4:00 AM ET Love it or loathe it, VAR is now an established part of the modern game, and this very week marks the fifth anniversary of the first time a top-flight professional league match was overseen by the video assistant referee system. That milestone moment in soccer history took place on April 7, 2017
Month: April 2022
12:22 AM ET Seattle Sounders stars Cristian Roldan, Jordan Morris and Nicolas Lodeiro celebrate. Steph Chambers/Getty Images Jordan Morris set up one first-half goal and scored another, helping the Seattle Sounders beat visiting New York City FC 3-1 in Wednesday’s CONCACAF Champions League semifinal first leg. The second leg is scheduled for April 13 in Harrison,
12:43 AM ET NEW YORK — For the first time since they both spurned the New York Knicks and joined forces with the Brooklyn Nets in the summer of 2019, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving played together inside Madison Square Garden and helped lead their team to a 110-98 victory over a Knicks team that
Kane Richardson also drops out along with Tim Paine (indefinite leave) and James Pattinson (retired) from the previous group which had included 17 names instead of the full 20. Travis Head, who was Player of the Series in the Ashes, Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Swepson are also included after not being part the previous original
12:46 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have spent the offseason seeking a replacement for starting quarterback Sam Darnold, but he isn’t concerned. “It’s truly whatever happens happens, because at the end of the day it’s out of my control, and I know that,” Darnold, 24, said on the “Bussin’ with the Boys”
10:05 PM ET Brianna Williams The NBA’s 75th anniversary has opened the door to plenty of celebration. Earlier this season, the league put together a list of its 76 greatest players to honor the milestone and returned to Cleveland, the site of the NBA’s 50th anniversary, for the 2022 All-Star Game. But that was just
5:43 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka won for the first time since late February, outlasting American Alison Riske 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Wednesday to start the weather-delayed Credit One Charleston Open. Sabalenka, of Belarus, had lost her opening matches at Indian Wells and Miami after falling to new No. 1
9:23 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All-Star outfielder Whit Merrifield and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a restructured contract late Wednesday in which the club exercised its option for next season and the two sides added a mutual option for the 2024 season. Merrifield, who made his second All-Star team last
6:42 PM ET Danny Lewis The summer transfer window is approaching, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: PSG want Nkunku return Paris Saint-Germain are hoping to bring Christopher Nkunku back to
5:47 PM ET Manchester City will pay tribute to their all-time leading goalscorer Sergio Aguero by unveiling a statue of him outside the Etihad Stadium next month on the 10th anniversary of his goal that ended the club’s 44-year wait for a league title. City reversed a 2-1 deficit to beat Queens Park Rangers 3-2