Month: May 2020

5:54 AM ET British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is planning to organise fights in his own back garden when professional boxing returns in July from the coronavirus lockdown. First reported in the Daily Mail, the Matchroom Boxing boss’s mansion home in Brentwood, to the north-east of London, has extensive grounds, and Hearn has said he
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7:00 AM ET McLaren is looking into various funding options to help the sportscar maker and Formula One team owner negotiate the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesman said on Thursday. Sky News reported that British-based McLaren was seeking to raise up to £275 million by borrowing against its Woking headquarters and extensive collection of historic racing
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11:47 AM ET Formula One and Silverstone have agreed terms for two races without spectators at the circuit this season, subject to government approval, the track’s managing director Stuart Pringle said on Friday. The British Grand Prix, a home race for Mercedes’ six times world champion Lewis Hamilton as well as seven of the 10
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1:39 AM BST ESPN staff South Africa hooker Malcolm Marx has cancelled his contract with the Lions Super Rugby franchise. The Rugby World Cup winner is one of four players and one coach to leave the Lions after the introduction of the Industry Salary Plan to deal with the repercussions of the coronavirus, under which
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7:43 AM ET What was the biggest story on Saturday night at UFC 249? Was it Justin Gaethje‘s virtuoso performance? Or was it Tony Ferguson‘s 12-fight winning streak coming to a halt? Was it Henry Cejudo‘s retirement? Or maybe Dominick Cruz‘s failed comeback attempt? Perhaps it was Francis Ngannou‘s 20-second knockout? You could make a
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