11:54 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal began fine-tuning his quest for a 21st Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Ricardas Berankis 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday in a warm-up tournament ahead of the Australian Open. Nadal, recovering from the coronavirus, showed no signs of
5:56 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday placed star rookie Micah Parsons on the reserve/COVID-19 list. That means Dallas could be without Parsons on Saturday night when it takes on the Eagles in the teams’ regular-season finale in Philadelphia. Under a new agreement between the NFL and NFL Players Association released last month, isolation
3:29 PM ET Lionel Messi has returned to Paris from Argentina after testing negative for COVID-19. Alex Livesey – Danehouse/Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi has returned to Paris after testing negative for COVID-19 and will resume training in the coming days, the Ligue 1 club said on Wednesday. Messi was among the four PSG
7:01 AM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic spent a day confined to a Melbourne hotel waiting for a court ruling and dealing with the prospect of deportation from Australia because of an issue related to his visa application. The 20-time major champion from Serbia will spend at least another night in immigration detention, probably even
Stuart Broad has called on England’s Test cricketers to live in the moment for the rest of a dispiriting Ashes campaign, and focus on making some individual points at Sydney and Hobart, after suggesting that the squad has become too obsessed with long-term planning during the Covid pandemic, and has lost sight of the importance
7:00 AM ET The moment Jack Hughes stepped off the ice in the New Jersey Devils‘ season opener — after he dangled through three Chicago Blackhawks, and scored on his backhand for an absurd overtime winner, then tossed his stick into the crowd in a moment of euphoric celebration — he turned to a team
7:00 AM ET At its conception, the Baseball Hall of Fame was meant to be a shrine to former players and their achievements. But over time, the Hall’s election process has become one sport’s most reliable sources of vitriol, with the tabulation and dissection of individual ballots dragging on for almost two months, an often-angry
2:55 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson will continue his rehab away from the team as he tries to return from a fractured foot, the team announced Wednesday. While the Pelicans did not announce the location, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Williamson is doing his rehab in Portland, Oregon. In
News The two teams will play only four ODIs as a part of their preparation for the ODI World Cup The rescheduled limited-overs series between South Africa Women and West Indies Women is set to begin on January 28 and end on February 6 in Johannesburg to “complete preparations” ahead of the ODI World Cup,
9:32 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — In his first statement since leaving the field in the third quarter of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ game at the New York Jets on Sunday, Antonio Brown said he was forced to play on an injured ankle that will require surgery, which is why he exited so abruptly. An