7:28 AM ET By his own admission, the 2018 season was the worst of Valtteri Bottas’ career. Driving an identical car to the one that secured the drivers’ championship and 11 race wins with Lewis Hamilton at the wheel, he failed to score a single victory. But, for next year at least, Mercedes is standing
5:11 AM GMT Michael Cheika will remain as Wallabies coach through to the Rugby World Cup but he will have a new boss after Scott Johnson was unveiled as Rugby Australia’s new Director of Rugby. In what looks a good move for the longer-term health of Australian rugby, Johnson will oversee a new National High
Matildas’ head coach Alen Stajcic believes the Women’s World Cup is one of the most open it has been with a number of teams having a good chance of winning the tournament. Matildas coach Alen Stajcic has described the inaugural Cup of Nations as the “perfect” preparation for next year’s World Cup. The Matildas will
Dec 17, 2018 Scott Johnson has been appointed Director of Rugby to oversee coach Michael Cheika, as part of a restructure aimed at boosting the struggling Wallabies going into the 2019 World Cup. Cheika will report to Johnson, who will return home in mid-March after a decade working in the USA and Europe, most recently
Fans from all over the world converged on Madrid to watch the Copa Libertadores final. Here’s the best of the best from a historic day of football. River Plate players expressed that it felt weird playing their home leg of the Copa Libertadores final in Real Madrid’s Bernabeu after they beat Boca Juniors 5-3 on
Dec 16, 2018 Toss Bangladesh opt to bat v West Indies Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan chose to bat first against West Indies in the first T20I in Sylhet. From their last T20I, also against West Indies in August this year, Bangladesh have made two changes. They have replaced Rubel Hossain and Nazmul Islam with
2:57 AM ET ESPN News Services Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse’s frustration boiled over after a 95-86 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, with the coach directing his ire at officials for not calling fouls made against star Kawhi Leonard. Nurse was particularly alarmed that Leonard had only four free throws in the loss
12:43 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball LOS ANGELES — Jared Goff asserted himself as an MVP candidate, and the Los Angeles Rams made a prime-time statement that they were Super Bowl favorites. That
10:00 PM ET Hold the phone on a Nick Diaz comeback fight. Last month, UFC president Dana White told ESPN that Diaz had agreed to fight Jorge Masvidal at UFC 235 on March 2 in Las Vegas. The fight would mark his first in four years. The news sent shockwaves throughout the sport, considering how
9:07 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Despite a report on Sunday that the Philadelphia Flyers made a coaching change, a team spokesperson confirmed that “Dave Hakstol is our coach.” Philadelphia is one of the NHL’s biggest disappointments this season. Entering Sunday, the Flyers had the worst record in the Eastern Conference (12-15-4), and they are on