The Pittsburgh Penguins got the movement started Wednesday by trading two-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Matt Murray to the Ottawa Senators. Minutes later, the Nashville Predators dealt former Penguins forward Nick Bonino and two picks to the Minnesota
11:58 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Kolkata Knight Riders 167 all out (Tripathi 81, Bravo 3-37) beat Chennai Super Kings 157 for 5 (Watson 50, Russell 1-18) by 10 runs An intensely tactical battle between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Chennai Super Kings ended with the
1:45 PM ET Italian Filippo Ganna gave his Team Ineos-Grenadiers team something to cheer about on the Giro d’Italia when he claimed the fifth stage, a 225-km trek from Mileto on Wednesday. The time trial world champion rode away from a group of three breakaway riders in the category-one ascent to Montescuro to win his
7:01 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu is facing a vote of no confidence and could be ousted before the end of the year after a motion to have him removed from his position gathered more than the required 16,500 verified signatures. The Mes que una Mocio campaign was launched
6:48 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United have sought clarification on UK government quarantine rules before they can determine when new signing Edinson Cavani can make his debut and train with his new teammates, sources have told ESPN. The 33-year-old is one of four players who joined the club
6:06 AM ET The San Jose Earthquakes and LA Galaxy have been found to be in violation of Major League Soccer’s mass confrontation policy after the two sides clashed in their game on Oct. 3. As this is the clubs’ first violations, they were issued with a warning while Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski and Galaxy
1:27 PM ET Czech footballer Antonin Panenka is in intensive care at a hospital after contracting COVID-19, his former club Bohemians 1905 said on Wednesday. Panenka, 71, scored a unique winning penalty against Germany in the 1976 European Championship, which has been copied by some of the game’s greatest players, to win the tournament for
9:50 AM ET Manchester United failed to sign any of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s priority targets during the summer transfer window, sources have told ESPN. United completed their transfer business on deadline day on Monday by sealing deals for Edinson Cavani, Alex Telles, Amad Traore and Facundo Pellistri, having secured the £40 million signing of