5:31 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen broke the North American record for victories by a trainer Saturday when Stellar Tap won the fifth race on Whitney Day at Saratoga Race Course. Asmussen has 9,446 victories to break the mark of set by the late Dale Baird
Month: August 2021
12:22 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees have placed closer Aroldis Chapman on the 10-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. The IL move, retroactive to Friday, comes after Chapman allowed two baserunners in the ninth inning Thursday before closing out a win over the Seattle Mariners for his 23rd save in
2:01 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Boston Red Sox put slugger J.D. Martinez on the COVID-19-related injured list Saturday, further weakening a struggling offense that has scored five runs or fewer in 13 straight games. Martinez is batting .284 with 21 home runs and 68 RBIs in 104 games. “He felt sick last
10:46 AM ET Brazil won Olympic gold by beating Brazil in the Tokyo 2020 final on Saturday. Photo by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images Brazil have more medals than anyone else in men’s Olympic football, and for the second time they have gold after successfully defending the title they won in Rio five years ago with a thrilling
10:56 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said the club are continuing to monitor goalkeeper Dean Henderson as he struggles to shake off the after effects of COVID-19. Henderson returned a positive test for coronavirus more than three weeks ago but despite since testing negative, Solskjaer said the 24-year-old has
3:38 PM ET Leicester’s Wesley Fofana is set to undergo surgery after suffering a leg injury next week. Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images Wesley Fofana will undergo surgery on Monday that will keep him sidelined until next year after Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers confirmed that the defender’s broken leg is more serious than initially feared. Fofana, 20,
5:06 PM ET Associated Press Erling Haaland scored a hat trick as Borussia Dortmund began their German Cup title defense with a 3-0 win over third-division Wehen Wiesbaden on Saturday. The holders attacked from the off and went close through American forward Gio Reyna, but had to wait until the 27th minute for captain Marco
2:10 PM ET Leicester City beat Premier League champions Manchester City to win the 2021 Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, the second in the club’s history. Kelechi Iheanacho beat U.S. keeper Zack Steffen from the penalty spot shortly before full-time to hand Brendan Rodgers’ side the win. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
11:11 AM ET Chelsea are close to signing Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku in a deal thought to be worth €115 million, sources have told ESPN. The move, which will see Lukaku join Chelsea for a second time, is unlikely to involve any players moving in the opposite direction. Marcos Alonso had been linked with
3:36 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins tight end Adam Shaheen says that contact tracing landed him on the COVID-19 reserve list and that he has no intention to get vaccinated. “For me, it’s a personal choice, and it’s bigger than just COVID,” Shaheen said Saturday. “The NFL is trying to