Julien Laurens bets his mortgage that Kylian Mbappe will play for Real Madrid, but adds that the France star is in no hurry to make that happen. The FC panel examine how Gareth Bale’s age and wages could complicate a potential move away from Real Madrid. ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti rates the likelihood Eden Hazard
10:10 AM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The gunmetal clouds filtered out the sun, leaving Felix Auger-Aliassime and his opponent, Hubert Hurkacz, bathed in tawny sunlight on Court 1 on a mellow Sunday afternoon at the Miami Open. The palm fronds reaching above the court swayed gently like sea fans. But Auger-Aliassime wasn’t feeling the
10:19 PM BST Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is using schoolboy rugby talents as guinea pigs to refine his re-jigged Rugby World Cup blueprint. Speaking publicly for the first time since the appointment of Scott Johnson to the newly-created position of director of rugby in December, Cheika told the Green and Gold Rugby podcast to expect
10:11 PM BST The Highlanders are set to be without Aaron Smith for at least a month after the influential All Blacks halfback suffered a serious ankle injury. Highlanders coach Aaron Mauger told reporters Smith would be sidelined from Super Rugby for “four to six weeks” after taking a blow late in last Friday’s loss
10:01 PM ET PHOENIX, Ariz. — Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown had no problem being the lone dissenting voice against revised instant replay rules at the NFL’s annual meeting this week. “Well I’ve been in that position before. I just vote with my conscience and how I see it. I’m not trying to be offensive.
10:36 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Josh Emmett still has no feeling in the gums on the left side of his mouth. That is one thing that never came back following his knockout loss to Jeremy Stephens in February 2018 — and from what doctors have told him, there’s a good chance it never will. “I
8:00 PM ET Whether you are a die-hard fan who has been counting down the days until the new season begins or someone who waits until Opening Day arrives to get excited, the return of baseball is something to celebrate. We’ve enlisted ESPN.com’s Bradford Doolittle, Sam Miller, Jeff Passan and David Schoenfield to provide an
9:38 PM ET ESPN News Services AUSTIN, Texas — Jordan Spieth found some success with a tie on Thursday at the Dell Technologies Match Play. The most unpredictable tournament in golf began Wednesday with only a few surprises as only four of the top 16 seeds in group play failed to win their opening match
9:00 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Simona Halep sat in her chair alongside the umpire in Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, leading Qiang Wang 6-4, 6-5 in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open. Halep took deep breaths, her shoulders rhythmically rising and falling. Her arms were sheened with perspiration, her rounded cheeks flushed.
10:14 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Figuring out the candidates for NHL most valuable player is fairly easy. You have your dominant scores like Nikita Kucherov. You have your legacy candidates like Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin. You have your “where would they be without this guy?” candidates like Nathan MacKinnon. And, of course, your “if