Ahead of this weekend’s final round of Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, 13 teams have already qualified to join hosts Egypt at the continental showpiece, and South Africa should really be among them. Their shocking failure to beat the Seychelles in Victoria in October has left Bafana Bafana with it all to do when they
9:19 AM ET The biggest shock from the opening race of the 2019 season was how much Ferrari struggled relative to Mercedes. Pre-season testing had led us to believe that the SF90 was the class of the field over both qualifying laps and long runs, but at Albert Park that clearly wasn’t the case. Ferrari
6:30 AM ET Australian heavyweight prospect Tai Tuivasa will face Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 238 this summer, the UFC confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The heavyweight bout is officially booked to UFC 238 on June 8 in Chicago. Tuivasa (8-1) is looking to rebound from the first loss of his career. He suffered a second-round
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Unless you’re totally invested in the IPL – or any league for that matter – it can at times be hard to remember games that have finished even as recently as 48 hours ago. But in a hectic calendar and the usual haze of fours and sixes, this giant of
European Championship Qualifying: Denis Cheryshev (16′) Belgium 1-1 Russia Gab Marcotti joins ESPN FC to talk Real Madrid’s chances of signing Eden Hazard this summer. Eden Hazard made amends for Thibaut Courtois’ goalkeeping howler with two goals in Belgium’s 3-1 win over Russia. European Championship Qualifying: Eden Hazard (88′) Belgium 3-1 Russia Real Madrid goalkeeper
3:26 AM BST Sanzaar have announced they will officially drop the Sunwolves from Super Rugby from 2021 in a statement on Friday afternoon. After weeks of rumours the side would be axed from the competition, Sanzaar stated they believe the immediate future of Super Rugby rests in a 14-team, round robin competition format. Sanzaar CEO
7:39 AM BST How did they get it so wrong? By the time Super Rugby wraps up next year, the competition will have run through three different formats in 10 years before reverting back to the 14-team model last used in 2010. Long gone are the Western Force, Cheetahs and Southern Kings while the Sunwolves
9:00 AM ET It had been less than two days since Bianca Andreescu won the biggest title of her life at Indian Wells, and the 18-year-old Canadian tennis sensation was having a hard time remembering what had transpired in the 44 hours since she lifted the crystal winner’s trophy. “Everything is happening so quickly,” Andreescu
11:15 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Three-time tournament champion Venus Williams won her opening match Thursday at the new site of the Miami Open by beating Dalila Jakupovic 7-5, 6-3. Williams, making her 20th appearance in the tournament, won the title in 1998, 1999 and 2001 when the event was played on
9:21 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Three-time tournament champion Venus Williams won her opening match Thursday at the new site of the Miami Open by beating Dalila Jakupovic 7-5, 6-3. Williams won the tournament in 1998, 1999 and 2001 when it was played on Key Biscayne. The event moved this year to