Pat Brown was the star of last year’s Blast with 31 wickets in his debut season © Getty Images It happened to Mark Haddon. After his first novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time sold more than two million copies, Haddon was the British author to watch. Remember his follow-up, A Spot
6:00 PM ET Undefeated welterweight prospect Michael McKinson faces Evgeny Pavko in a 10-round battle Saturday night in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card (3 p.m. ET) at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. McKinson (16-0, 2 KOs) saw an upgrade in competition level in his last two fights. In October
Jul 16, 2019 Rafael Dos Anjos got his career pointed back in the right direction less than two months ago by ending a two-fight losing streak, and needs to keep the momentum going if he is to become a factor in the UFC’s welterweight division. Leon Edwards has won seven in a row, but his
12:47 PM BST The Wallabies’ hopes of a breakthrough Rugby Championship win at Ellis Park have suffered a blow with a number of key players including Christian Leali’ifano sent home. Six players are returning to Australia through injury, personal circumstances or to play club rugby. Brumbies playmaker Leali’ifano has been carrying a shoulder injury through
12:40 PM BST England No. 8 Billy Vunipola has said he regrets the way his public support towards Israel Folau’s anti-gay comments impacted on his teammates. Vunipola, 26, was reprimanded by his club Saracens and the Rugby Football Union after defending Folau with a controversial Instagram post. The Saracens forward was booed by opposition supporters
12:36 PM ET Australian Caleb Ewan completed his set of grand tour stage victories when the pocket-sized sprinter pipped Dylan Groenewegen to the line to win the 11th stage of the Tour de France, a 167-km flat ride from Albi on Wednesday. The Lotto Soudal rider surged past Groenewegen in a mass sprint to prevail
11:46 AM ET Alfa Romeo technical director Simone Resta will leave the team at the end of this month in order to return to Ferrari. 1 Related Resta, who previously worked as Ferrari’s chief designer from 2014 to 2018, joined Alfa Romeo last year when it was still known as Sauber. He oversaw a significant
11:22 AM ET UFC light heavyweight Thiago Santos revealed on Resenha PVT — a show from the Brazilian channel Portal Vale Tudo — that he will be having surgery on Wednesday in Los Angeles on both knees. Santos, who fought longtime UFC champion Jon Jones to a split decision loss on July 6, tore the
10:31 AM BST Saracens forward Dominic Day will become the latest player to make the switch from Europe to the United States when joins San Diego Legion next season. The lock will play in Major League Rugby after a two-year spell with the English champions where he made a total of 32 appearances. The 33-year-old
9:38 AM BST James O’Connor pushed for unprecedented behavioural clauses to be inserted in his Rugby Australia (RA) and Queensland Reds contract to prove he’s put his bad boy days behind him. Sacked from the Wallabies in 2013 after a series of off-field incidents and arrest in Paris in 2017 for possession of cocaine, O’Connor