2:35 PM BST Worcester Warriors have been taken over by a consortium led by finance specialist Errol Pope and the new owners are keen to keep the club at Sixways Stadium, the English Premiership club said on Monday. Worcester said the new owners had discussed plans to develop the Sixways site to generate additional income
Month: October 2018
Oct 2, 2018 Bob Pockrass Close NASCAR • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Ricky Craven Close Ricky Craven is a driver with wins in all of NASCAR’s top three series, including rookie of the year titles in both the 1992 Nationwide Series and 1995 Sprint
2:24 PM ET Ankur Dhawan in Mumbai Test cricket needs saving and the players can be its saviours by embracing day-night Tests, Sanjay Manjrekar said at the Dilip Sardesai memorial lecture. Manjrekar felt that cricket’s “cocky” attitude towards fans and archaic traditions in dissension with the changing times were impeding the format’s popularity. He expressed
12:11 PM ET Opening Bell: A satisfying conclusion In March 2017, organizers announced plans for something called the World Boxing Super Series, with the idea to put on two eight-man, single-elimination tournaments with the best fighters in two weight classes that they had not yet determined. In their perfect world, they would attract top fighters
8:33 PM ET Featherweight Shakur Stevenson, a 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist and one of the top prospects in boxing, will engage in his first scheduled 10-round fight when he faces Duarn Vue on Oct. 13, Top Rank announced on Monday. The fight, for a vacant regional title, will serve as the co-feature of the
11:48 AM ET If the way in which Mercedes enacted team orders at the Russian Grand Prix seemed clumsy, it’s because it was. It is laughable to suggest Mercedes should have let Lewis Hamilton leave points on the table this close to the end of the season by allowing Valtteri Bottas to win the Russian
11:02 AM ET Connor McDonagh Formula E founder Alejandro Agag believes Formula E has the potential to overtake Formula One as the world’s leading motorsport series once the automotive industry becomes all-electric. Formula E is currently the only all-electric racing series and will enter its fifth season when it debuts its new Gen2 car in
Giuseppe Rossi has been reprimanded but not banned for failing a doping test last May. The former Manchester United forward tested positive for a banned substance in a random test following Genoa’s clash with Benevento on May 12. At a hearing of the Italian National Anti-Doping Organisation’s (NADO) tribunal on Monday, he was ordered to
3:36 PM ET ESPN staff PARIS — Europe entered the final day of the Ryder Cup with a four-point lead. On Sunday, in singles, it continued its long streak of dominance at home, defeating the Americans. Here’s how it all went down: SCORE: EUROPE 17½, UNITED STATES 10½ ESPN Senior Writer The best TEAM won
8:32 AM ET Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder had to be separated as they came face-to-face during a fiery news conference in London Monday. Undefeated former heavyweight world champion Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) faces WBC titlist Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) on Dec. 1 in Los Angeles and the pair clashed after Fury challenged his opponent