8:03 AM ET Tamim Iqbal has requested for a break from cricket. The 30-year old opener had gone to the Bangladesh Cricket Board, seeking some time off in early August and ESPNcricinfo understands that it has now been approved. As a result, he will miss next month’s one-off Test against Afghanistan and the T20I tri-series
2:19 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur scored three times late in the game to come from behind and beat Aston Villa 3-1 in their Premier League opener. Aston Villa took a shock lead in ninth minute when Davinson Sanchez let a long ball from Tyrone Mings bounce through, but it fell to John McGinn who turned
2:08 PM ET Record signing Joao Felix scored two first-half goals for Atletico Madrid as they secured a 2-1 win over Juventus in the International Champions Cup at the Friends Arena on Saturday. Although the vast majority of fans in the crowd seemed to be more interested in seeing his fellow Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Felix
1:44 PM ET Second-half goals from Boulaye Dia and Suk Hyun-jun gave Reims a shock 2-0 away win against Olympique Marseille in their opening Ligue 1 match on Saturday, handing coach Andre Villas-Boas a losing start in charge of the hosts. In a match played in stifling heat at the Velodrome, Dia struck in the
2:02 AM ET The Portland Timbers extended their undefeated streak at home to 10 games with a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night at rainy Providence Park, on goals from Sebastian Blanco, Marvin Loria and Jeremy Ebobisse. In a back-and-forth game with attack after attack from both teams — regional rivals with
Major League Soccer: Dax McCarty (8′) Chicago Fire 1-0 Montreal Impact. To watch MLS, sign up to ESPN+. Bastian Schweinsteiger’s header was the difference for Chicago who defeated the Montreal Impact 3-2 at SeatGeek Stadium. To watch MLS, sign up to ESPN+. Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the go-ahead goal in the 88th minute as the host
1:22 AM ET Corey Baird‘s brace gave visiting Real Salt Lake a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, RSL’s second consecutive win after conceding the first goal. Coming down the left side in the 70th minute, Baird chested down a cross from Jefferson Savarino before rocketing a left-footed half-volley into the far corner
2:43 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Carson Kelly hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth inning and a tiebreaking solo shot in the 11th, propelling the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 comeback victory over the major league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. Both benches cleared after the final out when
1:43 AM ET Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says he was stopped in Connecticut and forced from his vehicle at gunpoint by as many as nine police officers as he was leaving a gas station Friday. Cashman, 52, said in an interview with the New York Post that his white Jeep Wrangler had been stolen
12:58 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The first order of business for USA Basketball on Friday night was thanking its fans, so Donovan Mitchell grabbed a microphone to deliver the pregame message. He got right to the point. “We look forward to going out to China, representing the USA, and winning the gold,”