Nigeria international forward Ahmed Musa has sealed a big-money transfer from Premier League side Leicester City to Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia. The 25-year-old has penned a four-year deal reportedly worth an initial £14.8million, which could rise to £25million. Musa had completed a then-club record £16million transfer to Leicester from CSKA Moscow in July 2016, but
2:43 PM ET CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens expressed no regret about his decision to skip this weekend’s induction ceremonies in Canton, Ohio. Owens, critical of the Pro Football Hall of Fame voting process after not being selected in 2016 or 2017, has opted to hold his own ceremony at
The dust is starting to settle in Madrid after Cristiano Ronaldo’s exit, and Sid Lowe explains why the mood is so good in the Real camp. New Real Madrid head coach Julen Lopetegui insists the club has the players to succeed this season despite the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo. Roma defender Federico Fazio has called
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 195 for 7 (Whiteley 60) beat Durham 194 for 7 (Latham 78) by three wicketsScorecard Ross Whiteley smashed 60 off 26 balls as Worcestershire Rapids gained a dramatic three-wicket win over leaders Durham Jets in a Vitality Blast thriller at New Road. He rescued a game which appeared
3:05 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” The
12:54 PM ET Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum leads the British Open at the halfway stage and is one shot clear of England’s Georgia Hall and overnight leader Minjee Lee going into the weekend at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Phatlum carded a 5-under-par 67 for the second day in a row to move to 10-under overall.
1:01 PM BST Matt Toomua has made a surprise appearance while Will Genia produced strong return in the Bledisloe Cup trial at Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval. Toomua, who on Wednesday signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Australian Rugby and the Melbourne Rebels, started at five-eighth in the Cheika’s Choice team chosen by Wallabies coach Michael Cheika,
11:48 AM ET As of late 2016, Sergey Kovalev was undefeated, owned three light heavyweight world title belts and was one of most feared fighters on the planet, rising up the pound-for-pound rankings thanks to a series of big knockouts and significant victories against Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal. And then Andre Ward came into
2:10 PM ET Sergey Kovalev was smiling as he finished a workout with trainer Abror Tursunpulatov ahead of Kovalev’s WBO light heavyweight championship fight against Eleider Alvarez on Saturday in Atlantic City. It will be Kovalev’s third fight under the guidance of Tursunpulatov, after Kovalev parted ways with his previous trainer, John David Jackson, after
12:14 PM ET Mark Stone avoided arbitration with the Ottawa Senators on Friday, signing a one-year, $7.35 million contract that is the highest on the team. The 26-year-old had reportedly asked for $9 million, while the team countered at $5 million. Stone had 20 goals and a career-high 42 assists in only 58 games last