5:42 AM BST There is a new sporting team in Los Angeles. No, it’s not yet another NFL team relocating to the City of Angels nor another NHL or MLB franchise. The latest team to call LA home will be playing rugby union, joining the Major League Rugby [MLR] competition for its fourth season that
12:58 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Matt Jones tied the course record at PGA National in the first round of the Honda Classic on Thursday with a 9-under 61. Brian Harman shot a 61 at PGA National in the second round of the 2012 Honda. Tiger Woods shot a 62 in
6:30 PM ET Sebastian Cappelen was only two holes into his first round at the Honda Classic before things fell apart. His second shot into the par-4 11th — he started his day on the back nine — came up short and in the water. Instead of taking a drop and a penalty, he went
6:11 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — – Margarita Gasparyan and Daria Kasatkina both won in the round of 16 on Thursday as a record seven Russian players made the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. The eighth-seeded Kasatkina beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (2) and Gasparyan ousted Katerina Siniakova of
6:08 PM ET DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — – Lloyd Harris became the first qualifier to reach the semifinals of the Dubai Championships after beating Kei Nishikori 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to extend his run of upsets this week. The 81st-ranked South African saved two break points in the third set before breaking Nishikori for a
5:52 PM ET Associated Press Jon Lester was back on a mound Thursday, wearing a Washington Nationals uniform while facing opposing batters for the first time in spring training and striking out a couple during his two innings, less than two weeks after surgery to remove a parathyroid gland. “Baseball, for me, is an escape.
2:48 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — New Colts quarterback Carson Wentz felt that the beginning of the end of his five-year career with the Philadelphia Eagles came when he was benched in their Week 13 game against the Green Bay Packers last season. Wentz didn’t play another snap with the Eagles, and two months later he
3:08 PM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New Mets pitcher Carlos Carrasco strained his right hamstring during conditioning after throwing batting practice Thursday and seems certain to miss the start of the season. Carrasco, a right-hander who turns 34 on Sunday, has not appeared in any exhibition games this year. He is
Play 01:12 High pressure situations can only benefit us – Stokes England are welcoming the pressure of their T20I series against India going down to a must-win fifth game on Saturday as ideal preparation for the World Cup. India could mount the same argument, having snatched a thrilling eight-run victory to level the series 2-2
3:14 PM ET Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Benjamin Herbert shrugged off a bogey on his first hole to card a 7-under 64 for the first-round lead at the European Tour’s Kenya Open on Thursday. The Frenchman followed his slip at No. 1 with four birdies in his next six holes at Karen Country Club