8:37 AM ET After the first six races of the 2020 Formula One season, there is really only one man in contention for the title: Lewis Hamilton. But that’s not to say he is the only driver performing near his maximum this year or that Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas is the only driver underperforming. So
6:12 PM IST Shashank Kishore According to Royal Challengers Bangalore head coach Simon Katich, retaining the faith in young Indian players and wanting to get the right balance with respect to their overseas contingent are two aspects captain Virat Kohli has emphasised on. The Royal Challengers have three uncapped Indian players in batsmen Devdutt Padikkal,
7:56 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Forty-eight-year-old legspinner Pravin Tambe has added another milestone in a fairytale career, becoming the first Indian player to play in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He was picked in the Trinbago Knight Riders’ (TKR’s) starting XI against St Lucia Zouks on Wednesday, as one of three spinners alongside Fawad Ahmed
9:21 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer The letter (well, “burofax”) arrives, recorded delivery. That way, no one can pretend that they didn’t get it. Someone opens it — Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, himself? — and reads it. What does it say? Wait, what? It says that Lionel Messi, the greatest player in the club’s
12:29 AM ET So many MLB no-hit bids end one out away from fame and glory. Maybe the pitcher tightens up. Maybe his luck runs out. Maybe the batter just hits a good pitch. It appeared that Lucas Giolito‘s luck for the Chicago White Sox ended on his 101st pitch Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates,
7:00 AM ET It is, in some ways, the final game of one era and the start of another one. Madden NFL 21 will begin on PlayStation 4 and XBox One. It eventually will be one of the first games to appear on the next generation of consoles, PlayStation 5 and XBox Series X, too.
6:55 AM ET Mike Scantlebury watched Super Bowl LV in February, and one play sequence continually stuck out. For most, it would go unnoticed. You likely don’t even remember it. The Madden NFL video game designer, though, couldn’t let it go. It confirmed much of what he already thought. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes
11:43 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Serena Williams let lead after lead slip away, so she figured it was her own fault when yet another match stretched to a third set and she started getting cramps in her weary legs on the way to a surprising loss at the Western & Southern
8:09 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic has no doubt had a major impact on the UFC. With travel restrictions and positive test cases having led to canceled fights, putting on a card hasn’t been easy for UFC president Dana White and the organization’s matchmakers. But fighters taking bouts on short notice has been common since
7:15 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Notts Outlaws medium-pacer Harry Gurney has been ruled out of the Vitality Blast as well as the IPL owing to a shoulder injury. Gurney, who was picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, is scheduled to undergo an operation next month. Gurney confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that he