6:11 PM ET Jeff Fenech has joined an elite group of boxers to have won world titles in four weight divisions after finally being recognised for one of sport’s great injustices. More than 30 years after being controversially denied the super-featherweight belt, Fenech has been awarded the strap retrospectively at a World Boxing Council convention
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12:30 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Mexico men’s national team winger Jesus “Tecatito” Corona has been officially ruled out of the World Cup after failing to recover in time from injury, the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) confirmed on Tuesday. The Sevilla player fractured his fibula and suffered ligament damage in his left ankle during a training
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12:51 PM ET Ecuador will play at this year’s World Cup in Qatar after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday said Byron Castillo, whom Chile claimed was ineligible to play during the qualifiers, was deemed an Ecuadorean national. Ecuador will, however, get a three-point deduction at the start of the qualifying campaign
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3:30 PM ET Associated Press Senegal forward Sadio Mane went off injured while playing for Bayern Munich against Werder Bremen on Tuesday, with 13 days until his national team plays their first World Cup game in Qatar. Mane was replaced by Leroy Sane in the 20th minute after appearing to indicate a problem around his
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola rejected a suggestion from Raheem Sterling that he had to join Chelsea because of a lack of game time at Manchester City. Sterling moved to Stamford Bridge in the summer and will return to the Etihad Stadium with his new club in the third round of the Carabao
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3:49 PM ET United States men’s national team defender Chris Richards will miss the upcoming World Cup with injury, he confirmed on Tuesday. Richards, who joined Crystal Palace from Bayern Munich this past summer, hasn’t played since Aug. 27 due to a leg injury. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) “Gutted that this
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5:03 PM ET Robert Lewandowski and Gerard Pique were both shown red cards during Barcelona‘s 2-1 LaLiga win over Osasuna on Tuesday night. Lewandowski was handed a second yellow card for a clumsy foul on Osasuna’s David Garcia in the 30th minute, while Pique, who was named on the bench in his last match for
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5:23 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants safety Xavier McKinney was in a hard-plastic cast and sling Tuesday after having surgery on a couple of fingers that were injured in what he described as a “freak accident” in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, during the team’s bye week. McKinney, the Giants’ defensive signal-caller
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