10:44 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC has detailed a “fair and transparent pathway to the Olympic Games” for male and female boxers trying to qualify for Tokyo. Four continental qualification tournaments have been confirmed as expected in China, Senegal, Argentina and Britain in a two-month spell from February to April. A
11:53 AM ET Three months after claiming the UFC’s strawweight championship in her native Brazil, Jessica Andrade will return the favor by defending her belt in enemy territory — just not in a fight against the same woman who relinquished the strap to Andrade in May. Andrade (20-6) will make her first defense on Saturday
7:59 AM ET In April, pound-for-pound king and unified lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko beat and battered England’s Anthony Crolla, a former world titleholder, in a fourth-round knockout victory to retain his belts at Staples Center in Los Angeles. On Saturday (4 p.m. ET on ESPN+, undercard 1 p.m ET), Lomachenko is poised to defend
Fixtures, groups, kickoff times. Everything you need to know about the Europa League in the 2019-20 season. What was the Europa League group-stage draw? Group A: Sevilla, APOEL, Qarabag, Dudelange Group B: Dynamo Kiev, FC Copenhagen, Malmo, Lugano Group C: Basel, Krasnodar, Getafe, Trabzonspor Group D: Sporting CP, PSV, Rosenborg, LASK Group E: Lazio, Celtic,
There will be 48 teams in the hat for the UEFA Europa League group-stage draw. When is the Europa League draw? It takes place on Friday, Aug. 30 in Monaco. The draw ceremony is expected to begin at 7 a.m. ET / 1 p.m. CET. (11 a.m. GMT) How long will the draw take? It is
ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti reacts to the news that Juventus’ talisman Giorgio Chiellini has a torn ACL and will be out until at least February Steve Nicol and Craig Burley get heated with Gab Marcotti over whether Matthijs de Ligt should have spent Juventus’ opening match on the bench. Ross Dyer and Alejandro Moreno go
8:17 AM ET Bangladesh have left out Mustafizur Rahman from the 15-man squad that will take on Afghanistan in the one-off Test in Chattogram starting next Thursday. Apart from Mustafizur, Tamim Iqbal was also missing from the squad after he was granted a leave by the BCB earlier this month. Squad for one-off Test: Shakib
3:35 AM BST South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus believes his side’s fate at the Rugby World Cup in Japan could be decided by fine margins such as the bounce of a ball, a missed tackle or a refereeing decision. Erasmus told Reuters in an interview that the team’s preparations, which included lifting the Rugby Championship
1:24 AM BST All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick was sweating on his fitness for the Rugby World Cup until a couple of days before making the squad but is now more confident his shoulder injury will clear up in time for him to make some contribution in Japan. The former World Player of the Year
1:15 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN If U.S. soccer star Carli Lloyd pursues an NFL career, Stephen Hauschka wants to help however he can. The Buffalo Bills kicker told ESPN on Thursday night he is “excited” for Lloyd, who went viral last week after a video of her kicking a 55-yard field goal during a Philadelphia