5:05 AM ET Racing Point has had 15 championship points deducted and been fined 400,000 Euros ($472,942) after the FIA upheld Renault’s protest over its controversial car. Renault protested its midfield rivals over its controversial ‘pink Mercedes’ at the previous three races. The FIA seized Racing Point’s brake ducts after the first protest at the
4:00 AM ET The Champions League rolls back into action this weekend after a five-month hiatus with the remaining round-of-16 matches. But it’s not just the conclusion of this season’s tournament — the quest to crown the European champions for 2020-21 also begins on Saturday. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring
4:00 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, there’s the latest on Cristiano Ronaldo and Paris Saint-Germain. Plus: Chelsea are watching Marc Andre Ter-Stegen’s Barcelona contract talks with interest. Jump to: Chelsea, Inter watch Ter-Stegen’s Barca talks | Pep annoyed
Aug 6, 2020 Fabian Allen has been ruled out of this month’s Caribbean Premier League after missing his flight from Jamaica to Barbados. Players, staff and officials were required to arrive in Trinidad two weeks before the start of the tournament on August 18, with a number of charter planes organised to fly them to
2:46 AM BST The South African Government has approved the return-to-play conditions for professional rugby in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing for domestic competition to start in the first two weeks of September. South African Rugby confirmed its plans, which include playing games behind closed doors, had been approved and published on Thursday.
1:45 AM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers have the best lineup in the National League and maybe the best pitching staff, but their two biggest highlights of the season have been two tremendous throws. The first, from Mookie Betts deep in the right-field corner to cut down Ketel Marte trying to stretch a double into
1:52 AM ET New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro says his state would be willing to act as a temporary host for major sports events such as the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam if they cannot be held in neighbouring Victoria due to COVID-19. Barilaro told Australian radio on Friday he had written to
9:44 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — An apparent roster snafu forced the Toronto Blue Jays to change their pitching plans for Thursday night’s game at the Atlanta Braves. After Nate Pearson gave up three runs in five innings, manager Charlie Montoyo brought in right-hander Jacob Waguespack to open the sixth. As Waguespack walked to
10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Nick Markakis promised before Thursday night’s game that hitting was “the least of my worries” in his first start of the season. He then showed why. Markakis capped his dramatic return with a game-ending home run in the ninth inning that lifted the Atlanta Braves to a
12:11 AM ET The Philadelphia Phillies might not have fans cheering them on inside Citizens Bank Park, but that didn’t stop the team’s supporters from catching the attention of New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone on Thursday. A group of fans who gather behind the fence of Ashburn Alley, the center field concourse — dubbed