12:00 PM GMT James Harrington With close to 200 names to pick from, settling on 15 of the best players across multiple positions for your ESPN Fantasy Rugby team can be quite the task. Luckily, we’re here to help. Here are at least three star players from each position that may help you claim bragging
4:16 PM ET Steve KimESPN As Jaime Munguia makes the third defense of his WBO junior middleweight title against Takeshi Inoue (13-0-1, 7 KOs) Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, a familiar face will be leading him into battle. Robert Alcazar, for years the lead trainer of Hall of Famer Oscar De
11:15 AM GMT England International Maro Itoje has signed a contract extension with Saracens that will see him remain at the Premiership club until 2022. The 24-year-old lock played his 100th game for the club in October, and said he was pleased to sign on for another three-and-a-half years. “I’ve been at the club for
Jan 24, 2019 Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny is out of his nation’s Six Nations opener against France in Paris on Feb. 1 due to his ongoing recovery from concussion. Wales coach Warren Gatland admitted that Halfpenny is also a doubt for the team’s second match in the competition, against Italy in Rome, on Feb. 9.
9:41 AM ET ESPN staff Renault has appointed former Michelin CEO, Jean-Dominique Senard, as its new chairman following the resignation of Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn, who held the roles of chairman and CEO until his resignation this week, was arrested in Japan last November over allegations of financial impropriety. He strongly denies any wrongdoing but, following
7:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul, who were suspended for their controversial comments on a TV show, are available for selection to the national team again after the BCCI’s Committee of Administrators lifted the ban on them with immediate effect. A press release from the board said: “The above matter and
La Liga correspondent Sid Lowe and the FC crew share their thoughts on how a second stint for Jose Mourinho would go at Real Madrid. With the January transfer window in full swing, take a look at whether or not Carlos Vela, Alvaro Morata and more will be making moves. Real Madrid have taken over
7:40 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Petra Kvitova knew this moment could come. When it did, she broke out in a smile as exuberant as the cheers in Rod Laver Arena. No, we’re not talking about match point. We’re referring to the announcement, at four-all in the first set of her semifinal match against Danielle
10:00 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The genesis of Sean McVay’s renowned clairvoyance dates to December 2003, near the goal line of a state quarterfinal game, on third down, his high school team trailing by five with only a couple of minutes remaining. McVay, now the Los Angeles Rams coach, was a short, stocky triple-option
6:19 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal needed all of 11 minutes in his Australian Open semifinal to show 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas — and everyone else — that the kid’s upset of Roger Federer was not going to be replicated on this night. Not even close. Naomi Osaka got past Karolina Pliskova