10:07 AM BST World Rugby has launched a new annual three-tier global women’s tournament as it seek to create more a competitive international landscape and grow the Women’s Rugby World Cup to 16 teams. WXV will start in 2023 and has initially been supported by a 6.4-million pound ($8.8 million) investment from the global governing
Month: March 2021
7:00 AM ET Some rookie stars arrive in the NHL with their own gravitational pull, knocking a franchise out of its orbit. Minnesota Wild coach Dean Evason saw it happen first hand while with the Washington Capitals when Alex Ovechkin arrived. He was a player whose pulsating lifeforce, on and off the ice, infused every
9:40 AM ET Associated Press Tiger Woods is back in the game — digitally, at least. Woods has signed a long-term partnership with the company behind the PGA Tour 2K video game series, returning the 15-time major champion to an industry he once dominated with EA Sports. The deal was announced Tuesday, nearly a month
10:31 AM BST Ireland and Munster No.8 CJ Stander has announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the season. The news will come as a shock to rugby as Stander, 30, is starting for Ireland in the ongoing Six Nations, and is regarded as one of the finest back-rows in Europe. But
5:59 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are looking for a scout to help spot future superstars from the age of six. United are hiring a lead phase scout to target players around Manchester aged between six and eight. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Dawson: Man Utd’s new director of football about fine tuning
8:33 AM ET Real Madrid are investigating a possible hacking after an erroneous medical report, which claimed forward Rodrygo Goes had suffered a hamstring injury, was published on their website and social media accounts. “After tests carried out on our player Rodrygo by Real Madrid’s medical services, he has been diagnosed with a muscular injury
6:02 AM ET Dinamo Zagreb coach Zoran Mamic was jailed for fraud. Alastair Grant/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Croatia’s Supreme Court on Monday confirmed a prison sentence for Dinamo Zagreb coach Zoran Mamic for fraud ahead of the club’s Europa League clash with Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday, the Balkan nation’s state television (HRT) said. Mamic’s brother Zdarvko,
10:06 AM ET Arsene Wenger has called for a radical overhaul of the entire football calendar with domestic seasons played from March to November and the World Cup to be held every two years. Wenger has continually pushed for a series of reforms ever since taking up a role as FIFA’s chief of global football
10:03 AM ET Barcelona president-elect Joan Laporta has less than 24 hours to secure a bank guarantee worth €125 million or the club will be forced to call a new election process. Laporta, who was previously Barca president between 2003 and 2010, was voted back into power last weekend ahead of rival candidates Victor Font
8:41 AM ET Sweden‘s record goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been named in coach Janne Andersson’s squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Kosovo, five years after the striker retired from the national team. Ibrahimovic, 39, scored 62 goals in 116 internationals before quitting the team following their exit at the group stage