11:51 AM ET Associated Press CHATEAUROUX, France — Mark Cavendish is rolling back the years at the Tour de France. Back in the race for the first time since 2018, the British sprinter has regained some of the luster of his youth to dominate the field again. Cavendish claimed the short and flat sixth stage
Month: July 2021
12:00 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Max Verstappen says he will no longer celebrate race victories by completing a burnout on the pit straight after he was told by the FIA that such a celebration would not be tolerated again. When Verstappen won last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix he pulled up against the pit wall
4:36 AM ET Manish Pandey, who scripted the award-winning motor racing film “Senna”, is making an eight-part documentary series about the life of former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and his transformation of the sport. 1 Related The series will be titled “Lucky!” and has been given exclusive rights by British billionaire Ecclestone, who was
News The 30-year old seamer last played for Zimbabwe in November 2020 but has been an active participant in domestic cricket this year Tendai Chatara, the Zimbabwe fast bowler who has been absent from the Test arena for nearly three years, has found his way back into the team for the one-off match against Bangladesh
8:00 AM ET The NCAA’s lifting of the long-imposed recruiting dead period led to a busy June for college football programs and prospects, as expected. As a result, there was an uptick in commitments and decommitments, leading to changes throughout the class rankings. While Ohio State maintains the top spot, there is a new No.
3:24 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Not long after Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns celebrated their Western Conference championship on the Staples Center floor, Paul George wondered “what if” Kawhi Leonard had been healthy. The LA Clippers ran out of gas and comebacks as their resilient playoff run came to an end with Wednesday’s
8:48 AM ET ESPN News Services The winner of The Open this month will earn more than $2 million for the first time. From a total prize fund of $11.5 million, whoever lifts the Claret Jug at Royal St George’s in Sandwich on July 18 will earn $2,070,000, up from the $1,935,000 won by Shane
9:31 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, Switzerland’s Roger Federer, Japan’s Naomi Osaka and Australia’s Ash Barty are on the entry lists for the Tokyo Olympics that were announced Thursday by the International Tennis Federation. As the ITF noted, though: “The entry lists are still subject to change.” Federer, for one, said
9:21 AM ET Sergio Perez says fighting seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen on-track this season has already helped him to find a new level of performance. Perez moved to Red Bull this season and claimed his second career victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Mexican driver was previously
9:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman said it would be an honor to represent his homeland of Sweden in the Olympics, calling the men’s ice hockey tournament “as good as it gets on the international level.” That was in 2013. He still hasn’t gone. He might never go. Hedman