7:06 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Spanish tennis player Enrique López was banned for eight years on Tuesday for fixing matches at tournaments in 2017. The Tennis Integrity Unit said López cannot play in or attend any officially recognized tournament while banned. He was fined $25,000. The 29-year-old Lopez reached a career high singles
Month: December 2020
2:48 PM ET Romain Grosjean will remain hospitalized overnight for treatment on burns sustained in a massive crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean had a miraculous escape on the opening lap after an impact with the barrier, which split his car in two and saw it catch fire. The French driver was dragged clear
2:18 AM GMT Pablo Matera has been stripped of the Argentina captaincy and suspended along with team mates Guido Petti and Santiago Socino for posting racist comments on social media, the Argentine Rugby Union [UAR] said on Tuesday. The scandal has thrown the Argentina camp into crisis days before their final Tri-Nations match against Australia
12:35 PM ET With just two rounds to go in the Champions League group stage, matchday five has plenty of big games with big implications. — How teams can qualify for last-16— Also see: Soccer world pays tribute to Diego Maradona The crucial action comes in Group H as Man United and PSG go head
6:47 AM GMT Private dialogue between Seven executives and Cricket Australia has been divulged by the network as part of its ongoing argument for a discount to their rights fees in what has become an increasingly ugly spectacle for the two parties. An affidavit lodged with the Australian Federal Court on Monday, written by Seven’s
2:24 AM ET Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19. Hamilton tested positive on Monday, the day after his victory at Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, during a mandatory PCR test for the upcoming Sakhir Grand Prix at the same circuit this weekend. He
6:20 PM ET Darrell Bevell was at the Henry Ford Museum about to buy a handmade ornament for his wife Saturday afternoon when he looked down at his phone. There was a text message from Detroit Lions chief of staff Kevin Anderson asking the then-Lions offensive coordinator to call team president Rod Wood as soon
1:11 PM ET Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller was named an SEC Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday after becoming the first woman to participate in a Power 5 football game over the weekend. Fuller, who was a goalkeeper on Vanderbilt’s conference championship soccer team, delivered the opening kickoff of the second half against
Nov 29, 2020 Eric WoodyardESPN Mike Tyson shared a hug with Roy Jones Jr. once the final bell sounded. Making his much-anticipated boxing return, the former heavyweight champion’s exhibition fight against fellow legend Jones on Saturday night was unofficially ruled a draw. After the eight-round bout at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tyson, who last
9:44 PM ET Claressa Shields, arguably the No. 1 pound-for-pound female boxer in the world, has signed an exclusive, multiyear contract with PFL that will see her transition to professional mixed martial arts, sources confirmed to ESPN. A two-time Olympic gold medalist in boxing, Shields, 25, will not compete in PFL’s traditional “season format” in