4:50 PM GMT England overcame a disastrous first half when their experimental side trailed an effervescent Japan 15-10 to turn on the power after the break and run out 35-15 winners at Twickenham on Saturday. The long-shot outsiders had threatened a repeat of their 2015 World Cup upset over South Africa when well-made tries for
7:50 AM ET Between now and Opening Day, every team in baseball will hire some people, sign some people, trade some people and drop some people. But nearly all of the names have to be figured out. While we’re all going to have to wait on the details, we can talk about some general outlines.
4:38 PM GMT Australia beat Italy 26-7 on Saturday, keeping their unblemished record against the Azzurri intact. In what had been billed as a must-win match for the Wallabies’ embattled coach, Michael Cheika, the Wallabies did suffer one setback, with a groggy David Pocock forced off in the second half. The Wallabies showed enough attacking
4:11 PM ET Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara will miss four to six weeks with a left knee injury, according to multiple reports. Chara was injured in the first period of Wednesday’s 6-3 loss in Colorado. The Athletic first reported the timeline of Chara’s injury. The 41-year-old Chara is the sixth Bruins defenseman to go
Craig Burley says nothing will change at Manchester United under Jose Mourinho, and a different manager would produce better results. MANCHESTER — Before breaking into the Vasteras team as a teenager, Victor Lindelof had his head shaved. It was the idea of Robin Blomme — the injured right-back Lindelof was set to replace — because
shares Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 127 for 5 (Duckett 75, Hendricks 2-5) beat Jozi Stars 124 for 7 (Vilas 38*, Gayle 23, Smuts 3-20) by seven wickets © Getty Images He isn’t a recognised T20 name worldwide yet, but Ben Duckett showed he has the ingredients to become one. A fine exhibition of back
shares India women 167 for 8 (Mandhana 83, Kaur 43, Perry 3-16, Gardner 2-25) beat Australia women 119 (Perry 39*, Patil 3-15, Radha 2-13) by 48 runs © Getty Images India’s spinners choked out a weakened Australian line-up with relentless accuracy to send them crashing to 119 all out, and a 48-run defeat in
In the end, Nigeria and South Africa settled for a point apiece in their grudge 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Johannesburg. Samuel Kalu orchestrated the Nigerian lead within the opening 15 minutes, but Percy Tau engineered a comeback, assisting Lebo Mothiba to draw Bafana Bafana level. The point proved enough for the Super
2:46 PM ET DALLAS — Golden State Warriors All-Star forward Draymond Green will not play in Saturday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks and will likely miss Sunday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs as he continues to recover from a sprained toe. “We decided to give him some time off,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said
2:15 PM ET Roger Federer sprang to Alexander Zverev‘s defence after some of the Swiss great’s diehard fans booed the young German after his superb victory in the last four of the ATP Finals on Saturday. Zverev, 21, won fair and square 7-5 7-6(5) to claim a third victory in six meetings with Federer, but