7:46 AM ET Steve KimESPN Like everyone else, Mikaela Mayer found out about Jamel Herring’s positive test for COVID-19 on Monday morning. It postponed Herring’s junior lightweight world title defense against Jonathan Oquendo for the second time. Just like that, Mayer’s bout versus Helen Joseph was elevated to the main event spot of Tuesday’s Top
Month: July 2020
9:37 AM ET A critical matchup in the UFC’s surging featherweight division is now official. Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige both successfully made weight Tuesday for their UFC Fight Night main event bout in Abu Dhabi. Kattar weighed in at 146 pounds and Ige was 145 pounds. Both co-main event fighters also weighed in successfully
6:56 AM ET Adriana Garcia Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Barcelona have exercised the option to sign promising Sao Paulo striker Gustavo Maia, sources have told ESPN. The Catalan side paid €1 million earlier this year to the Brazilian club to have a preferential option to acquire 70% of the player’s sporting rights. –
7:42 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said the decision to overturn Manchester City‘s European ban was not a good day for football. City have won their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over alleged financial fair play violations and are free to play in the Champions League next season. –
9:05 AM ET Tottenham head coach Jose Mourinho has claimed UEFA’s financial fair play rules are dead and branded Manchester City‘s successful appeal a “disgrace” which equates to “the circus opening the door” to unlimited spending. The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned City’s two-year ban from European competition on Monday, claiming the club “did
9:26 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has launched a blistering attack on numerous targets after Manchester City successfully overturned their Champions League ban, with UEFA, his Premier League rivals and La Liga chief Javier Tebas all in his sights. On Monday, City were cleared of breaching financial fair play (FFP) rules by the Court
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN How will Cam Newton‘s arrival affect the quarterbacks room in New England? Is there an odd man out at running back in Green Bay? After an offseason without practices amid the coronavirus pandemic, veterans might have more security than usual — or it just might be harder to identify who
8:55 AM ET Haas boss Guenther Steiner said he was encouraged to see Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean fight for position at the Styrian Grand Prix without incident. The Haas teammates have collided several times before, most notably at last year’s British Grand Prix. The aftermath of that incident, which saw one of the drivers
6:41 PM IST Thirty-one current and former domestic and international South African players including Makhaya Ntini, Vernon Philander, JP Duminy and Herschelle Gibbs, and five current coaches including Justin Ontong, the national fielding coach – all people of colour – have signed a letter in support of Lungi Ngidi and the Black Lives Matter movement
8:06 AM ET With this past Saturday’s UFC 251 welterweight title fight out of the way, I think this is an appropriate time to take a look at the rest of the division. After all, welterweight is fascinating these days, and it’s always fun to matchmake a hot-and-heavy weight class, so let’s get to some