6:26 PM BST Hosting rights for the next two men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups will be awarded within the same process as World Rugby attempt to build on the success of Japan 2019, the governing body announced on Thursday. The announcement means the 2025 and 2029 women’s and 2027 and 2021 men’s World Cup
5:53 PM ET ESPN staff On a day when three elite talents signed massive, multiyear contract extensions, players at every income level around the NFL continued to do some work with helmets on at training camps across America. And, oh yeah, we found some photos of the adoptable dogs that will be available at the
6:38 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert said on Thursday there won’t be fall NCAA championships because there’s not enough schools participating because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — a decision that impacts 22 championships, including FCS football. “The Board of Governors also established if you don’t have half of the schools playing a sport,
5:15 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Steve Stricker birdied the final hole for a 2-under 68 and a share of the lead Thursday in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, the PGA Tour Champions’ first major of the season. “Didn’t hit it all that good, though. I scraped it around, got it up-and-down a
2:31 AM IST English cricket has received a significant boost with the news that Australia are set to confirm their limited-overs tour in September. Confirmation of the tour, which will see the sides play three ODIs and three T20Is, means England’s men’s team should be able to fulfil all 18 international fixtures which were scheduled
4:00 PM ET As it typically does each summer, the College Football Playoff on Thursday announced recusals for 10 of its 13 selection committee members. However, in a preseason that continues to be unlike any other, four of them have asterisks by their names because their affiliated schools aren’t playing this fall — including committee
4:15 PM ET Just after midnight on Aug. 5, outside a casino in Riga, Latvia, people were peering through windows to catch the overtime ending of a Dallas Mavericks game involving local hero Kristaps Porzingis. Normally, the Olympic Casino is open 24 hours a day, but now it closes at midnight as part of its
11:00 AM ET All the scenarios, all the magic numbers, all the scoreboard watching — it’s all going to be settled and easy to understand by close of business on Thursday night. But here’s where it’s at before we get there: Portland Trail Blazers: win and they’re in (as the 8-seed). Memphis Grizzlies: win and
4:29 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Serena Williams came back and won the last four games to beat her older sister, Venus, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a hard-hitting, back-and-forth, second-round matchup at the Top Seed Open on Thursday. It was the 31st meeting of their careers — 22 1/2 years after the first.
4:31 PM ET Associated Press Danielle Kang started her bid for a third straight win on the LPGA Tour with an even-par 71 in the first round of the Ladies Scottish Open on Thursday, leaving the American four shots off the clubhouse lead held by Nicole Broch Larsen. The American golfer bounced back from bogeys