9:50 AM BST Namibia qualified for their seventh successive Rugby World Cup finals, comprehensively beating Kenya 36-0 on Sunday in Aix-en-Provence, France to win the Rugby Africa Cup. Namibia’s reward is a place in Pool A with hosts France, New Zealand, Italy and Uruguay at the tournament in September next year. Flanker Wian Conradie, who
9:39 AM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — The tennis tour leaves the grass courts for the hard courts. Before we know it, the players will be arriving in New York for the US Open, scheduled from Aug. 29 to Sept. 11. But in what state will they get there? And who will be there? At
6:59 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Even when things are going well for Charles Leclerc, there always seems to be a negative waiting just around the corner. Ferrari had the pace to secure a one-two victory in Austria that had the potential to slash at least ten points from Max Verstappen’s championship lead over Leclerc.
Mark Boucher, South Africa’s head coach, believes that other teams will try to play Test cricket using England’s new ultra-attacking approach after seeing their success under Brendon McCullum, but has cautioned that ‘Bazball’ may only work in favourable batting conditions. England have chased fourth-innings targets in excess of 250 in each of their first four
8:57 AM BST Lock Maro Itoje has been ruled out of England’s third and decisive test against Australia on Saturday because of concussion. Itoje, 27, suffered a head knock in the Brisbane test and had already been ruled out of the series decider at Sydney Cricket Ground. 1 Related Flanker Sam Underhill has also been
8:12 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Roger Federer dropped out of the ATP rankings for the first time in a quarter century on Monday, while Novak Djokovic slid four spots to No. 7 a day after winning Wimbledon for the seventh time. Federer had appeared in the singles rankings every week since he made
8:35 AM ET Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland has surveyed the NHL free-agent landscape every summer since 1997. What does he see as the 2022 market prepares to officially open Wednesday at noon? “Lots of teams are tight on the cap, so it’s going to be interesting,” Holland told ESPN. “And then other teams
4:47 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Quite unexpectedly and for the first time in years, the Baltimore Orioles enjoyed a week filled with victories, cheering fans, hugs and high fives. The Orioles rolled to their eighth straight victory Sunday, using successive four-run innings and three RBI by Ramón Urías to beat the road-weary Los
8:02 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN From Tyson Fury’s retirement claim that few seem to believe to Canelo Alvarez’s shocking loss to Dmitry Bivol, 2022 has been filled with moments that shook the boxing world — and there’s still six months to go. At the midway point of the year, many boxers already have the inside
Jul 7, 2022 Justin Houston and the Baltimore Ravens have reached an agreement on a one-year deal for the four-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker to return to the team, it was announced Thursday. The Ravens tendered Houston after the draft — much as the Kansas City Chiefs did with Melvin Ingram — to try to