4:00 AM ET FIFA has spent the past three years testing its new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT.) It has now been approved for use at the World Cup in Qatar in November, but bar a fleeting appearance at the Club World Cup in February no one really knew what to expect. The
Month: July 2022
Jun 28, 2022 Fantasy staff This page will be updated throughout the summer, so please continue to check back for the latest content. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it, well, once: When you think of summer, you think of fantasy football season. Whether you play in a casual redraft league or a more
7:47 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford had his suspension stemming from last weekend’s brawl with the Los Angeles Angels reduced from five to four games, and he was set to serve the ban Thursday. Crawford appealed his five-game ban for his involvement in the melee at Angel Stadium on Sunday.
7:22 PM ET ESPN staff While the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs are underway, the season is over for many other teams. Some of them have elected to part ways with their head coaches this offseason, including the New York Islanders, Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers and Winnipeg Jets. Plus, there are multiple interim bench bosses
6:43 AM ET play 0:55 Emmany Kalombo wins by 7th-round TKO after Rayton Okwiri elects not to come back out to fight. Democratic Republic of Congo’s Emmany Kalombo was crowned the new IBF International Junior Middleweight champion with an impressive TKO win over Kenya’s Rayton Okwiri at ESPN Africa Boxing 18 in Johannesburg, South Africa,
Richard Gleeson, the Lancashire seamer, has earned his first full England call-up at the age of 34 and could make his debut in next week’s T20I series against India. Gleeson, a late developer who made his first-class debut at 27, spent most of the last two seasons sidelined by back injuries and signed a T20-only
8:41 PM ET Orlando Magic guard Gary Harris has agreed on a two-year, $26 million contract extension, his agents Austin Brown and Aaron Mintz of CAA Basketball told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Magic announced they had reached an extension with Harris on Thursday evening. Harris, 27, is one of the better guard defenders in the
12:27 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC inducted MMA’s version of “The Odd Couple” into its Hall of Fame on Thursday, as former titleholders Daniel Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov officially joined its Modern Wing. Cormier and Nurmagomedov were both in attendance on Thursday inside T-Mobile Arena. Cormier, 43, is a former two-weight champion in
12:00 AM ET Anirudh Menon In March this year, Neeraj Goyat was busy placing calls and connecting people: he was helping Indian students stranded in Ukraine escape in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Later that month, he was busy training Telugu superstar Ram Charan for an action sequence in the mega-budget film RRR. Over the
6:02 PM ET Deshaun Watson‘s hearing before the NFL and NFL Players Association’s jointly appointed disciplinary officer, Sue L. Robinson, has finished after three days, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano on Thursday. Watson’s hearing began Tuesday morning and ended Thursday evening. Watson has been accused in civil lawsuits by 25 women of actions ranging