1:21 AM BST Craig Dowd Close Craig Dowd played 60 Tests for New Zealand between 1993 and 2000, including in two World Cups, and he was part of the All Blacks team that won their first series in South Africa in 1996. He played for the Blues and Auckland in New Zealand domestic rugby, and
Month: June 2019
10:56 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Bruce Bochy joined John McGraw as the only Giants managers to win 1,000 regular-season games when San Francisco beat the New York Mets 9-3 Tuesday night behind Stephen Vogt‘s tiebreaking, two-run double in the 10th inning. On a night that began as a rematch between the Giants’
3:03 AM ET WASHINGTON — A decade later, Stephen Strasburg hit the century mark. It wasn’t pretty, but almost 10 years to the day after he was drafted first overall, and one day after Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman became the newest member of Club 1.1, Strasburg notched his 100th victory in the Washington Nationals‘
9:29 AM BST With just two rounds of the regular season remaining, several teams still remain in the running to book their playoff spot. Round 17 is headlined by a key Australian derby between the Brumbies and Waratahs with plenty of playoff implications, while a logjam in the middle of the table could make this
12:11 AM ET New York Mets announcer Ron Darling was back in the booth Tuesday night, his first game back since surgery to treat thyroid cancer last month. Before the game against the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field, Darling said it was “extremely humbling” to feel the support he had received from the Mets
10:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Grant McCray will get a chance to leave his mark on professional baseball — but he’ll have a tough time making one as dramatic as his famous father. The Florida high school outfielder, drafted in the third round by San Francisco on Tuesday, is the son of
ESPN FC’s Craig Burley and Alejandro Moreno agree that Tottenham’s Harry Kane will have to make a move in order to fulfill his true potential. Craig Burley rates the latest transfer rumours, including Tottenham’s summer plans, Man United’s right-back search and Mohamed Salah’s future. The FC guys assess Mauricio Pochettino’s future at Tottenham and debate
10:52 PM ET ESPN News Services It was a tough night for umpires across Major League Baseball on Tuesday as plate umpires Mike Everitt and Tom Hallion left their respective games with injuries and second base umpire Scott Barry was also sidelined from his game. Everitt left a game between the Chicago White Sox and
9:55 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said he does not expect teams to make changes to the protective netting around ballparks during the season, although he expects conversations to continue about whether netting should be extended. Manfred’s comments on Tuesday came less than a week after a young
Gianni Infantino has be re-elected as president of FIFA. Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as FIFA president for a second term after running unopposed, and praised the manner in which the the organisation has moved away from the scandals which had plagued predecessor Sepp Blatter. Infantino replaced Blatter as head of world football’s governing body