ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens explains why Ousmane Dembele is finding himself in hot water at Barcelona and what he needs to do to fix it. After headlining the papers all week, Ousmane Dembele delivered for Barcelona. Stewart Robson examines how he influenced their draw at Atletico. The FC crew feel recent statements by Barcelona players
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3:00 AM ET Australia won the toss and decided to bat against India Mitchell Starc will play his first T20I in more than two years – and his first at home in more than four – as Australia hunt the victory that would give them a series win over India. They clung on for the
10:16 PM GMT Greg GrowdenESPN Rugby Close After more than 30 years with The Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Media in Australia, Greg Growden now writes exclusively online for ESPN. Never afraid to step on toes, you can expect plenty of compelling insight from one of Australia’s most renowned writers. Great sporting teams have at
3:00 AM ET Lunch Pakistan 274 for 4 (Sohail 110*, Azam 52*) v New Zealand Haris Sohail punches with a high elbow AFP They might have had a night’s sleep, but Pakistan and New Zealand might have carried on unbroken by stumps last night, so similar was the tempo of the morning’s play. The frustration continued
3:00 AM ET England 336 (Bairstow 110, Stokes 57, Sandakan 5-95) and 110 for 4 (Stokes 32*, Buttler 38*) lead Sri Lanka 240 (Karunaratne 83, Dhananjaya 73, Rashid 5-49, Stokes 3-30) by 206 runs The sight of Suranga Lakmal throwing his water bottler to the ground in frustration spoke volumes for Sri Lanka’s fortunes on
5:06 AM ET ABU DHABI — Formula One will retain the services of tyre manufacturer Pirelli as its sole supplier until the end of 2023. Pirelli has supplied F1’s tyres since 2011 and was on a deal which ran until 2019. Earlier this year F1 opened up a tender for the next contract cycle which
4:12 AM ET Aaron Rai held off a hard-charging Matthew Fitzpatrick to claim the Hong Kong Open by a solitary shot and secure his first ever European Tour win in pouring rain at Fanling Golf Course Sunday. Rai needed all of his six-shot overnight lead to edge out compatriot Fitzpatrick as the Englishman’s 17 under
3:28 AM GMT The All Blacks will face Tonga in a home Test just two weeks before their bid to defend the Webb Ellis Cup begins next year. New Zealand Rugby announced the world champions will play the Ikale Tahi on September 7 in a pre-World Cup hit out in Hamilton. Both teams will leave
3:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia captain Meg Lanning described her team’s eight-wicket win in the Women’s World T20 final as among the “most satisfying” she had been involved in, particularly because it came on the back of bitter disappointments in the past two ICC events. “It’s definitely the most satisfying win I’ve been involved
3:00 AM ET COLLEGE STATION, Texas — LSU director of player development Kevin Faulk was seen in an altercation with a credentialed member of the Texas A&M sideline after the Aggies’ 74-72, seven-overtime victory over the Tigers on Saturday night at Kyle Field. A photographer from the Baton Rouge Advocate captured a photo of Faulk