2:32 PM ET ATP and WTA jointly announced on Friday that the 2020 Kremlin Cup tournaments in Moscow have been cancelled by a mandate from health officials in the Russian capital, where there has been a surge in coronavirus infections. However, the ATP’s St. Petersburg tournament – a more prestigious event scheduled to start in
Month: September 2020
7:29 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo England and West Indies Women plan to honour the Black Lives Matter movement when they begin their long-awaited T20I series next week. Heather Knight, the England captain, has been in contact with her West Indies counterpart, Stafanie Taylor, and the pair
1:30 PM ET Collin Hill will start at quarterback for South Carolina, coach Will Muschamp said Thursday. Hill, a graduate transfer from Colorado State, appeared in 18 games with 11 starts for the Rams, throwing for 3,323 yards with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He has overcome three ACL injuries in his college career. Hill
1:48 PM BST Georgian police have arrested the vice president of the country’s rugby union, Merab Beselia, over the shooting of player Ramaz Kharazishvili, who was shot in the leg at the sport’s governing body’s offices in the capital Tbilisi on Wednesday. Kharazishvili, 32, the former captain of the Georgian national Sevens team, underwent surgery
12:00 PM ET Every week, we’ll provide a handy recap and accompaniment to the latest episode of “Quest For The Stanley Cup,” the NHL docuseries about the playoffs, available exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+. The third episode for the 2020 playoffs is titled “Stick to the Plan.” Describe this episode in 10 words or
7:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: Remember how I’d walk in,What excitement there would be?Never less than 20 people,I had lots of friends, you see. I gave the party, I was the host.Everyone loved me, I was the most. But nothing lasts forever,And the deepest well runs dry.Just ’cause I’ve stopped rolling sevensDoesn’t
12:25 PM ET The IIHF announced that the 2021 World Junior Championship will be held without spectators and in a single-venue “bubble” format in Edmonton, Alberta, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The premier international men’s hockey event for players under 20 is typically held Dec. 26-Jan. 5 annually and was due to take
12:33 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes named Bill Armstrong their new general manager on Thursday. Armstrong, 50, has been the St. Louis Blues‘ assistant GM/director of amateur scouting the past two seasons. He replaces John Chayka, who resigned as GM on the eve of the Stanley Cup playoffs, leading the team to say he “quit”
12:10 PM ET Are you ready for some fussball? The 2020-21 German Bundesliga season kicks off on Friday with serial champions (and winners of the last eight titles) Bayern Munich hosting Schalke — watch live in U.S., 2.30 p.m. ET, ESPN — and with that, plenty of anticipation for what promises to be an exceptional
10:04 AM ET Barcelona forward Luis Suarez has flown to Italy to take an exam that would see him granted Italian citizenship ahead of a proposed move to Juventus, multiple sources have told ESPN. The forward left Barcelona’s El Prat airport on Thursday lunchtime, headed for Perugia. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ Suarez —