7:38 AM ET Swansea City have announced that the club will boycott all social media platforms for a week in the fight against racism and online abuse. The Championship club said the playing and coaching staff will not post anything on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, YouTube or TikTok on Thursday from 5 p.m BST.
Month: April 2021
9:10 AM ET Romanian assistant referee Octavian Sovre’s decision to ask Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland to autograph his yellow and red cards raised some eyebrows but the charity that is set to benefit from a cash boost are not complaining. The signed cards were donated to the SOS Autism Bihor centre and Simona Zlibut,
11:41 AM ET Rio de Janeiro abandoned plans to rename its famous Maracana Stadium in tribute to Pele on Thursday after a widespread outcry from fans. The official proposal to give Pele’s name to the ground that hosted the final of the 2014 World Cup and the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games was
1:22 PM ET Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani “is closer than ever” to a deal that would bring him to Boca Juniors this summer, sources have told ESPN. The vice president of Boca Juniors, Juan Roman Riquelme, is personally handling the negotiations with the Uruguay forward, the source said. – Stream LIVE games and replays
10:32 AM ET Center Khem Birch is finalizing a contract buyout with the Orlando Magic and plans to sign with the Toronto Raptors upon clearing waivers, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. The 28-year-old Birch, a native of Montreal, is averaging 5.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 19.8 minutes per game for
12:13 PM ET Golden State Warriors president and chief operating officer Rick Welts, a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, will retire after the 2020-21 NBA season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Welts has spent 46 years working in the NBA and, in 2011, became the most prominent sports executive
12:31 PM ET Toronto Raptors guards Fred VanVleet and DeAndre’ Bembry and Los Angeles Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker have been suspended one game each without pay for leaving the bench area during an on-court altercation during the Lakers’ 110-101 win on Tuesday. Raptors forward OG Anunoby and Lakers big man Montrezl Harrell were fined for
News Pakistan coach happy with Babar Azam’s progress as captain, says he’ll improve further with experience In the three ODIs against South Africa, Pakistan’s strategy to extract maximum firepower from the middle order remained a theory until Hasan Ali, from the late-middle order, showed a glimpse of what can be with his 32 off 11
9:23 AM ET Well how about that for fun? The Champions League quarterfinal, first legs, produced a ton of excitement and drama. Some big results, too: Real Madrid shrugged off key defensive absences (Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane) to thump Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool, while Paris Saint-Germain enjoyed a bit of revenge against Bayern Munich, following
12:51 PM ET HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson‘s attorney, Rusty Hardin, has filed a motion for an emergency hearing, asking a judge to rule that lawyer Tony Buzbee has to identify one of the women who filed a lawsuit under the pseudonym of Jane Doe. Of the 22 civil lawsuits filed against Watson alleging inappropriate behavior