1:45 PM ET Simona Halep said she was slowly returning to her best form following the coronavirus hiatus as she cruised past Poland’s Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-0 on Friday to reach the Prague Open semifinals. World No. 2 Halep made a rusty start to the claycourt tournament and needed three sets to win each of
10:18 PM IST Annesha Ghosh Former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop feels the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) could provide a boost to cricketing countries that aren’t economically robust, if the tournament goes off smoothly. Bishop, a well-regarded commentator around the world, contrasted how the CPL would have to ensure biosecurity during the Covid-19
5:07 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians pitcher Zach Plesac said he feels he and teammate Mike Clevinger have been unfairly portrayed as “bad people” in the aftermath of the pitchers being quarantined by the team for violating COVID-19 protocol last weekend in Chicago. Plesac, 25, said he posted a six-minute video on his
11:00 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com The NBA playoffs are about to begin, but that’s not the reason Drake is back. On Friday, the hip hop megastar released the video for his new song, “Laugh Now Cry Later,” and it is loaded with cameos from all over the sports world. Warning: NSFW language. [embedded content] It
7:00 AM ET Rick Tocchet was disgusted. The Arizona Coyotes, riding high after upsetting the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup qualification round, had squandered a chance to pull another shocker in Game 1 of their quarterfinal series against the Colorado Avalanche. “You gotta be able to make a 5-foot pass and support it. It
Aug 13, 2020 Lewis Hamilton believes a proposal to stop teams using qualifying-specific engine modes is aimed at slowing Mercedes down, but says it will not have the desired effect. The FIA wrote to teams this week to notify them it is planning to outlaw high-power engine modes that are reserved for qualifying and very
10:41 AM ET Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff cast fresh doubt on his future on Friday while signalling that the champions were now prepared to sign a new deal with commercial rights holders Liberty Media. The Austrian had said at Silverstone last week that Mercedes were not ready to sign a new ‘Concorde Agreement’
1:24 PM ET Sebastian Vettel says he would speak out if he felt Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc was getting preferential treatment at the team. 1 Related The four-time world champion was comprehensively outperformed by Leclerc at the last two races at Silverstone in recent weeks, with Vettel scoring a single point over the two rounds
10:46 AM ET Tiger Woods has entered next week’s Northern Trust, the first of three FedEx Cup playoff events that will conclude the PGA Tour’s 2019-20 season. Although his commitment was expected, Woods waited until Friday’s last day to announce his intentions to play at TPC Boston in the second year of a system that
10:19 AM ET The ATP on Friday issued a revised provisional calendar for the rest of 2020, highlighted by the Italian Open changing dates to take the place of the canceled Madrid Open. Play in Rome will now begin a week earlier than planned, on Sept. 14, the day after the US Open men’s final.