7:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon have both said they have points to prove in Saturday’s rematch to decide the undisputed world lightweight champion of
7:01 AM ET Claressa Shields calls herself the boxing GWOAT (Greatest Woman Of All Time), and it’s hard to argue against her. Shields has won world titles in three different divisions and is the current undisputed middleweight world champion. She also has won two Olympic gold medals and is unbeaten as a professional. Her closest
8:27 PM ET Steve KimESPN The promoters for Luke Campbell and Ryan Garcia reached an agreement Wednesday for a WBC interim lightweight title fight to take place in November. Matchroom Sports, which promotes Campbell, and Golden Boy Promotions, which promotes Garcia, made the announcement Wednesday, just minutes before a WBC purse bid was to be
3:39 PM IST Nagraj Gollapudi Close News editor, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo Varun Shetty There is a likelihood England and Australia players may not need to skip their teams’ initial matches in the upcoming IPL as long as they undergo “stringent” testing processes once they land in the UAE. The group
10:20 AM ET With the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic still reverberating, this summer’s transfer market promises to be far from normal. Most leagues have extended their transfer period, and clubs’ shortfalls means that justifying every expenditure is now more of a priority. But despite the global situation slowing the market, it’s an important summer
4:02 AM BST French Top 14 club Stade Francais has cancelled a preseason match because some players have developed lesions on their lungs after contracting COVID-19 and need an extra week to recuperate. The Paris-based club was scheduled to play Toulon next Thursday in preparation for its opening fixture of the 2020-21 Top 14 season
3:56 AM ET Associated Press TROON, Scotland — Jessica Korda, one of the top U.S. hopes at the Women’s British Open, withdrew from the first major of the year because of medical reasons before the first round started Thursday. Organizers said Korda’s issues were “unrelated to COVID-19.” Katja Pogacar of Slovenia replaced Korda in the
1:48 AM ET Luka Doncic described it as “an amazing feeling” to get his first NBA playoff win after the Dallas Mavericks‘ 127-114 victory over the LA Clippers in Wednesday’s Game 2, and it’s a sensation he expects to experience again soon. “We’ve just got three left,” Doncic said, referring to how many more wins
1:15 PM ET I thought we were over all this stuff. If Jose Bautista’s home run and bat flip in the 2015 playoffs was the zenith of baseball’s culture wars and “play the game the right way” zealots, it seemed we had come around on the issue. Starting in the 2018 postseason and continuing into
8:09 PM ET Associated Press Two players — Argentina’s Guido Pella and Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien — said their fitness trainer tested positive for COVID-19, and that is why they were dropped from the tennis tournament that will precede the US Open at its Flushing Meadow site. Pella and Dellien posted separate videos on Instagram after