Month: January 2023

2:45 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang are closing in on a deal for a fight on April 15 in London, sources confirmed to ESPN. The heavyweight bout will be televised on BT Sport in the United Kingdom rather than PPV, sources said. Joyce, ESPN’s No. 6 heavyweight, scored a career-best win
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11:04 AM ET Borussia Dortmund forward Youssoufa Moukoko signed a two-year-contract extension with the German club to 2026 on Saturday after a months-long negotiation for the teenager to remain. The 18-year-old, who became Germany‘s youngest World Cup player when he featured at the tournament in Qatar in November, has long been a target for several
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9:22 AM ET Forward Kai Havertz saw an early goal ruled out by VAR as Chelsea and Liverpool played out a goalless draw at Anfield on Saturday. Havertz thought he had put his side in front, tapping in a rebound after Thiago Silva‘s shot hit the post, but was deemed to have been offside when
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8:19 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti said midfielders Luka Modric and Toni Kroos are “untouchable” at Real Madrid but “that doesn’t mean they play every game” with competition from youngsters Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga and Federico Valverde. Modric missed Thursday’s 3-2 Copa del Rey comeback win at Villarreal through injury, while Kroos
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12:04 PM ET Ed Reed, a Super Bowl champion and nine-time Pro Bowl selection with the Baltimore Ravens, announced Saturday he will no longer be the head coach at Bethune-Cookman. Reed tweeted an announcement that detailed, “After weeks of negotiations I’ve been informed that the University won’t be ratifying my contract and won’t make good
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11:12 AM ET Cole Caufield, the leading scorer for the Montreal Canadiens, will miss the remainder of the 2022-23 season because of a shoulder injury. The team announced that Caufield, 22, suffered a season-ending injury to his right shoulder and will undergo surgery in the near future. The Canadiens will update his progress after the
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11:28 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s been almost two full decades since this many U.S. men reached Week 2 at the Australian Open. And while that group in 2004 included a couple of Grand Slam champions in Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, everything is all so new for the quartet there
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9:21 AM ET After missing seven weeks with a shoulder injury, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Dean Wade is planning his return against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday, sources told ESPN. Wade, who suffered an AC joint sprain in his left shoulder on Dec. 2, had emerged as an important rotation player for the Cavaliers this season.
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