shares Steven Smith bats during Australia training © Cricket Network As Australia commenced their Men’s World Cup preparations on English soil, coach Justin Langer admitted the personal welfare of Steven Smith and David Warner would require sensitive monitoring and handling over the coming months. The two players joined in the centre wicket practice at
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10:26 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show GLASGOW, Scotland — WBA junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis described a junior welterweight world title unification clash with Josh Taylor as a “a superfight”
9:53 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles defensive end Chris Long, the reigning Walter Payton Man of the Year, is calling it a career after 11 seasons. Long made the announcement Saturday night on social media, along with a photo of a red cup in his hand and the mountains in the distance. Cheers. Been a
11:16 PM ET BALTIMORE — For Mother’s Day, War of Will trainer Mark Casse and his wife, Tina, were shopping in Orlando — hardly a die-hard horse racing community, by his standards — when an employee in a shoe store asked Casse where he got his sneakers. As soon as Casse said Louisville, Kentucky, the
9:15 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — San Francisco Giants right-hander Johnny Cueto threw a bullpen session Saturday, and the team was encouraged enough for manager Bruce Bochy to say the club hopes Cueto can return toward the end of this season. Cueto, who had major elbow surgery last August, was 18-5 in 2016 and
9:06 PM ET Former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on July 5 during International Fight Week, the promotion announced Saturday night. Evans, 39, retired from mixed martial arts in 2018 after a 14-year professional career. He has remained involved in the sport as a UFC analyst
8:50 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke is on track to make his next scheduled start Tuesday at San Diego after throwing a bullpen session before Saturday’s game, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. Greinke felt pain in his side and was diagnosed with abdominal tightness during the eighth inning of
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will leave the club this summer, having secured an historic domestic treble. Kompany, 33, is City’s longest-serving player, having joined in August 2008, but his contract runs out at the end of the season — and though ESPN FC had been told that there was a willingness from both the club
8:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Two weeks after a wild finish at the Kentucky Derby, the 144th running of the Preakness Stakes got off to an unusual start. Bodexpress bucked Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez just moments after racing out of the starting gate, dodged an outrider who tried to corral the riderless
7:49 PM ET FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Brooks Koepka didn’t widen his lead in the third round of the 101st PGA Championship at Bethpage Black on Saturday. But the defending PGA Championship winner didn’t give anything back to the rest of the field, either. Koepka shot even-par 70, for a 54-hole total of 12 under, to