6:20 PM ET Alaves spurned the chance to go top of La Liga on Friday with a 1-0 defeat at Leganes, who moved out of the relegation zone thanks to Youssef En-Nesyri’s goal. The striker fired home three minutes before half-time after Jonathan Silva cut the ball back into his path to delight a raucous
6:08 AM ET Aaron Rai fired a course-record 9-under-par 61 to surge into a four-shot lead after the second round of the Hong Kong Open on Friday. The 23-year-old Englishman took full advantage of perfect scoring conditions for the early starters in Fanling, sinking six birdies in his first nine holes. Three more birdies ensured
5:09 AM ET ABU DHABI — Having declined the opportunity to do so in previous seasons, Lewis Hamilton has been granted permission to run the number one on his Mercedes for this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It’s been a while… but the #1 is back in @F1! #AbuDhabiGP 🇦🇪 #F1 pic.twitter.com/1vgcfSq9dg — Mercedes-AMG F1
shares Toss England chose to bat v Sri Lanka Joe Root made good use of the sweep shot © Getty Images Joe Root has won the toss for the eighth successive Test – a 256-1 chance, apparently – and chosen to bat first in the final Test of the series in Colombo. It could
4:10 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has received a one-Test suspension from the ICC, following an incident in the Chattogram Test wherein he made physical contact with Bangladesh’s Imrul Kayes. This means Gabriel will not be available for the second Test of the series, which will be played in Mirpur
shares Bangladesh 324 (Mominul 120, Gabriel 4-70, Warrican 4-62) v West Indies Mominul Haque raises his bat after bringing up fifty © AFP Bangladesh’s eventful first innings against West Indies ended on 324 all out on Friday, when Jomel Warrican removed both Nayeem Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman in the fifth over of the second
4:14 AM ET Former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew has confirmed his retirement from boxing aged 35. Bellew (30-3-1, 20 KOs) was defeated in his last fight by WBA-WBO-IBF king Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) on Nov. 10 in Manchester as he attempted to become the undisputed world champion. In a video message posted on
Nov 22, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand A 221 for 5 (Young 117, Van Woerkom 32, Siraj 2-26) v India A Hamish Rutherford falls over while batting Getty Images Opener Hamish Rutherford , who copped a blow on his helmet, will see a doctor before any decision is made on whether he would resume batting for
3:00 AM ET Toss India chose to bowl v Australia India’s captain Virat Kohli won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the second Twenty20 at the MCG. India must win the match to stay in the series. The hosts made one change to the team that won narrowly in Brisbane on Wednesday,
2:46 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Thomas Detry thought the rainy, windy and generally awful conditions were so bad at Metropolitan Golf Club on Friday that they wouldn’t be able to finish the round. When they did, he and Belgium teammate Thomas Pieters were tied for the lead with South Korea at the