11:34 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com LONDON — Even Elena Rybakina didn’t expect to win Wimbledon this year. She didn’t even see herself reaching the second week. She knew she had been putting in the work and had long-term dreams for herself, but she wasn’t happy with her preparation ahead of the tournament and had struggled
9:43 AM BST France had to rally again in the second half to beat Japan for a second successive week as they edged the home team 20-15 in Saturday’s second test in Tokyo. Baptiste Couilloud’s try 10 minutes from time turned an error-strewn contest back in France’s favour after Japan fullback Ryohei Yamanaka had dotted
Jul 8, 2022 SPIELBERG, Austria – Sergio Perez has dropped from fourth on the grid at Saturday’s Austrian Grand Prix sprint race to 13th after all his lap times during Friday’s Q3 session and one from Q2 were deleted. Perez cut a corner at Turn 8 on his fastest lap in Q2, meaning he progressed
Jul 8, 2022 SPIELBERG, Austria — Lewis Hamilton believes he could have qualified among the top three drivers on Friday at the Austrian Grand Prix had he not made a rare error and crashed in the final session. Hamilton lost the rear of his car in the middle of Turn 7 before skating across the
11:11 AM ET The Nashville Predators have re-signed forward Filip Forsberg to an eight-year contract extension days before he was set to reach unrestricted free agency, the team announced on Saturday. Forsberg’s deal carries an average annual value of $8.5 million against the NHL salary cap, a source confirmed to ESPN. There was no word
9:43 AM BST Ireland prevailed 23-12 in a test of high intensity to beat the All Blacks on New Zealand soil for the first time in Dunedin on Saturday, taking full advantage after the hosts had lost Angus Ta’avao to a red card in the first half. Prop Andrew Porter scored two tries and skipper
8:44 AM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — With just about every Grand Slam tournament on the calendar, Diede de Groot closes in on compatriot Esther Vergeer’s records in women’s wheelchair tennis. De Groot won her seventh straight major singles title and fourth overall at Wimbledon on Saturday by beating Yui Kamiji of Japan 6-4,
7:04 AM ET Los Angeles FC centre-back Giorgio Chiellini has told ESPN his former team Juventus need a winger like Chelsea‘s Christian Pulisic. In an interview with ESPN’s Futbol Americas show, Chiellini, 37, said Pulisic, 23, could be a “fantastic third winger” for Juventus along with Federico Chiesa and Angel Di Maria, who is widely
8:00 PM ET In? Shohei Ohtani. Out? Yordan Alvarez. At least in the American League starting lineup at designated hitter for the July 19 All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium. Alvarez, the left-handed slugger for the Astros, leads the major leagues in OPS and slugging percentage, batting .312/.410/.665 with 26 home runs heading into Friday’s action,
3:33 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham knows that the team he has now could look significantly different by the time he is coaching games that count in the fall, but he is embracing his current group just the same. “We love everyone on our roster,” Ham told reporters Friday