Trigger warning for sexual assault and rape. Details in this story are graphic in nature, and may be unsuitable for some. Gunathilaka, 31, was arrested in the early hours of October 6 at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency Hotel, where he was staying while the Sri Lankan team were in Australia for the T20 World Cup. He
4:35 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Mavericks star Luka Doncic is out for rest against the Houston Rockets a night after he played 40 minutes to help prevent a 25-point collapse in Dallas’ win over the LA Clippers. Doncic hinted he might not play Wednesday night after scoring 35 points, including a crucial 3-pointer
11:15 PM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LaMelo Ball‘s first home game of the season didn’t go anywhere near as well as he had hoped. Not only did the Charlotte Hornets lose 125-113 to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night, but Ball reinjured his left ankle when he stepped on a fan’s foot
9:30 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – A day before the Los Angeles Lakers‘ win over the Brooklyn Nets — just L.A.’s third victory in 13 games played this season — the team held a seminal film session on Saturday. It wasn’t so much what was seen, but what was said that made an impact,
6:46 PM ET Suspended All-Star guard Kyrie Irving is nearing completion on the process needed for a return to play and could rejoin the Brooklyn Nets as soon as Sunday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies at Barclays Center, sources told ESPN. Irving will miss his eighth consecutive game on Thursday night in Portland, but he
5:30 PM ET James Maddison has described the fallout from his infamous casino visit in 2019 as “ridiculous” and insisted his England career did not stall as a result of a breakdown in relations with manager Gareth Southgate. The Leicester City midfielder was pictured by a poker table in a casino on the night England
10:04 PM ET The Costa Rica Federation canceled their team’s World Cup warmup against Iraq scheduled for Thursday due to an issue with the passports stamps at the border between Kuwait and Iraq. The Costa Rican delegation, which was travelling to the match on Wednesday night by bus, had requested the Iraqi government not stamp
4:33 PM ET A goal and an assist from Mattias Svanberg led Sweden to a 2-1 win over Mexico who failed to secure a confidence-boosting victory on Wednesday in their last game before the World Cup in Qatar. Sweden, who failed to qualify for the World Cup, took the lead in the 54th minute when
4:51 PM ET Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo said he was close to signing for bitter rivals Manchester City last year but former manager Alex Ferguson asked him not to. Ronaldo said Ferguson persuaded him to re-join United for a second spell at Old Trafford when he moved from Juventus in August, 2021 on a
8:36 PM ET Associated Press Former big league outfielder Will Venable was named Wednesday as associate manager on the staff of new Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy. The Rangers didn’t immediately specify what responsibilities Venable would have with that new title. He was the bench coach for the Boston Red Sox the past two seasons