12:32 PM ET NEW YORK — James Harden has been ruled out of the Brooklyn Nets‘ game against the Washington Wizards on Sunday. Harden is listed out with a thigh contusion. It comes two days after Kevin Durant rested in the Nets’ last game, a 147-125 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday. Sunday’s
Month: January 2021
11:12 AM ET Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart is expected to miss one to two weeks with a Grade 1 left calf strain, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Smart underwent an MRI on Sunday after leaving in the fourth quarter of Boston’s 96-95 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday with the injury.
11:17 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Paul Casey left behind one of the unhappiest years of his golfing career by capturing his first title since 2019 with a four-stroke win at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday. The 43-year-old Englishman struggled to adapt to what he described as the “soulless” playing
10:09 AM ET LONDON — If in doubt, trust the old dependables. They were on the periphery of the last throes of the Frank Lampard era, but goals from unlikely double act of Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso secured Thomas Tuchel’s first win as Chelsea boss against Burnley on Sunday. Chelsea dominated possession and territory
9:46 AM ET French police in Marseille were holding 18 people in custody on Sunday after hundreds of fans stormed the club’s training ground on Saturday, the local prosecutor said. The hardcore Ultras were demonstrating against the club’s leadership and a poor run of results. The supporters forced their way into the Commanderie training ground,
9:49 AM ET William Saliba has said he was hurt by how little playing time he got at Arsenal and added that he wasn’t given the chance to prove his worth. The centre-back, now on loan at Nice in Ligue 1, never played a single minute for the north London side in his first six
10:54 AM ET USWNT‘s Rose Lavelle was on the scoresheet for Manchester City as they beat West Ham 4-0 in the Women’s Super League on Sunday. Caroline Weir, Ellen White and Georgia Stanway also found the net to ensure City stay in third place and continue their hunt for a Champions League spot. – Stream
11:06 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain missed out on an opportunity to move top of Ligue 1 after they slipped to a last-gap 3-2 defeat at Lorient on Sunday, their first loss in nine competitive games and the first for new coach Mauricio Pochettino. PSG went ahead thanks to two Neymar penalties after Laurent Abergel‘s opener,
11:20 AM ET Manchester United have loaned winger Facundo Pellistri to Alaves for the remainder of the season. Pellistri, 19, moves to La Liga to gain first-team experience having made several appearances for United’s under-23 side since joining last summer. “Our scouts have followed Facundo for a long time and we believe that he will
6:38 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Lionel Messi and Barcelona will take legal action against Spanish newspaper El Mundo after it released the leaked details of the forward’s record-breaking contract on Sunday. El Mundo published documents relating to Messi’s four-year deal, signed in 2017, and gave an intricate breakdown of the €555 million he