Arsenal’s Lucas Torreira received a hero’s welcome upon returning to his hometown of Fray Bentos, Uruguay, following his performance at the World Cup. Torreira, who left Sampdoria for a £26 million fee earlier this week, was mobbed in the streets by adoring fans who wanted to show their appreciation for the midfielder. Once word got
4:02 PM ET WIMBLEDON — Two years ago at this very place, on serve and chasing Serena Williams 6-5 in the opening set of the Wimbledon final, Angelique Kerber double-faulted and handed the set to Williams, who went on to win her seventh title here, 7-5, 6-3. That is the kind of mistake Kerber cannot
3:00 AM ET Lunch South Africa 5 for 0 (Elgar 3*, Markram 2*) & 126 need another 347 runs to beat Sri Lanka 190 (Karunaratne 60, Maharaj 4-58, Rabada 3-44) & 287 Kagiso Rabada gets a high-five from Vernon Philander AFP South Africa’s attack staged an impressive comeback on the third morning in Galle to nip
Gab Marcotti says N’Golo Kante wouldn’t fit at Barcelona, but Craig Burley and Shaka Hislop think he could be a replacement for Sergio Busquets. The transfer window is open, and Transfer Talk has the latest rumours making the rounds. Follow along with our daily blog throughout the summer. TOP STORY: Chelsea in fight to keep
1:26 AM ET Associated Press SPARTA, Ky. — Christopher Bell couldn’t have started any worse in Friday night’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, and that made his impressive victory all the more satisfying. Bell, who started from the back of the field after spinning his No. 20 Toyota during qualifying, steadily worked his way up the
1:04 AM ET The Dallas Mavericks and guard Yogi Ferrell are “on the 1-yard line” of getting a deal done, a source told ESPN. The Mavs rescinded their $2.9 million qualifying offer to Ferrell on Friday, making him an unrestricted free agent. The source said, however, that the team considered the qualifying offer “a placeholder”
11:55 PM ET Washington Nationals manager Davey Martinez said he will talk to center fielder Bryce Harper about failing to run out a ground ball in the fifth inning of the team’s 4-2 loss to the New York Mets on Friday night. “That’s a conversation I’ll have with Bryce tomorrow,” Martinez said. The stage was
2:53 AM ET Carlo Pamintuan A year after his last professional fight, Manny Pacquiao proved that making the welterweight limit is still not a problem for him as he weighed in a full pound below the limit at 146 pounds at the official weigh-in held at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kuala
9:20 AM ET Get your defense in order, but when the ball is there to hit, make sure you score. That’s Hashim Amla‘s advice to himself and his teammates after an abysmal second day, in which they found themselves 6 for 51 at one stage, before eventually crashing to 126 not out. As is often
11:29 PM ET Michigan State will install interim athletic director Bill Beekman as the permanent head of the athletic department, a source told ESPN, confirming news that was first reported Friday by the Detroit Free Press. Beekman has served as the university’s interim athletic director since February, shortly after Mark Hollis retired from his position.