Oct 27, 2019 Wales coach Warren Gatland said his team can leave Japan with heads held high after trying everything they could to break the South African stranglehold during Sunday’s Rugby World Cup semifinal. In a game full of kick and chase, South Africa always seemed to be on top, though they needed a Handre
2:56 AM ET It always gets good this time of year, the unpredictability and wackiness of college football. Yep, that’s three straight weeks now that we’ve had one of those head-scratching losses by a team near the top of ESPN’s Power Rankings. This latest was Oklahoma going on the road and losing 48-41 to Kansas
2:06 PM ET England’s Steven Brown shot a blemish-free final-round score of 66 to finish on 17-under par and win his first title on the European Tour by a single stroke at the Portugal Masters on Sunday. Brown, who signed for a season-best 65 on Saturday and started the final round three shots off the
10:26 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Jordan hopes that England’s fringe players can give the selectors as many “headaches” as possible during their five-match T20I series against New Zealand. With Jofra Archer, Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali among the bowling options rested from the series, there are opportunities for young seamers Saqib Mahmood, Pat Brown
6:27 AM ET AJ MassESPN Staff Writer Close Fantasy football, baseball and college basketball contributor. Author of book, “Yes, It’s Hot in Here.” 2 Related To help you set your lineups and avoid starting a player who won’t take the field, we will post fantasy-relevant updates and analysis here as NFL teams release their inactives
12:00 PM ET Multiple oversize flatscreen computer monitors will be directly in front of the 13 College Football Playoff selection committee members seated around the conference table in their meeting room at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. When the group begins to meet next week, it will have the ability to compare as
11:55 AM ET Dominic Thiem overcame Diego Schwartzman 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Vienna Open final on Sunday to secure his fifth title of the year. Top seed Thiem, who was also victorious in Beijing, Kitzbuhel, Barcelona and Indian Wells this season, surrendered the first set after his Argentine opponent broke serve three times. Schwartzman
11:29 AM ET Roger Federer extended his record number of title wins at the Swiss Indoors on Sunday, defeating Alex de Minaur in straight sets to lift the trophy in Basel for a 10th time. Federer, who was already the most successful player in the history of the tournament, was competing in his 15th final
9:17 AM ET Associated Press SHENZHEN, China — Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty of Australia rebounded from a set down to win her debut match 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 over Belinda Bencic of Switzerland at the WTA Finals on Sunday. Earlier, Naomi Osaka extended her winning streak to 11 matches after defeating Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic
8:35 AM ET WASHINGTON — In a sense, we’ve circled back to where we were when the series began just five days ago. The World Series is starting fresh, but the margin of error for both the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals has shrunk considerably. With Houston’s 8-1 drubbing of Washington in Game 4