12:31 PM GMT Racing 92 have sacked Fiji international Leone Nakarawa after the player returned to the club late following his involvement in the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Nakarawa was due back at the club on Oct. 28 but instead returned over two weeks later without permission, with the club saying that the 31-year-old showed
Month: December 2019
11:59 AM ET Renault Technical director Nick Chester is departing the Formula One team after a difficult season in charge, the team announced on Friday. Chester was also placed on “garden leave”, a move designed to stop top staff with intimate knowledge of the organisation being immediately employed by a rival team. 1 Related Renault
Dec 6, 2019 With 51 games on the docket for next week, no team is getting a light schedule. Everyone plays either three or four games. The New Jersey Devils are among the teams with three games and have one of the worst ratings on the Forecaster, but they are one of the clubs to
11:37 AM ET Alistair Overeem and Jairzinho Rozenstruik both made the heavyweight limit for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Washington, D.C., but one half of the co-main event missed badly at Friday’s weigh-in. One prelim fighter missed weight as well. Overeem (47-17, 1 NC) hit the scale at 248 pounds, and Rozenstruik (9-0)
7:00 AM ET Baseball’s winter meetings are underway in San Diego, beginning Monday and continuing through Thursday’s Rule 5 draft. With big-name free agents such as Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon and Stephen Strasburg narrowing their lists of potential landing spots and stars including Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor and Kris Bryant reportedly on the trade block
11:31 AM ET ESPN News Services STAMFORD, Conn. — While Brian Cashman was descending the Landmark Building on Friday in preparation for a holiday celebration this weekend, the New York Yankees general manager came across a message taped to a 10th-floor window from a fan: Please sign Gerrit Cole. Cashman confirmed he met with Cole
9:36 AM ET The weeks leading up to the College Football Playoff selection have us wondering: Who’s in? But then suddenly on Sunday afternoon there will be a bracket, and the question will shift to: Who will win? How will Saturday’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for
1:24 PM ET Heavyweights Alexander Povetkin and Michael Hunter battled to a fierce draw in world title elimination bout in the co-feature of the Andy Ruiz Jr.-Anthony Joshua rematch on Saturday at Diriyah Stadium in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. They were fighting to become one of the mandatory challengers for the winner of the main event
Dec 4, 2019 THEY CALLED IT the Kangaroo Punch. The challenger leaped forward like he had springs attached to the bottom of his boxing boots, unleashing an arcing left hook as he propelled himself toward his opponent. The punch connected flush on the champion’s dimpled chin, sending him crashing down on his back, as the
3:48 PM GMT Even as he waits for the Supreme Court to consider rolling back certain reforms, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has cautioned that without experienced people at the helm, even the richest and most powerful cricket board could fall swiftly. Ganguly said “continuity” was “a very important” yardstick in running a sport and so