11:34 AM BST Tom Curry and Sam Underhill will line up either side of Billy Vunipola in a new-look, highly mobile back row against Ireland on Saturday as England coach Eddie Jones continues to juggle his resources in the team’s penultimate World Cup warm-up match. Curry and Underhill, who have both been hard hit by
11:34 AM BST Fly-half Ross Byrne will make his first Ireland start against England on Saturday, with captain Rory Best and scrum-half Conor Murray returning to the side for their second World Cup warm-up game. Byrne will win his third international cap but starts for the first time after appearing from the bench against Italy
7:32 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — You could just about hear the collective groan reverberating around Melbourne as one by one, they started falling like dominoes. When Team USA’s superstars began withdrawing from the FIBA World Cup squad, it meant they would no longer be taking part in the two highly anticipated friendlies against the
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN When the Columbus Blue Jackets were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of the second round of the playoffs, it marked the furthest the franchise had ever advanced in the postseason. It also marked the end of the Blue Jackets as we had come to know them. There
11:17 AM ET The Houston Astros denied a reporter access to Justin Verlander following the team’s 2-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night. At the pitcher’s request, Detroit Free Press writer Anthony Fenech was not allowed to attend Verlander’s postgame media availability, Astros vice president of communications Gene Dias told the newspaper. Verlander
11:22 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The International Tennis Federation has postponed next month’s Davis Cup series between India and Pakistan because of the recent political tension over the disputed territory of Kashmir. The ITF says it made the decision “following an in-depth security review of the current situation in Pakistan by independent security
3:00 AM ET Toss West Indies chose to bowl v India West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and elected to bowl after the toss was delayed by half an hour due to rain and wt outfield. The resulting damp conditions would not have affected India’s plans, captain Virat Kohli implied, when he said
11:17 AM ET The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has agreed to the All India Tennis Association’s (AITA) request, rescheduling next month’s India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie to November this year. The decision came after ITF referred the matter to the Davis Cup Committee earlier this week and was followed by an “in-depth security review” of the
10:22 AM ET Junior featherweight world titlist Emanuel Navarrete, fresh from defending his belt on Saturday night, will be back in action for defense No. 3 on Sept. 14 against Juan Miguel Elorde, Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN on Thursday. After Navarrete blew away Francisco De Vaca by a one-sided third-round knockout
11:41 PM ET It’s Week 3 of the NFL preseason, when we’re supposed to get the most serious look at teams before the regular season begins. Unless, of course, you’re playing on an 80-yard field in Winnipeg — as the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers did Thursday — and you sit the majority of