6:51 AM ET Tim Bontemps Andrew Lopez While other NBA players started working out in their home markets this week to prepare for training camp, Zion Williamson never left. The New Orleans Pelicans‘ rookie phenom has been working out at the team’s facility throughout the hiatus, one of several players the league granted exceptions to
7:46 AM ET Graeme McDowell will withdraw from the Travelers Championship on Wednesday morning after being informed that his caddie has tested positive for COVID-19. McDowell discussed his plan Tuesday night with Golfweek, saying he will undergo another test Wednesday morning before leaving Connecticut to return home to Florida. “For the protection of the field
4:31 AM ET Associated Press Malcom joined Zenit from Barcelona 12 months ago. Mike Kireev/NurPhoto via Getty Images Russian club CSKA Moscow were fined 100,000 rubles ($1,460) on Tuesday after fans racially abused Zenit St. Petersburg winger Malcom in the team’s first game since the league restarted. The Russian Football Union said the fine was for
3:41 AM ET David Luiz has signed a one-year extension at Arsenal, the club announced on Wednesday. The club also said that Dani Ceballos has extended his deal at the Emirates until the end of the season, while Cedric Soares and Pablo Mari will join the club on a permanent basis. “I am really happy
7:50 AM ET Australia and New Zealand’s hopes of hosting their first ever senior World Cup — men’s or women’s — appear to be in the hands of Africa’s voting bloc, sources have told ESPN. The combined Antipodean bid would seem a strong favourite ahead of Colombia, particularly after Japan withdrew less than a week
6:37 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Juventus are increasingly confident of signing Barcelona‘s Arthur, with Miralem Pjanic moving in the other direction, following further talks between the two clubs this week, sources have told ESPN. Barca and Juve have been discussing a deal for the best part of two months which would see Arthur
9:22 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Sergio Aguero is facing a race against time to be fit for the resumption of the Champions League after Pep Guardiola said the Manchester City striker will need surgery to correct his knee injury. Aguero limped off during the 5-0 victory over Burnley and after travelling to Barcelona on Tuesday
9:01 AM ET Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard has said he admires Kai Havertz but the club are yet to table any offers for the Bayer Leverkusen forward. The Blues are monitoring Havertz as they seek to make another addition to their attacking options following the signings of Timo Werner from Red Bull Leipzig and
7:43 AM ET Tottenham midfielder Tanguy Ndombele told manager Jose Mourinho that he never wants to play for him again following a clash earlier this week, sources told ESPN. The incident, the latest in a series of issues between the two, was first reported by French television. Sources told ESPN that the row erupted during
9:30 AM ET David De Gea has been given 12 months to save his Manchester United career. For some, that may seem a generous period of time for a goalkeeper whose form has been in decline for the past two years, but sources have told ESPN that the summer of 2021 will be when the