Feb 19, 2020 McLaren have closed their paddock hospitality at Formula One testing in Barcelona to anyone who has visited China in the past two weeks as part of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. One Chinese motorsports journalist, who arrived on Tuesday after mentioning his departure from Shanghai on social media, said
12:25 PM GMT Wales prop Wyn Jones expects France to “cheat” in the scrum when the teams meet at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff in the Six Nations on Saturday. France are chasing a first Six Nations victory on Welsh soil since 2010 and Jones said defending champions Wales would have to be alert at
12:55 PM GMT Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has made three changes to the starting team to face Italy in Rome in the Six Nations on Saturday. Edinburgh forwards Stuart McInally and Ben Toolis and Gloucester centre Chris Harris have all won spots on the team. Toolis replaces the injured Jonny Gray while Townsend said McInally
1:25 PM GMT Ireland coach Andy Farrell has named an unchanged starting 15 from the win against Wales to travel to Twickenham to play England on Sunday. Leinster’s Robbie Henshaw is named in the Irish midfield alongside Connacht’s Bundee Aki after coming off early in the previous game for a HIA assessment. Despite competition from
6:17 PM GMT As Sri Lanka and the West Indies prepare to square off in the first of three ODIs on Saturday – which will be followed by two T20Is next month – the series offers the chance for both sides to benchmark themselves as they work towards the T20 World Cup later this year.
12:28 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Rory McIlroy dealt a serious blow to the prospects of the proposed Premier Golf League, saying Wednesday that he is not in favor of a plan that would see the top players splitting from the PGA Tour for a guaranteed financial windfall on a rival circuit. McIlroy, who at
12:03 PM ET Longtime sports broadcaster and sportswriter Lesley Visser will become the first woman to receive the Emmys’ Sports Lifetime Achievement Award during the 41st annual Sports Emmy Awards in April, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Wednesday. Visser has spent the past 30 years at CBS as part of a
12:03 PM ET NASCAR driver Ryan Newman was fully alert and walking around Wednesday, two days after his horrific last-lap crash at the Daytona 500. Roush Fenway Racing released a statement Wednesday that said Newman “continues to show great improvement” and that he is “fully alert and walking around Halifax Medical Center.” “True to his
11:30 AM ET ESPN News Services ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Several former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams going back decades, prompting the Ann Arbor school to ask others with information to come forward, officials said Wednesday. The university said in a statement that an outside,
11:02 AM ET Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Andreas Johnsson is expected to miss the rest of the season after having knee surgery Wednesday. The Maple Leafs announced that the surgery was successful, but Johnsson is expected to miss six months. Johnsson, 25, has eight goals and 13 assists in 43 games this season, his