6:45 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — Roger Federer denied Tuesday he receives preferential treatment with scheduling at the biggest events because of his standing in the sport. Frenchman Julien Benneteau, who retired at the end of this season, pointed out on French radio that Federer had been allowed to play 12 of his past
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7:06 PM ET Oakland Athletics skipper Bob Melvin was named American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after guiding the team with the lowest opening-day payroll in baseball to a 97-65 record and its first playoff berth in four years. After leading the Braves to an unexpected NL East title, Brian Snitker has been
6:35 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Kyle Lowry and Jonas Valanciunas spent a dozen years between them developing their games under coach Dwane Casey. Valanciunas had never played for any other NBA head coach before this season. When they welcome Casey and his Detroit Pistons back to Toronto on Wednesday night, the two longest-serving
6:23 PM ET Brian Snitker has been named NL manager of the year after guiding the Atlanta Braves to the team’s first winning season, postseason berth and division title in five years. Snitker is the first Braves manager since Bobby Cox in 2005 to be named manager of the year and accomplished the feat with
3:00 AM ET Pakistan 139 for 6 (Javeria 74*, O’Reilly 3-19) beat Ireland 101 for 9 (Isobel Joyce 30, Shillington 27, Sandhu 2-8, Riaz 2-16) by 38 runs Nahida Khan congratulates Javeria Khan on her fifty ICC/Getty Ireland were exactly in the contest for eight overs after losing the toss. Then, they saw it sensationally slip.
5:15 PM ET Longtime British rivals Amir Khan and Kell Brook have made one thing clear — they want to fight each other in what has been a much-anticipated match for years. Everything appears lined up for them: They are on roughly the same schedule, they are both now with the same promoter in Matchroom
After Barcelona’s home defeat to Real Betis, the FC crew examine the club’s issues in the back, and Gab Marcotti questions their preparation. Lionel Messi scored twice in his return from injury, but Real Betis netted four goals of their own to win 4-3, spoiling the Blaugrana star’s return. Andres Iniesta has said it would
4:00 PM GMT A rugby player’s value to his or her team is best measured by the impact of their absence. Franco Mostert is one such player. The lock is one of the Springboks’ more understated players, a guy who goes through a Test match relatively unnoticed, but he is someone who shines in absence
Craig Burley breaks down Manchester City’s 3-1 win over Manchester United, which he says demonstrates the gap in quality between the two rivals. In a bid to deal with Brexit and boost the number of homegrown players, the English FA is planning to reduce the number of overseas players in Premier League squads to 12
3:41 PM ET The rematch between super middleweight world titleholder Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and Jesse Hart was made official on Tuesday. They will meet in a sequel of their action-packed collision in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card on Dec. 14 (ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET) at the American Bank Center