9:17 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Leroy Sane wants to leave Manchester City, according to Pep Guardiola, who told a virtual news conference on Friday that the winger has decided he will not extend his contract at the Etihad Stadium and will move, either in the next transfer window or at the end of his deal
9:00 AM ET Over 70 black Major League Soccer players announced on Friday the formation of a new organization called the Black Players Coalition of MLS (BPC). In a statement, the BPC said it “will address the racial inequalities in our league, stand with all those fighting racism in the world of soccer, and positively
12:55 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Alex Zanardi, the Italian race car champion who transitioned into a gold medalist Paralympian after losing both of his legs, was seriously injured in a handbike race on Friday. Zanardi was transported by helicopter to Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena following a crash near the Tuscan
12:55 PM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese baseball managed to do what American baseball has not — play ball. After a three-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s second-most famous baseball competition opened a season Friday that will be shortened from its regular 143 games to 120. That, of course, is twice
7:06 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1996, Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith announced his retirement, effective at the end of that season. He retired as
1:28 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Canada has approved a National Hockey League plan to play in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday. The plan required an exemption as the U.S.-Canada border is currently closed to all non-essential travel until at least July 21 and those who enter
12:55 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Race car driver-turned-Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi has been seriously injured again. Police told The Associated Press that Zanardi was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Siena following a road accident near the Tuscan town of Pienza during a national race Friday for Paralympic athletes on handbikes. A
1:30 PM ET The Southwestern Athletic Conference is preparing to start its football season on Labor Day weekend, but also has a contingency plan to begin as late as Oct. 17 – or cancel fall sports entirely – if the coronavirus pandemic remains a threat, commissioner Charles McClelland told ESPN on Friday. “Anything after the
10:45 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Irfan Pathan burst onto the international scene as a teenager full of promise, swing and runs, but played his last international match just before turning 28, in October 2012. Pathan, who retired from the game only in January this year, finished with 29 Tests, 120 ODIs and 24 T20Is. He
8:00 AM ET A big celebration didn’t await Emanuel Navarrete when his life changed forever. The day after Navarrete won the WBO 122-pound title in an upset victory over Isaac Dogboe in December 2018, he got on a plane and went back to San Juan Zitlaltepec — Navarrete’s hometown, located roughly 50 miles north of