3:45 PM ET Major League Soccer announced plans on Wednesday for CF Montreal and Toronto FC to begin playing select games in their home venues. The decision is based on updated public health legislation enacted on July 5 by the Canadian government that eased travel restrictions between the U.S. and Canada due to the COVID-19
Month: July 2021
4:50 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have opened talks over a swap deal involving Antoine Griezmann and Saul Niguez, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN. Griezmann, 30, left Atletico for Barca in 2019 for a fee of €120 million, but the Catalan club are open to letting him leave this
3:41 PM ET World No. 2 Naomi Osaka, who withdrew from this year’s French Open and Wimbledon on mental health grounds, will compete in Montreal next month, organizers of the Canadian event said Wednesday. Osaka, a four-time Gland Slam champion who is one of Japan’s best gold medal prospects at the Tokyo Olympics, will be
1:21 PM ET Rising lightweight Islam Makhachev, the protege of retired former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, faces Thiago Moises in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex will be on ESPN and ESPN+, with the main card starting at 10 p.m. ET and the prelims
2:31 PM ET ESPN News Services The Jaguars said Wednesday that coach Urban Meyer and general manager Trent Baalke were subpoenaed as part of a lawsuit filed by lawyers for Black former Iowa football players alleging discrimination by some members of the school’s coaching staff. The team said Meyer and Baalke submitted a written response
12:58 PM ET Alfa Romeo will remain in Formula One beyond 2021 after extending its agreement with Sauber Motorsport. Alfa Romeo returned to F1 in 2018 after a 30 year absence with a technical and commercial partnership with Sauber. The following season that extended to a full rebrand to Alfa Romeo, which is how the
11:17 AM ET Formula One will reward the top three finishers of its first sprint qualifying race with old-school podium laurels. This weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone features a revamped schedule. The traditional qualifying, split into three sessions known as Q1, Q2 and Q3, will be held on Friday evening and will set the
12:50 PM ET Oddsmakers have Jon Rahm, fresh off his first win at a major, as the clear-cut favorite at The 149th Open this week at Royal St. George’s. Rahm is the favorite at 7-1 at Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill. No other golfer has single-digit odds. Bryson DeChambeau is next at 14-1, followed by
1:30 PM BST British & Irish Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones will return to the squad after making a remarkable recovery from dislocating his shoulder against Japan in June, coach Warren Gatland announced on Wednesday. Jones had been ruled out for the rest of the tour after sustaining the injury on June 26 but passed
11:22 AM ET Major League Soccer will let fans pick an XI, this time for players for seven specific positions, for the 2021 All-Star Game on Aug. 25 as the league announced the player selection process on Wednesday. The match, which will see the MLS All-Stars square off against their counterparts from LIGA MX, is