2:15 AM BST ESPN staff The world champion Springboks have officially withdrawn from the Rugby Championship, leaving just Australia, New Zealand and Argentina to challenge for the 2020 title. SANZAAR, the tournament organisers, announced on Friday that South Africa would not travel to Australia due to several factors including South African government travel restrictions, player
Month: October 2020
3:06 AM BST Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has responded to claims from the All Blacks that Australia got away with illegal “off-the-ball” tackles in the opening Bledisloe Cup clash, saying his side had instead dealt with some concerns of their own through the correct channels. Rennie admitted to being surprised by comments from All Blacks
3:33 AM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Alexander Zverev advanced to the quarterfinals of the Cologne Indoors by beating Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-1 on Thursday. Zverev was playing indoors for the first time this year after a mixed record on indoor hard courts in 2019. He has been strong in those conditions in the past with
3:20 AM ET Associated Press Adrian Otaegui started his round with three straight birdies and then just kept going, shooting a 10-under 62 on Thursday to take a three-shot lead after the first round of the Scottish Championship. He finished with 10 birdies in a flawless round at the inaugural event, which was added to
2:36 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — The settings change, the circumstances evolve, and yet it always seems to come down to Clayton Kershaw getting stretched a little too far, a promising bullpen failing to pick him up, a high-powered offense coming up small, a well-oiled machine breaking down at the worst possible time. The backdrop
11:03 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Globe Life Field, the $1.2 billion facility that opened earlier this year, includes a retractable roof that was left open for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night, subjecting members of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves to gusts of wind that were blowing
10:42 PM ET Pedro GomezMLB Close ESPN’s Pedro Gomez covered the Oakland A’s home and away nearly every day from 1992-97 for the San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee and then became the national baseball writer and later a general columnist at the Arizona Republic before becoming an ESPN bureau reporter in 2003. SAN
10:51 PM ET One of the great historical debates in baseball is whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot in the 1932 World Series. There is no doubt about Carlos Correa: The Houston Astros star definitely called his in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series. Correa hammered a home run to center field
12:59 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — One night after a record-setting run-scoring performance, the Los Angeles Dodgers couldn’t muster more than one hit against a rookie with seven career starts and are now on the
6:29 PM ET Danny Lewis The coronavirus pandemic made the transfer market unlike any before it, but there was still plenty of action on Deadline Day. With the window closed across the major leagues in Europe, you can check out the latest major completed transfers across the globe. Juve to reignite interest in Aouar There