10:10 AM BST Jerome Garces will referee the Rugby World Cup final between England and South Africa, organisers said Tuesday. He will become the first Frenchman to receive the honour when the two teams meet in Yokohama on Saturday. Garces will be joined by Romain Poite [France] and Ben O’Keeffe [New Zealand] as assistant referees
9:19 AM ET Tiger Woods posted a seemingly out-of-nowhere win at the Zozo Championship after a knee procedure and nine-week layoff. So, of course, that leads to the most important question of all: Now what? We go through a little of everything, from next year to career totals to the conversation about being player and
9:46 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Matt Tifft will miss the final three races of the NASCAR season after suffering a seizure at Martinsville Speedway. Tifft was at Martinsville preparing for the Saturday rookie meeting when he fell ill. He said in a social media post that tests Monday showed a brain tumor
11:46 AM ET Steve Kim Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Canelo Alvarez is boxing’s biggest superstar. At 29, Alvarez — who will jump two weight classes to try to win a world title when he challenges Sergey Kovalev on Nov. 2 in Las Vegas for
8:03 AM ET HOUSTON — When Stephen Strasburg made his first major league start for the Washington Nationals, on June 8, 2010, fans lined up outside Nationals Park hours before the game — some waiting since morning for the Tuesday night game. Team officials referred to the game as “Strasmas,” the highly anticipated debut of
10:12 AM GMT Shakib Al Hasan is being investigated by the ICC for not reporting approaches by bookies. It is believed, though, that the ICC has so far not pressed any charges against Shakib, Bangladesh’s Test and T20I captain. As reported yesterday, Shakib has missed most of the training sessions in the past few days
3:48 AM ET Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the WTA Finals in Shenzhen due to an injury to her right shoulder, tournament organisers said Tuesday. The Japanese world No. 3 was due to face Australia’s Ashleigh Barty later in the day and her place in the tournament will now be taken by alternate Kiki Bertens
1:09 AM ET HOUSTON — Russell Westbrook, dressed in shiny black pants and a sleeveless NASCAR T-shirt, stopped by the visitors locker room on the way out of the Toyota Center on Monday night. Westbrook chatted with former teammates such as Steven Adams and Andre Roberson, as well as some staffers he knew well from
1:06 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Running back James Conner left Heinz Field with his right arm in a sling following Monday night’s 27-14 win against the Dolphins. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Conner has an AC joint injury and is being evaluated. He expects to have an update on Conner at his Tuesday press
12:56 AM ET Normally, a boxer has no interest in discussing details of how he plans to go after his opponent before a fight, but middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez no problem doing so when it came to Sergey Kovalev. Like many, Alvarez perceives one of Kovalev’s major weaknesses as an ability to take body