The Matildas will return to action on home soil in November with matches against Chile in Penrith and Newcastle. Alen Stajcic’s side will hope for bumper crowds as they face the world’s No. 39 side as part of their preparations for next June’s World Cup in France. “Chile are an emerging nation in international women’s
Month: September 2018
9:05 AM BST Kenya Simbas coach Ian Snook said his team need to improve on their defence ahead of the World Rugby Repechage tournament which serves as a Rugby World Cup qualifier. After failing to qualify for the world cup through the Rugby Africa Gold Cup, where they finished second to Namibia, the Kenyan team
12:11 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Shocking? No doubt. Trading your best player, in his prime, definitely has a what-in-the-world-is-going-on feel to it … in the moment. But the haul the Oakland Raiders will reportedly be getting from the Chicago Bears for Khalil Mack, well, it actually makes sense and sets them up quite nicely
Sep 1, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff Sean Ervine, the former Zimbabwe allrounder, has announced his retirement from professional cricket with immediate effect. His decision came two matches into a loan deal with Derbyshire after his opportunities at Hampshire dried up and he led the team off at the end of their game with Kent. “Yesterday I
Hatem Ben Arfa did not make an appearance for Paris Saint-Germain last season. Former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa, who did not play last season after being frozen out by former coach Unai Emery, has signed a one-year contract with Rennes. Ben Arfa, 31, made his last appearance for PSG on April 5, 2017,
3:28 AM BST Israel Folau is set to make a surprise comeback but prop Taniela Tupou is racing the clock after being included in a 31-strong Wallabies squad for the Rugby Championship clashes against South Africa and Argentina. Folau is a chance of overcoming an ankle injury, which sidelined him for Australia’s heavy second Test
3:15 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Marin Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, needed eight match points to recover from a two-set deficit and eventually edge 19-year-old Alex de Minaur 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 at 2:22 a.m. on Sunday, four minutes shy of the latest finish in the tournament’s history. “This is
2:11 AM ET Lightweight Ryan “Kingry” Garcia, the 2017 ESPN.com prospect of the year, weathered some difficult moments in the late going against Carlos Morales on Saturday night but emerged with a majority decision victory in the toughest fight of his career. Headlining the “Golden Boy Fight Night” card on Facebook Watch before a sold-out
12:55 AM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — The widow of a slain Maryland newspaper reporter has spread his ashes at Nationals Park. Andrea Chamblee placed the ashes of John McNamara in a planter of begonias at the park Saturday. The planter is located where the stands meet the left-field wall. The 56-year-old McNamara covered
12:58 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dorian Thompson-Robinson, a true freshman who didn’t become a starting quarterback until his senior year of high school, was going to play in Chip Kelly’s UCLA debut. Just not that much. Thompson-Robinson was pressed into action after grad transfer Wilton Speight injured his back while scrambling at the five-minute