4:29 AM GMT Brumbies coach Dan McKellar says it would be a risk to start incumbent Wallabies loosehead prop Scott Sio in their Super Rugby season opener. The 27-year-old has been overlooked for Friday night’s clash with Melbourne at GIO Stadium in favour of former Queensland captain James Slipper. Sio was Australian coach Michael Cheika’s
Month: February 2019
3:44 AM ET Kei Nishikori overcame Pierre-Hugues Herbert 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at the Rotterdam Open Tuesday on his return from the knee injury which forced him to retire during his Australian Open quarterfinal against Novak Djokovic. The Japanese world No. 7 lost the first set to the Frenchman but bounced back to win the first
Feb 14, 2019 Sam Bruce Close ESPN Associate Editor Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPNscrum after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Andy Withers Close ESPN
Second-half substitute Lautaro Martinez ended Inter’s three-match winless streak in Serie A, sealing the victory in style against Parma. Lazio stunned Inter Milan at the San Siro winning 4-3 on penalties to adavnce to the semi-final of the Coppa Italia. Mauro Icardi‘s future at Inter Milan has been cast in doubt after he was stripped
Inking a tattoo of your team’s star striker onto your arm may seem like a good idea when he’s banging in the goals wearing your club’s shirt, but what do you do with it when he goes on to join your biggest rival? That’s the dilemma Pumas fan Eric Gomez has been going through since
Manchester United’s “Theatre of Dreams” has never seemed such an appropriate venue for a visiting team. Even in his wildest dreams, Thomas Tuchel couldn’t have imagined his PSG side leaving Old Trafford with a 2-0 win without both Neymar and Edinson Cavani. But they did. PSG’s injury-hit team went to Manchester, saw what Ole Gunnar
2:20 AM ET ATLANTA — The Los Angeles Lakers limped into the All-Star break on Tuesday, falling below .500 for the first time since Nov. 7 after a 117-113 loss to Atlanta Hawks. At 28-29, the Lakers are 2.5 games back of the Sacramento Kings for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. For
Every time the dust tries to settle around the curious case of Alen Stajcic’s abrupt sacking, conversation and speculation blows in to stir things up again. With each fresh disturbance the debris settles a little further out, to the extent that few in Australia’s wider football family have not been touched by Football Federation Australia’s
1:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — After spending a few tortured minutes at the podium inside the Wells Fargo Center interview room being asked questions about yet another loss to the Boston Celtics, as 76ers center Joel Embiid was finally granted a reprieve from talking about his team’s 112-109 defeat, he decided he had
1:42 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Daisuke Matsuzaka has dealt with numerous arm injuries during his career as a pitcher in Major League Baseball and Japan but none quite like this. The Chunichi Dragons say Matsuzaka is experiencing pain in his right shoulder after an overzealous fan pulled his throwing arm during a fan