Real Madrid head coach Julen Lopetegui insists that the goalkeeper situation is not a problem after he again picks Keylor Navas to start over new signing Thibaut Courtois. Karim Benzema netted two goals and Gareth Bale added another as Real Madrid came from behind to defeat Girona. Mariano Diaz returned to Real Madrid on Wednesday
1:51 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs have signed Quincy Pondexter, adding a forward in the same week veteran star Manu Ginobili announced his retirement. The 6-foot-7 Pondexter spent last season with the Chicago Bulls, averaging 2.0 points, 1.2 rebounds and 8.5 minutes in 23 games. The seven-year NBA veteran
1:51 PM ET Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Kellen Mond will start for the Aggies in Thursday’s season opener against Northwestern State. Texas A&M sophomore QB Kellen Mond will start for the Aggies in Thursday’s season opener against Northwestern State. Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire First-year Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher on Wednesday confirmed that Mond will start and
3:10 PM BST The 2017-18 Premiership season finally gets underway this weekend, with the clash between newly-promoted Bristol Bears and Bath opening the campaign on Friday night. After winning their third Premiership title in four years last season, Saracens will be the team to beat once again while Exeter Chiefs, Wasps and Leicester Tigers are
2:19 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer NEW YORK — After receiving heavy criticism from fans and other players, the US Open said it regretted the code violation given to Alize Cornet after changing her shirt on court during her first round match Tuesday. Cornet, who accidentally put her shirt on backwards during a heat-mandated break
11:49 AM ET Strawweight world titlist Wanheng Menayothin moved to 51-0 — surpassing the 50-0 mark Floyd Mayweather retired with last August — as he won a unanimous decision against Pedro Taduran on Wednesday. Fighting at home in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, Menayothin (51-0, 18 KOs), 32, retained his 105-pound world title for the 10th time,
11:59 PM BST Greg GrowdenESPN Rugby Close After more than 30 years with The Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Media in Australia, Greg Growden now writes exclusively online for ESPN. Never afraid to step on toes, you can expect plenty of compelling insight from one of Australia’s most renowned writers. Rugby Australia must get its
10:25 AM ET Former heavyweight world title challengers Kubrat Pulev and Hughie Fury will meet in a world title eliminator for the right to earn another crack at a belt. They will fight on Oct. 27 at Arena Armeec in Pulev’s hometown of Sofia, Bulgaria, promoters Epic Sports and Entertainment and Hennessey Sports announced on
10:22 PM ET The Philadelphia Union earned another big win in the Eastern Conference, notching a 2-0 victory over host D.C. United on Wednesday night at Audi Field. C.J. Sapong opened the scoring in the 29th minute, knocking in the rebound after forward Cory Burke’s initial shot was saved by United goalkeeper Bill Hamid. Philadelphia
9:05 AM ET We’ll probably never know for certain what would have happened to Charles Leclerc had Sunday’s Turn 1 accident played out in Formula One cars without the Halo device. The truth is, we don’t really need to. The fact a car can fly over another at that part of the cockpit so violently,