12:34 PM ET Substitute Tom Cleverley volleyed a brilliant 74th-minute winning goal as Watford came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. Palace survived two Watford shots on the same post in the third minute and went in front seven minutes before half time with an own goal by
Month: January 2019
Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points with a battling 1-0 win over Brighton. BRIGHTON, England — Liverpool responded to their first Premier League defeat of the season with a crucial 1-0 victory at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. In Liverpool’s first league match since the defeat
Steve Nicol and Alejandro Moreno react to Marcelo Bielsa admitting to spying on Derby County and that he’s done it since he was with Argentina. Leeds United got the better of Derby County after manager Marcelo Bielsa admitted to spying on the Rams at their training ground ahead of the match. Marcelo Bielsa and Frank
To beat Bahrain in their final Asian Cup group stage match, India’s best clue could simply lie in how they can recreate their fitness and physical intensity of the first match against Thailand. India’s strength and conditioning coach Danny Deigan offers an interesting insight, based on physical performance data in the four years that he’s
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has all the qualities of a solid shot-stopper. He’s tall, authoritative and usually reliable between the posts. But he brings much more to the table, particularly with his clever distribution. Apart from the saves he made against UAE, here’s a summary of his first 45 minutes: • 11′ – Long ball reaches
1:34 AM ET Simon Cambers MELBOURNE — Praise continued to pour in for Andy Murray at the Australian Open on Saturday, 24 hours after his announcement that he plans to retire from tennis after Wimbledon because of a hip injury. But amid all the tributes for his on-court achievements, which included three Grand Slam titles,
1:22 AM ET With a maiden WTA title under her belt, American youngster Sofia Kenin has her sights fixed on doing some damage at the Australian Open. The 20-year-old claimed the Hobart International on Saturday, surging past unseeded Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-3 6-0 in her first top-level singles final. Sofia Kenin with the 2019
1:06 AM ET Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins, questionable for Saturday’s divisional playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts due to a foot injury, is expected to play, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Watkins has played in just one game since injuring his right foot in Week 9 against the Cleveland Browns. His
3:48 PM ET Dallas Mavericks sixth man J.J. Barea suffered a torn right Achilles tendon during Friday’s 119-115 road victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources told ESPN. An MRI on Saturday confirmed the Mavs’ initial fear that Barea tore the Achilles. The team officially announced a “right lower leg injury” for the veteran guard after
12:58 AM ET The Dallas Mavericks fear that sixth man J.J. Barea tore his right Achilles tendon during Friday’s 119-115 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, a source told ESPN. Mavs coach Rick Carlisle told reporters that Barea would get an MRI on Saturday to determine the severity of what the team officially referred to as