12:45 PM GMT Former dual-code England international Sam Burgess has said “individual egos and selfish players” caused the country’s early exit from the 2015 Rugby World Cup, rather than his controversial inclusion in head coach Stuart Lancaster’s squad. Burgess made the switch from rugby league to rugby union only months before the tournament, as England
After Kylian Mbappe and Neymar both left friendlies injured, Julien Laurens and the FC crew discuss which player is more important to PSG. You don’t need to be Thomas Tuchel, Jurgen Klopp or any other top manager in football to recognise the main strengths of PSG and Liverpool. For the Reds, their force is gathered
9:03 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jonny Bairstow has signed a short-term deal with T10 side Kerala Knights. Bairstow was named Man of the Match in this week’s third Test against Sri Lanka, after marking his return to the side with a matchwinning 110 in the first innings at Colombo. He will leave for the UAE
11:08 AM ET Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week: Math is a wonderful thingMath is a really cool thing So, get off your ath and do some mathMath, math, math, math, maaaath — Jack Black, “School of Rock” It was a dark and stormy night, and the members of the Bottom 10 Selection Committee
9:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Comilla Victorians have roped in Steven Smith for the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League, as Shoaib Malik’s replacement after he will depart for Pakistan’s series against New Zealand midway through the tournament. Smith, who has been serving a 12-month ban handed by Cricket Australia following the Newlands ball-tampering scandal, will be
Former Arsenal and England defender Sol Campbell has been appointed manager of League Two side Macclesfield Town on an 18-month contract. Campbell joins with the side sitting bottom of the table having picked up 10 points from 19 games, and seven points from safety. The club, promoted back into the Football League last season, has
9:17 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA Cricket is planning to start its own T20 professional domestic
9:19 AM ET ABU DHABI — Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time on the first day of Abu Dhabi’s post-season test, as his former Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen completed his first day back at Sauber. Although the test got underway less than 48 hours after the final race of the 2018 season, in many ways
8:00 AM ET After Sonny Gray was dropped from the Yankees’ rotation in early August, he was basically placed on double-secret probation — except because he played in New York, it wasn’t really a secret. Gray allowed seven runs in 2 2/3 innings to the Orioles on Aug. 1, and in the nine weeks that
7:00 AM ET The political and economic situation in Venezuela that has resulted in famine, deaths from lack of basic medicines and violent crime has led the U.S. State Department to issue a Level 3 travel warning, “Reconsider Travel,” making it just one of five countries in the Americas at that level. (The highest is