PARIS — For all of his greatness over the years, through all of the multiple-victory seasons and major championships and No. 1 rankings and myriad accolades, Tiger Woods never saw that level of success translate to the Ryder Cup. Expected, perhaps unfairly, to carry the United States teams throughout a run of Ryder Cup competitions
4:56 AM ET PARIS — Rory McIlroy says Europe’s Ryder Cup team will not be paying Tiger Woods any special attention and adds it would be “silly” to earmark individual threats as the build-up continues ahead of Friday’s start at Le Golf National. Despite the hype over Woods’ involvement in the Ryder Cup going into
Arsenal’s Unai Emery insists he was not happy with his side’s lack of control in the first half of their win over Everton and that they need to defend better in the future. Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been fined for speeding in North London. Gabon international Aubameyang was fined £1,250 at Willesden Magistrates’ Court
Craig Burley says football fans made a “pig’s ear” of the vote for the Puskas Award, which was won by Mohamed Salah’s goal against Everton. Iran’s Carlos Queiroz believes Mo Salah’s incredible season with Liverpool gives children all over Africa something to inspire to and that they can be among the best players in the
Sep 25, 2018 Nottinghamshire 133 (C Overton 4-27) and 115 for 3 (Mullaney 54) trail Somerset 463 (J Overton 55, Gurney 6-106) by 215 runsScorecard As escapes from relegation go, Nottinghamshire’s survival at Trent Bridge could not have been less heroic. It will probably prove to be the case that they are only staying up
FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells Gab Marcotti about his hopes that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups change negative perceptions of Russia and Qatar. Gab Marcotti and Shaka Hislop join Outside the Lines and have their say at FIFA expanding the World Cup to 48 teams. ESPN FC’s Stuart Holden and Shaka Hislop discuss the
2:23 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Houston is heating up as October approaches. The Astros clinched another AL West title and reached 100 wins for the second straight season, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Tuesday night behind Alex Bregman‘s two-run homer. Houston improved to 100-57 and was assured of first place hours later
2:05 AM ET With the UFC still in need of a headliner for its UFC 230 pay-per-view event on Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden, Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier attempted to take matters into their own hands on Tuesday — completely unknown to the UFC. Diaz, of Stockton, California, announced via Twitter he and
1:55 AM ET The final score suggests the Milwaukee Brewers ‘ 12-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals was a blowout, but the Cardinals did have prime opportunities to get back in the game. With seven days left to play, only one National League team has clinched a playoff spot. From the races to be
12:44 AM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Slugger Kris Bryant has left the Chicago Cubs‘ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates because of a bruised left wrist after he was hit by a pitch. After the game, manager Joe Maddon said that X-rays were negative, but Bryant isn’t expected to play on Wednesday. The 2016 National