1:23 PM ET A game after batting down a career-high four passes, Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt intercepted a pass by Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and ran 19 yards for a touchdown. It was his first touchdown since he scored on a one-yard receiving touchdown from Ryan Fitzpatrick in October 2014. It was
1:46 PM ET Poland’s Adrian Meronk and Frenchman Robin Roussel hit seven under par 65s to share the lead by one stroke after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club on Thursday. Roussel hit five successive birdies on the back nine after a slow start, while Meronk had two
1:39 PM ET Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton believes Formula One should do more to highlight and address human rights issues in the countries it visits. His comments were made ahead of two races in Bahrain and followed news of a letter from U.K. parliamentarians to F1 CEO Chase Carey urging the sport to use
11:11 AM GMT George Ford will start at fly-half for England against Wales in Llanelli on Saturday, with captain Owen Farrell joining Henry Slade in the centre as Eddie Jones’s team seek three wins out of three in the Autumn Nations Cup. Ford returned from an Achilles injury to come off the bench in last
6:57 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff T Natarajan, the Tamil Nadu and Sunrisers Hyderabad left-arm seamer, has been added to India’s ODI squad, just hours before the series opener, as cover for Navdeep Saini. According to a BCCI media release, Saini had complained of “back spasm.” Natarajan wasn’t in any of the white-ball squads in the
6:57 AM ET Marseille manager Andre Villas-Boas has said FIFA should make all clubs retire the No. 10 jersey to honour Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday from a heart attack. Maradona was released from hospital two weeks ago following brain surgery but subsequently suffered a heart attack at his home. He was 60. –
10:29 AM ET Adriana Garcia Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Alejandro Sabella as Argentina manager after defeat in 2014 World Cup final. Jean Catuffe/Getty Images Argentinian coach Alejandro Sabella is in a hospital in Buenos Aires after being “very affected” by Diego Maradona’s death. The former Sheffield United and Leeds United midfielder was rushed to
10:27 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona presidential candidate Emili Rousaud has said he would hold a referendum to rename the club’s stadium “Camp Nou Leo Messi” if he wins the elections on Jan. 24, he announced on Thursday. The 54-year-old said: “Regardless of the fact that [Messi’s] contract expires at the end of this season,
1:26 PM ET Super-agent Mino Raiola doesn’t see a long-term future for FIFA and would like a new system to govern football, citing how Major League Soccer brought new ideas to the table when it was founded in the 1990s. Speaking at the World Football Summit, Raiola slammed the way FIFA currently runs the global
8:51 AM ET Associated Press Manchester clubs United and City will not be allowed to have fans in attendance while Liverpool, Everton and the London clubs can have up to 2,000 supporters from Wednesday as the UK government returns to its tiered structure when coronavirus restrictions are eased. Even stadiums that can partially reopen will