3:27 PM ET A World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was halted just minutes after kickoff on Sunday after Brazilian health officials objected to the participation of three Argentine players they say broke quarantine rules. Argentina walked off the pitch at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo after the officials entered the pitch to
Month: September 2021
4:19 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Continuing their reshuffling at cornerback, the Seattle Seahawks are expected to sign former New York Jets starter Bless Austin, a source confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. The Jets waived the 25-year-old Austin on Wednesday, a surprise move given that he was projected to remain one of their
Sep 3, 2021 Canada has quietly become one of the strongest sides in CONCACAF. Omar Vega/Getty Images In the first conversation John Herdman had with the Canada men’s national team after being named the head coach in January 2018, he laid out a hypothetical situation that could have passed as fantasy. They were embarking upon a
3:35 PM ET Associated Press GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Identical twins, identical results. Nicolai Højgaard sunk a birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the Italian Open on Sunday, a week after his identical twin brother, Rasmus, won the European Masters in Switzerland by also making a birdie with his final stroke. “To finish
4:04 PM ET Four years into a second stint at UConn that hasn’t gone nearly as well as the first, Randy Edsall announced on Sunday that he will retire at the end of this season. The announcement comes roughly 24 hours after the Huskies lost to Holy Cross, an FCS program, dropping to 0-2 on
3:46 PM ET Associated Press GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — The man who contributed the most to Europe’s team in the 2018 Ryder Cup triumph will almost certainly be missing from this month’s competition at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin. Still recovering from a back problem that kept him out of this year’s PGA Championship and Tokyo Olympics,
1:14 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Twins manager Rocco Baldelli plans to leave the team Sunday to return home to Minnesota for the birth of his child. Baldelli said he would be in the dugout for the start of Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay but could depart before it ends. The schedule
10:34 AM ET The COVID-19 list keeps growing for the Boston Red Sox, with Sunday’s starter, Nick Pivetta, going on it earlier in the day. Boston has put 10 players on the list in about a week. Pivetta was supposed to face Cleveland at 1 p.m. ET at Fenway Park. Instead, the Red Sox called
11:05 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees placed setup man Jonathan Loaisiga on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a strained right rotator cuff. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Loaisiga will not throw for at least 10 days. “Obviously that’s a tough loss for us, which hopefully is only a couple
2:44 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — The air was thick with orange smoke and a techno beat as Max Verstappen completed his victory lap at Zandvoort. The three-day party on the Dutch coast, which got underway the moment the first car left the pits on Friday morning, had reached its climax, with 70,000 people celebrating