6:19 AM ET Conor Benn has said he considered suicide after testing positive for a banned substance which led to the cancellation of his fight with Chris Eubank Jr in October. Benn, 26, was recently reinstated to the WBC rankings after the body concluded his failed test was unintentional. They added the positive result could
Month: March 2023
7:00 AM ET On the first day of live batting practice at Chicago Cubs camp, right-hander Adrian Sampson stood on the mound ready to face his teammates — just as he had done to start preparation for the season in his 11 previous years of professional baseball. But this time, there was a clock hanging
7:00 AM ET It’s World Baseball Classic time! The international baseball tournament is back for the first time since 2017 and features some of baseball’s most stacked lineups maybe … ever. In its fifth edition, the World Baseball Classic will start on March 8, with pool play spanning Japan, Taiwan, Florida and Arizona and featuring
7:04 AM ET PAU GASOL’S HAIR is coiffed short and tidy now. Sensible. Hints of gray show on the sides and contrast with the brown waves up top. He looks every bit the part as the husband and father of two he has become in his post-playing days. At first glance, the 42-year-old version of
4:56 PM ET A long-range strike by defender Gianluca Mancini earned Roma a 1-0 home win over 10-man Juventus in Serie A on Sunday, with substitute Moise Kean dismissed less than a minute after coming on. Roma, who became the first Serie A side to be beaten by lowly Cremonese on Tuesday, have now won
5:08 AM ET The Women’s World Cup kicks off in New Zealand on July 20. Matthew Lewis – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images FIFA has been urged by Football Australia, the co-host of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, to reject an attempt by Visit Saudi — Saudi Arabia’s tourism body — to become a major sponsor of
4:49 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United staff have been assured there should be “clarity” on the club’s ownership situation before the end of the season despite concerns that the process has stalled, sources have told ESPN. Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani and British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe have both made public their
4:20 AM ET Manchester United‘s level of performance has dropped since the team lifted the Carabao Cup, defender Luke Shaw said after they were thrashed 7-0 by rivals Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday in their heaviest defeat in 92 years. United travelled to Anfield on an 11-match unbeaten streak but suffered the club’s
Mar 5, 2023 SAKHIR, Bahrain — Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described his team’s result at the Bahrain Grand Prix as “one of the worst days in racing” after Lewis Hamilton finished 50 seconds adrift of race winner Max Verstappen. Red Bull barely pushed the limit of its two cars on the way to a dominant
Mar 5, 2023 SAKHIR, Bahrain — George Russell offered a bleak assessment about the 2023 Formula One season, predicting Max Verstappen‘s easy win in Bahrain will be the norm this year. Max Verstappen scored a dominant victory at the first race as Mercedes and Ferrari, the only other two teams to win a race in