Mark Donaldson and Shaka Hislop look at how Chelsea’s starting XI should look after their appeal against a two-window transfer ban was rejected by FIFA. Last summer was a relatively quiet affair in the transfer market. But this year it promises to be a frenzy, fired by wide-scale disappointment. With the exception of Liverpool, all
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2:47 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Process continues. Facing elimination and an offseason rife with speculation were the Philadelphia 76ers to lose, Joel Embiid bounced back to lead a 112-101 win over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night and force a decisive Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals. After slogging through Philadelphia’s losses in
The Premier League trophy decked out in colours of 2017-18 champions Manchester City The 2019-20 Premier League season will kick off on the weekend of Saturday, Aug. 10. It is likely the opening match will be brought forward to the Friday night for television broadcast. The transfer window will close before the season begins, at
Gio Reyna, a son of former U.S. national team captain Claudio Reyna, scored a hat trick to lead the Americans to an 8-0 over Guadeloupe at the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship on Thursday night. The U.S. will play Panama in the quarterfinals on Sunday for a berth in the Under-17 World Cup. Reyna, a member of
1:44 AM ET The show goes on, but with blue-chip lightweight prospect Devin Haney ascending to the main event. Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said Thursday that his card on May 25 (DAZN) will go forward and remain at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, but with Haney (21-0, 13 KOs), 20, of
1:11 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — From the moment Kawhi Leonard touched the ball on Thursday night in the Toronto Raptors‘ 112-101 loss at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers, he encountered multiple bodies. This seems like an obvious response to an attacking wing who has assembled one of the most prolific individual runs in NBA
1:03 AM ET There are three old scouting reports of Albert Pujols on the Baseball Hall of Fame website. The first is from a Royals scout named Gary Johnson, filed in November 1998 after Pujols had gone undrafted out of high school in Missouri. This was the most positive of the reports. “Good bat spd.
1:40 AM ET UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Kayla Harrison dominated Larissa Pacheco in their Professional Fighters League matchup on Thursday night at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but she said she cried afterward because she wanted to produce a spectacular performance, not the unanimous decision she received. Harrison (4-0), a two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo
8:59 PM ET If there’s an asterisk to be found in the Houston Dynamo’s franchise-best start to the season, it’s this: They have played only two matches on the road. That makes Saturday night’s match at Seattle (5-1-4, 19 points) a potential measuring stick. The teams are currently tied for third place in the Western
8:57 PM ET Changing the coach didn’t work, but maybe adding several players will when the Colorado Rapids try to avoid an ignominious record. If the Rapids (0-8-2, two points) don’t get a victory against Real Salt Lake at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., on Saturday, they will equal the Major League