8:06 AM ET Associated Press Mark Cavendish has not been selected for this month’s Tour de France by his team Dimension Data. The 34-year-old will not get his chance to top Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage victories at the Tour de France. Cavendish was not included on Dimension Data’s eight-rider squad announcement on Tuesday,
6:45 AM ET After seeing Max Verstappen’s thrilling Austrian Grand Prix win Red Bull boss Christian Horner dismissed suggestions of the Dutchman having his heart set on a move to a rival team. 1 Related Last year, Verstappen extended his contract to the 2020 season, but ahead of the race in Spielberg reports in German
2:07 PM ET Holders Cameroon played out their second successive 0-0 draw at the Africa Cup of Nations when they were held by Benin on Tuesday, meaning they finished second in their group and must face neighbours Nigeria in the round of 16. The result, in another disappointing Group F match, also meant that Benin
Alejandro Moreno sifts through the latest transfer rumours in this week’s Transfer Rater, including a potential short stay for Miguel Almiron at Newcastle. Socceroos skipper Mark Milligan has joined English third-tier outfit Southend United. The 33-year-old midfielder left Scottish Premiership club side Hibernian in May and has been recruited by the League One club on
2:06 AM BST Crusaders inside centre Ryan Crotty and lock Scott Barrett have been ruled out of the Super Rugby final against the Jaguares on Saturday and likely the entirety of the Rugby Championship after breaking bones in their hands. Crotty will miss all of the Rugby Championship after he broke his thumb in the
1:02 AM ET The best thing about next week’s Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game may be Josh Bell getting some recognition on the national stage. It’s not easy these days getting attention playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, a team stuck in .500-ish mediocrity ever since a 98-win season in 2015 ended in a
12:13 AM ET Cricket chiefs have implored the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Trust not to abandon the ground’s natural wicket block and replace it with “unproven” drop-in pitches under pressure from the AFL. They believe such a move would run the risk of imposing “boring cricket” on spectators. This comes at a time when the
1:00 AM ET The Buffalo Bills were a fantasy football dud last season. Devoid of skill-position players capable of scoring fantasy points with any consistency, the Bills ranked 31st in total PPR points among running backs, 29th among wide receivers and 30th among tight ends. Bolstered by Josh Allen‘s rushing, Bills quarterbacks fared only slightly
10:59 PM ET Free-agent point guard Isaiah Thomas has agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Wizards, league sources tell ESPN. The Wizards lost point guard Tomas Satoransky to the Chicago Bulls on a three-year, $30 million contract on Monday, opening an opportunity for Thomas to be a backup point guard for the franchise.
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The dawn of NHL free agency was crazy, including tons of player movement, a few high-profile trades and the greatest NHL unicorn of them all — a signed offer sheet. You might be wondering what exactly an offer sheet is and why the Montreal Canadiens applied one on 21-year-old Canes