Germany have been sent crashing out at the group stage of the Women’s World Cup for the first time after a 1-1 draw with South Korea in their final Group H match on Thursday. Germany, champions in 2003 and 2007 and ranked second in the world, had needed a win to be sure of progressing,
Month: August 2023
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterAug 3, 2023, 03:17 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 NFL legend Tom Brady has become a minority owner of English Championship side Birmingham City. The seven-time Super
Caitlin Murray, ESPNAug 3, 2023, 08:03 AM ET Close Caitlin Murray is a general editor for ESPN.com. She has reported on and written about soccer for The New York Times, The Guardian, Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, the Associated Press, and others. She authored a book about the history of the U.S. women’s national team called
Aug 3, 2023, 07:00 AM ET A fair number of MLB teams look a little different than they did just a week ago. With the 2023 trade deadline behind us, there are some faces in new places — and others in familiar ones, most notably Justin Verlander, who returned to Houston in the biggest deal
ESPN News Services Aug 3, 2023, 12:10 AM ET Rays ace Shane McClanahan will return to Tampa, Florida, on Thursday to have his arm checked by the team’s doctor. McClanahan started Wednesday night against the New York Yankees, allowing Anthony Volpe‘s two-run homer and Giancarlo Stanton‘s three-run shot in a 7-2 loss at Yankee Stadium.
Associated Press Aug 3, 2023, 06:21 AM ET ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves have baseball’s best record, and now they’re getting their best pitcher back. Max Fried is set to rejoin the Braves’ rotation on Friday when the team opens a weekend series at the Chicago Cubs, providing a huge boost to a team that
ESPN News Services Aug 3, 2023, 07:20 AM ET The red-hot Chicago Cubs, fueled by an offense that is putting up numbers not seen by the team’s faithful in more than 120 years, are right in the thick of the National League Central race. Chicago clubbed 16 hits and five home runs in a 16-6
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. We always think we know what’s coming at this point in the offseason. We know who’s going to be the preseason No. 1 (in this case, two-time defending national champion Georgia), and we know which blue
The SA20 mini-auction ahead of the 2024 season will take place in Johannesburg on September 27. On the day of the auction, a total of 21 slots are to be filled, six of those reserved for rookie players. A rookie player is someone who is a South African under the age of 22 and has
Stephen Holder, ESPNAug 3, 2023, 06:20 AM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national