9:17 AM ET Kelsey Puckett LAS VEGAS — It’s Dec. 28, 2020, and UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is invited to a Roaring ’20s-themed party to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Kyrgyzstan. “I’m like, oh my god, it’s three days before the New Year and I don’t have a dress,” Shevchenko recalled to ESPN two
Month: June 2022
9:32 AM ET Ada Hegerberg returned to the Norway team for the World Cup qualifiers in April. Getty Images Forward Ada Hegerberg will play her first major international tournament in five years at the upcoming Women’s Euros after she was included in Norway’s 23-player squad on Tuesday. Hegerberg, who plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais, quit
4:29 AM ET Online racist abuse directed towards Black players in the England team after last year’s European Championship final has further complicated preparations for penalty shootouts, England manager Gareth Southgate said. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were the targets of the abuse after they missed spot-kicks in England’s 3-2 shootout loss to
3:03 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe is the most valuable football player in the world, according Swiss research group CIES Football Observatory, followed by Real Madrid‘s Vinicius Jr. and new Manchester City recruit Erling Haaland. Mbappe, who turned down Real and signed a new three-year deal at PSG last month, topped the list
7:46 AM ET The NFL is headed to Africa, and Osi Umenyiora can’t wait. Umenyiora, a former All-Pro defensive end and two-time Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants who is of Nigerian descent, has been a leading voice in the league’s efforts to establish a foothold on the continent. Umenyiora will be part
7:58 AM ET Justine Lindsay, who is believed to be the NFL’s first openly transgender cheerleader, said she is happy to “break down that door” and share her “great accomplishment” as a member of the Carolina Panthers‘ TopCats squad. In an Instagram post three months ago, Lindsay shared that she is a transgender woman and
9:12 AM ET San Francisco 49ers star wide receiver Deebo Samuel is expected to attend the team’s mandatory minicamp, which starts Tuesday, despite his recent request to be traded, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Samuel skipped the voluntary portion of San Francisco’s offseason program after publicly acknowledging his trade request in April, amid his
Toss England chose to bowl vs Australia Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first on a green-tinged Khettarama surface that is expected to have a little in it for the seam bowlers, particularly early on. Both sides had named their XIs ahead of time. Sri Lanka, who appear to be attempting to build
6:00 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — In the fourth quarter of last season’s Week 5 showdown against the Los Angeles Chargers, tight end David Njoku hauled in a pass across the middle of the field, shed a tackle and ran 71 yards for a touchdown. Such a play underscored the potential Njoku has flashed throughout
8:00 AM ET Many elite college football programs have been taken down by either key assistant coaching changes, a failure to keep up with the times, or both. In 2022, Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers, the ruling power of the ACC Atlantic for more than a half-decade, has to fend off both. Swinney must replace longtime