Month: October 2020

10:18 AM ET Associated Press BERLIN –_ Alexander Zverev denied accusations of domestic abuse on Friday, saying they are “simply not true.” The 23-year-old German tennis player was responding to an interview former girlfriend Olga Sharypova gave to Russian sports website Championat on Thursday. Sharypova, a former Russian tennis player, said Zverev attempted to strangle
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10:28 AM BST The Six Nations games between France and Ireland and Wales against Scotland have been postponed due to coronavirus cases in the camps. The French rugby federation told Reuters on Thursday that France’s game had been postponed following an outbreak of cases in the French camp. 1 Related The game was scheduled for
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9:52 AM BST The cancellation of England’s game against the Barbarians because of coronavirus protocol breaches made rugby a laughing stock, England coach Eddie Jones said on Thursday. On the day the Rugby Football Union was bringing charges against the Barbarians players who twice broke camp to visit a London restaurant, Jones, who had previously
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9:48 AM ET Mike D’Antoni and is finalizing a deal to become an assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets, reuniting him with his former MVP point guard, Nets coach Steve Nash, sources told ESPN. The Nets are hiring D’Antoni and well-regarded assistant Ime Udoka, who spent seven of the past eight seasons on Gregg Popovich’s
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9:10 AM ET Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of a record-equaling seventh Formula One world championship. Hamilton leads Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by 77 points with five races to go, starting with this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. Regardless of what happens, Hamilton cannot secure the championship at Imola. Should Bottas fail
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6:18 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hinted Phil Jones still has a future at the club despite being left out of his squad for the Premier League and Champions League. Jones, who still has three years left on his contract at Old Trafford, hasn’t featured since January because of
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6:48 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will make a renewed attempt to sign Manchester City defender Eric Garcia in January, although the incoming president will have to give the green light to any potential deal, sources have told ESPN. Despite the resignation of president Josep Maria Bartomeu in midweek, work continues behind the
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9:24 AM ET Zinedine Zidane has said Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior have cleared things up after the French striker was apparently caught on camera criticising his Real Madrid teammate. TV footage showed Benzema telling full-back Ferland Mendy: “He does what he wants. Don’t pass to him, brother. He is playing against us,” in words
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3:37 AM ET AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has recently recovered after testing positive for coronavirus, has joined an information campaign, telling the public to respect social distancing and wear a mask. “The virus challenged me and I won,” he said. “But you are not Zlatan, don’t challenge the virus. – Stream new episodes
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