6:52 AM ET Franceso Totti visited Illenia Matilli in hospital after her family said his video helped her wake up from a coma. Getty Roma legend Francesco Totti has visited a young woman in hospital that came out of a nine-month coma after listening to his voice on a video message. Ilenia Matilli, a 19-year-old player
10:06 AM ET Chelsea are willing to let Antonio Rudiger leave before Monday’s transfer deadline but would prefer to sell him to an overseas club amid interest from Tottenham, sources have told ESPN. The 27-year-old has held talks with head coach Frank Lampard over his future in recent days after not featuring so far this
8:00 AM ET New Chelsea signing Thiago Silva has criticised former club Paris Saint-Germain for how they handled his departure said he is “annoyed” by how he was treated, especially by the club’s sporting director Leonardo. Silva joined Chelsea on a free transfer in August after the French club decided not to renew their former
9:00 AM ET During the past few months, the phrase “in these uncertain times” has entered the zeitgeist or at the very least entered the lexicon of advertising copy. The phrase also is applicable to what the National Hockey League’s newest free-agent class will experience when the horn sounds at noon ET on Oct. 9.
8:06 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show James “Jazza” Dickens’ English featherweight bout against Ryan Walsh scheduled for Wednesday has been cancelled after Dickens returned a positive test for COVID-19. Dickens
8:31 AM ET Associated Press Second-seeded Karolina Pliskova advanced to the second round of the French Open by beating Mayar Sherif 6-7 (9), 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday. Sherif was the first Egyptian player to qualify for the main draw at Roland Garros. She saved five break points in the seventh game of the third set.
2:43 PM GMT Sruthi Ravindranath Sanju Samson has wowed the IPL-watching public with his power-hitting this season. The secret to his form, Samson has revealed, is a conversation with Virat Kohli while at the gym, one that has changed the 25-year-old Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper-batsman’s attitude towards his game. “[I had] one amazing experience when I
7:00 AM ET On Sept. 29, 2000, “Remember the Titans” enjoyed its nationwide release in theaters. Compared to other Disney-made, Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movies, it was small. It wasn’t expected to do much. A passion project. Two decades later, it’s still played on cable. Clips are shown in stadiums across the United States. Lines from the
8:55 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s divisional boxing rankings. They change often based on what happened in each weight class the previous week. As a general rule, the rankings are based on what a fighter has accomplished in the weight division in which he is ranked, although his overall body of work is not entirely
5:02 AM BST All Blacks coach Ian Foster said on Tuesday Rugby Championship organisers needed to move quickly to change the tournament’s schedule and allow his team to spend Christmas with family rather than in quarantine in New Zealand. The All Blacks are scheduled to play Australia in Sydney on Dec. 12 and would have