10:23 AM ET Adriana Garcia The Maracana stadium hosted the World Cup final in 1950 and 2014. Fernando Souza/picture alliance via Getty Images Brazil’s emblematic Maracana stadium will be renamed “The Edson Arantes do Nascimento-Rei Pele stadium,” in honour of the country’s football legend Pele. The Rio de Janeiro state legislators approved the name change of
Month: March 2021
2:53 PM ET Manchester City were back to winning ways in the Premier League with a 5-2 victory over Southampton at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. City’s 28-game unbeaten run came to an end on Sunday when they lost 2-0 at home to second-place and Manchester United and were initially on the back foot as
12:45 PM ET Adriana Garcia Robinho now has 45 days to appeal against the latest ruling to Italy’s highest court. Marco Luzzani/Getty Images The Milan court of appeals this week released details about a sentence against Brazilian forward Robinho, saying he “belittled” and “brutally humiliated” the woman he sexually assaulted in 2013. In December, the appeals
10:34 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo‘s role in Porto‘s decisive goal which saw Juventus knocked out of the Champions League round-of-16 stage for a second consecutive season was described as “the worst” by TV pundit Fabio Capello. Having been facing 10 men since Mehdi Taremi‘s dismissal on 54 minutes, Juve had levelled the tie and were
11:19 AM ET Brett Okamoto UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad‘s first appearance in a main event will have to come without his longtime coach and mentor Louis Taylor, due to Taylor’s positive COVID-19 test. Muhammad (18-3) is scheduled to face Leon Edwards (18-3) in a five-round headliner at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Mar 7, 2021 Aljamain Sterling became UFC bantamweight champion in a shocking way Saturday in Las Vegas as an illegal knee forced a stoppage to his fight against Petr Yan. With Sterling grounded, Yan held Sterling’s arms and kneed the challenger in the face, which is an illegal strike. The fight was paused and after
News Uncapped New Zealander a like-for-like swap after the Australian makes himself unavailable for the entire 2021 season The Royal Challengers Bangalore have signed uncapped New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Finn Allen as a like-for-like replacement for Josh Philippe who has made himself “unavailable” for the entire IPL 2021. Allen, who had initially found no takers in
12:02 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints are releasing veteran receiver Emmanuel Sanders after just one season as they continue to trim their massive salary-cap deficit, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Sanders, who turns 34 next week, confirmed the move in an Instagram post, saying: “New Orleans it’s been real. Sucks
11:46 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Browns wide receiver Ryan Switzer said his 9-month-old son, Christian, is home from the hospital after undergoing surgery to stop bleeding. Switzer posted a short video and message Wednesday on Twitter showing his son playing with toys on the floor following his health scare. He said Christian was
12:34 PM ET New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, who is Jewish, posted an open letter to Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard about Leonard’s use of an anti-Semitic slur during a recent video game livestream. In a video that surfaced Tuesday on social media, Leonard can be heard saying: “F—ing cowards; don’t f—ing snipe