8:06 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jose Pedraza is tasked with one of the most difficult assignments in all of sports this weekend at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City: Figuring out a way to decipher Vasiliy Lomachenko. While this is a lightweight unification tilt, with Pedraza (25-1, 12 KO) coming
Shaka Hislop examines the latest transfer rumours involving Aaron Ramsey, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Christian Pulisic, Chicharito and Toby Alderweireld. Europe’s biggest clubs continue to work behind the scenes as the winter transfer window approaches. Transfer Talk has been scouring the world’s media to see who could be heading to your club when Jan. 1 arrives. TOP
5:07 AM GMT The immediate fate of Wallabies coach Michael Cheika will be decided at Rugby Australia’s board meeting next Monday while former Test hooker Brendan Cannon says the long-term solution to the team’s woes is David Nucifora. Employed as Ireland’s high performance director, Nucifora has been instrumental to the Grand Slam winners’ climb up
1:26 AM ET Former NFL defensive end Greg Hardy will make his UFC debut in January, according to UFC president Dana White. Hardy (3-0) will face Allen Crowder (9-3) at UFC Fight Night on Jan. 19 in Brooklyn. Contracts have not yet been signed, but White told ESPN the heavyweight bout is close to being
shares Virat Kohli and Tim Paine shake hands ahead of the series © Getty Images Sunil Gavaskar versus Dennis Lillee. Venkatesh Prasad versus Michael Slater. Andrew Symonds versus Harbhajan Singh. Ricky Ponting versus Zaheer Khan. Gautam Gambhir versus Shane Watson. David Warner versus Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli versus Steven Smith. Australia versus India has
11:52 PM GMT Craig Dowd Close Craig Dowd played 60 Tests for New Zealand between 1993 and 2000, including in two World Cups, and he was part of the All Blacks team that won their first series in South Africa in 1996. He played for the Blues and Auckland in New Zealand domestic rugby, and
11:17 PM ET There was a noticeable hole on the Heat bench in the closing seconds of Tuesday night’s loss to the Magic. It was about 7-foot, 265 pounds. Center Hassan Whiteside abruptly left the bench and went to the locker room by himself with less than a minute to go in Miami’s 105-90 home
10:20 PM ET President Donald Trump will attend Saturday’s Army–Navy Game in Philadelphia. The White House confirmed Trump’s attendance to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Trump also went to the 2016 game when he was president-elect. Trump will be the 10th sitting president to attend Army-Navy, a tradition that began with Theodore Roosevelt in 1901.
10:14 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Two days after he was named interim head coach, Joe Philbin fired a longtime member of the Green Bay Packers coaching staff. Associate head coach Winston Moss, who also coached outside linebackers, was let go on Tuesday. The decision was Philbin’s. “We thank Winston for his contributions to
10:04 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Open officials say the world’s top 102 women and top 101 men have confirmed they will compete at the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2019. World No. 1 Simona Halep heads up the women’s field and Novak Djokovic, seeking his record seventh Australian Open title,