4:10 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Ash Barty made her intentions known before Wimbledon began. “One day, I would love to be the champion here,” Barty said late last month, three days before her first-round match. “It’s a dream. It’s a goal.” A lifelong student of the game, Barty has been enamored by the tradition and
Month: July 2021
1:55 PM ET Matthew Wolff, who is ranked No. 35 in the field and was 15th at the end of 2020 after strong finishes in the major championships, is among three golfers who have decided not to play in The Open at Royal St. George’s next week. Wolff, who gave no reason for withdrawing from
3:33 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau has a new caddie. Brian Zeigler, an instructor at Dallas National where DeChambeau plays and practices, will be on the bag next week when DeChambeau plays in The Open at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, England. DeChambeau, an eight-time PGA Tour winner who captured the 2020 U.S. Open, announced the
4:18 PM BST Wales missed a last-minute penalty to draw 20-20 with Argentina, who had been reduced to 14 men for most of the match on Saturday in the first of two tests at the Principality Stadium. Substitute flyhalf Jarrod Evans had a chance to win the game but went wide with his kick after
2:51 PM ET Atlanta Falcons linebacker Barkevious Mingo was arrested in Texas this week on a charge of indecency with a child, sexual contact, according to Arlington Police Department records. Mingo was arrested Thursday on the second-degree felony charge, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison under Texas state law. According to
2:48 PM ET England’s Matt Fitzpatrick and Belgian Thomas Detry shared the lead after the third round of the Scottish Open on Saturday, with world number one Jon Rahm breathing down their necks heading into the final day at the Renaissance Club. Fitzpatrick rolled in six birdies and dropped two strokes in his round of
12:20 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts and Houston Astros outfielder Michael Brantley are among the players who have decided not play in the All-Star Game, while St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was among the 10 replacements announced Saturday and will make his 10th appearance. MLB announced the selections of 10 players
11:48 AM ET Associated Press QUILLAN, France — Bauke Mollema won a hilly 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, while Tadej Pogacar protected his commanding lead before the race heads into the Pyrenees. The Dutch rider for Trek claimed his second career stage victory at the Tour when he broke away on
7:11 AM ET Hungary’s foreign minister called European soccer’s governing body UEFA a “pitiful” organisation for its decision to order Hungary to play their next two games behind closed doors due to their fans’ discriminatory behaviour. “The committee that makes a decision like that is a pitiful and cowardly body. They should be ashamed of
7:45 AM ET The English FA were charged by UEFA on Thursday after a fan pointed a laser into Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel’s eyes. Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images The English Football Association have been fined €30,000 ($36,000) after a fan aimed a laser pointer into the eyes of Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during England‘s Euro