4:01 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a strawweight title fight between Jessica Andrade and Weili Zhang to headline UFC Fight Night on Aug. 31 in mainland China, according to multiple sources. Contracts have not yet been signed, but the bout is nearly official, per sources. The event will take place in Shenzhen,
3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards SurreyYorkshire All day it has rained, and we on the edge of the field Sprawl in our press-tent, gloom quite unconcealed, Laptops and notebooks spread on tables round And from our first grey wanderings we have found No refuge from the skirmishing fine rain And the breeze that makes the
2:10 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Maria Sharapova will return to tennis at next week’s Mallorca Open after being sidelined with a right shoulder injury since January. The Mallorca Open said the former No. 1 has accepted a wild-card invitation. The 32-year-old Sharapova hasn’t played since her ailing shoulder forced her to withdraw from
12:14 PM ET Heavyweight lineal champion Tyson Fury, of England, faces Germany’s Tom Schwarz in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday at 10 p.m. ET. The undercard will air at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Fury
12:03 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Amid growing discussion about the transfer portal, waiver process and debates over whether all transfers should gain immediate eligibility at their new schools, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Tuesday he believes all student-athletes who want to transfer should sit out one year, with no exceptions. Bowlsby spoke on
11:01 AM ET ESPN staff The Canadian Grand Prix was an F1 classic which quickly turned into an F1 farce — Sebastian Vettel’s controversial penalty cost him the victory and led him to suggest he is no longer in love with the sport. Our F1 writers Laurence Edmondson and Nate Saunders join columnists Maurice Hamilton
10:51 AM ET Former Florida football staff member Otis Yelverton will not face cyberstalking charges against his former girlfriend after being arrested in April. The Alachua State Attorney’s Office declined to press charges against Yelverton, who had served as Florida’s assistant director of player personnel. Yelverton was arrested April 22 and charged with a third-degree
9:13 AM ET The Golden State Warriors are one win away from forcing a Game 7 in the NBA Finals, but they’ll need to plan on doing it without All-Star forward Kevin Durant, who went down with an Achilles injury on Monday. What does Durant’s injury mean for the rest of the series against the
9:19 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN LAS VEGAS, NV. – For centuries now, fighting has been the Fury family business. A clan of Irish Travellers, the Furys were fighters – the bare-knuckle variety, mostly – the way other families were cobblers or farmers or blacksmiths. They’ve fought in mineshafts and quarries, in pubs and on street
9:24 AM ET Formula One could be more transparent about stewards’ decisions even if there was no hidden agenda behind the penalty that cost Ferrari‘s Sebastian Vettel victory in Canada, the sport’s managing director Ross Brawn said on Tuesday. 2 Related Vettel was punished after making a mistake in Sunday’s race in Montreal while under