4:31 PM BST Premiership Rugby teams that breach salary cap rules in the future should be stripped of their titles, an independent report has recommended. The review, which was published by the league on Thursday, was carried out by former government minister and member of Britain’s House of Lords Paul Myners on behalf of the
4:27 PM ET Forward Dominik Simon is recovering from shoulder surgery and will be sidelined for six to seven months, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced Thursday. He had a torn labrum repaired in his left shoulder during the surgery that took place on April 29, the team said. Simon, 25, suffered the injury against the San
2:03 PM ET The University of Florida is open to hosting events involving professional sports teams looking for a way to play during the coronavirus pandemic, athletic director Scott Stricklin said in a statement Thursday. After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Wednesday all professional sports teams are welcome in the state for practicing and playing,
8:07 AM ET Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell said he will not play this season for a reduced salary, especially because the risk of contracting COVID-19 is “just not worth it.” Snell railed against Major League Baseball’s reported proposal of a 50-50 revenue split with the players for a coronavirus-shortened season in a video
12:07 PM ET Former Los Angeles Rams great Eric Dickerson ripped the team’s new uniforms on Wednesday during a radio interview with AM 570 LA Sports. Dickerson, who set the NFL single-season rushing record with 2,105 yards in 1984 for the Rams, had previously criticized the logo. Now he took aim at the uniforms. Among
7:56 PM ET The NCAA announced Wednesday that it has extended indefinitely the deadline for college basketball players to withdraw from the NBA draft and retain their college eligibility amid the coronavirus pandemic. The deadline was June 3, but Dan Gavitt, the NCAA’s senior vice president of basketball, said in a statement that it will
7:44 AM ET UFC heavyweight Walt Harris is ready to turn tragedy into triumph. On Saturday night, Harris will fight for the first time since his stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard went missing last October and was found dead of a gunshot wound the following month. He’ll compete in the UFC Fight Night main event against veteran
6:39 PM IST England’s men’s players will move one step closer to a return to international cricket next week, when they resume training in controlled environments at a range of venues across the country. The announcement comes in the wake of official government advice, published on Wednesday, which set out the safety protocols and social
12:36 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour Champions, which already has canceled eight tournaments because of the coronavirus pandemic, has decided to combine 2020 and 2021 into one season. Tour president Miller Brady said combining two seasons into one is the best solution. The 50-and-older circuit is scheduled to resume with the Ally Challenge
12:31 PM ET Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel could not agree a contract extension beyond 2020 as they no longer shared the same short- or long-term objectives, according to team boss Mattia Binotto. On Tuesday, Ferrari confirmed Vettel will leave the team when his current contract expires at the end of this season. That triggered the