2:49 PM BST For the first time in 2022 the Wallabies played the same starting fifteen two weeks in a row as they desperately looked for consistency. Instead, the team that shot out of the blocks in Adelaide, struggled under the Springboks’ relentless kicking game and lost the territory battle to fall 24-8. Playing the
1:28 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC MADRID — Real Madrid continued their red-hot start to the season as goals from Vinicius Jr. and Rodrygo were enough to see the defending LaLiga champions past Real Betis at the Bernabeu on Saturday. – Report: Madrid 2-1 Betis | LaLiga table | Upcoming fixtures Carlo Ancelotti’s team have
Sep 1, 2022 Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host The college football season began in earnest this weekend and what an opening night to greet gamblers. Thursday’s two main games (Penn State over Purdue and No. 17 Pitt over West Virginia) came down to the
Sri Lanka 179 for 6 (Mendis 36, Nissanka 35, Mujeeb 2-30) beat Afghanistan 175 for 6 (Gurbaz 84, Ibrahim Zadran 40, Madushanka 2-37) by 4 wickets Last Saturday, Sri Lanka were all out for 105 against Afghanistan. Just seven days later, though, the very same batters put in an all-round performance to thwart Afghanistan’s challenge
Sep 2, 2022 Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Colton Herta receives a buzz on his phone alerting him every time his name is linked to a Formula One seat next season with AlphaTauri. The speculation is so rampant that Herta said Friday that he has stopped reading the reports. He has also informed his father,
Sep 1, 2022 ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Lewis Hamilton is impressed by the ability of Red Bull’s chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, to consistently oversee the design of front-running Formula One cars. Hamilton went head-to-head with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the title last year, but a regulation change this season has dropped Mercedes down the
Sep 2, 2022 ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — McLaren’s Lando Norris has denied suggestions of a rift between himself and outgoing teammate Daniel Ricciardo. Comments made by Norris after Ricciardo’s exit was confirmed by McLaren caused a big backlash on social media last week. Norris said he had no sympathy for the struggles Ricciardo had encountered with
9:05 PM ET ESPN News Services Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Nick Pivetta was hit in the leg by a comebacker to end the third inning and came out of the team’s 9-1 win against the visiting Texas Rangers on Friday. Pivetta sustained a left calf contusion, according to the team. The right-hander recovered the
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Since he broke into the league as a starter with the Seattle Seahawks in 2012, Russell Wilson has been hit and sacked more than any other quarterback. Matt Ryan is second in hits (380 behind) and sacks (62 behind), but it’s not terribly close. The Denver Broncos traded a
4:59 AM ET Oscar Piastri, the driver who was the focus of a tug of war between McLaren and Alpine over his services for 2023, says he chose to leave Alpine after a breakdown in trust with the team, adding that the way in which he was dealt with by team boss Otmar Szafnauer was