12:07 PM ET COVID-19 has knocked out this weekend’s UFC main event. The Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis heavyweight contender bout scheduled for UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday is off after Blaydes tested positive for coronavirus, sources told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. The UFC is hoping to reschedule Blaydes vs. Lewis for UFC
12:15 AM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Jaffna Stallions 176 for 2 (Fernando 92*) beat Galle Gladiators 175 for 8 (Afridi 58, Olivier 4-44) by eight wickets How the game played out Outside of Shahid Afridi‘s furious 23-ball 58, Jaffna Stallions were almost totally in control. They slowed Galle Gladiators down after the Gladiators got a
1:37 PM ET Derby County’s Wayne Rooney is prepared to call time on his playing career if asked to fill the position of manager left vacant following Phillip Cocu’s sacking, the former England captain said on Friday. Player-coach Rooney has been assisted by Liam Rosenior, Shay Given and Justin Walker following Cocu’s departure this month
8:58 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said Paul Pogba will not be available to face Southampton on Sunday after failing to shake off an ankle injury. It will be the third consecutive absence for Pogba, who missed wins over West Brom and Istanbul Basaksehir after picking up the problem
10:01 AM ET Frank Lampard has confirmed Christian Pulisic is available to return to Chelsea‘s squad for Sunday’s Premier League clash against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge. The 22-year-old has made just five appearances this season and was forced to withdraw from the USMNT squad earlier this month as he continues to be dogged by complications
7:21 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has said it is a “waste of time” attempting to persuade the football authorities and broadcast rights holders to review the match schedule after Liverpool were handed two games in less than 72 hours in the December fixture list. Klopp has been a vocal critic of the demands placed on
11:29 AM ET Adriana Garcia Diego Maradona’s coaching staff at Argentinian club side Gimnasia y La Plata has resigned following the death of the football legend. Maradona passed away on Wednesday at the age of 60 after a heart attack, two weeks after being released from a hospital in Buenos Aires following brain surgery. –
12:56 PM ET Associated Press Three funeral workers have been fired for posing for photos alongside the body of footballer Diego Maradona shortly before his funeral. The images distributed across social media created outrage, even death threats, across a nation that venerated Maradona, who died Wednesday of a heart attack at age 60. Tens of
12:36 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A year ago at this time, quarterback Lamar Jackson was all the rage in the NFL and the Baltimore Ravens were the league’s best team. On Nov. 17, 2019, running back Mark Ingram first delivered the Ravens’ famous rallying cry, “Big Truss! Woot! Woot!” The Ravens’ practice facility
12:53 PM ET Poland’s Adrian Meronk carded six birdies and an eagle in a scintillating round of 66 to take a three-shot lead after day two of the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship on Friday. Meronk, whose only win on tour was the Open de Portugal last year, followed up his two eagles in the