Safe to say, Mario Balotelli has not enjoyed a particularly impressive start to his second season at OGC Nice, with questions lingering over his commitment to the cause. Indeed, after scoring 26 goals in 38 appearances for the Ligue 1 side last campaign. the Italian striker is yet to open his account in five outings
6:35 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo has clarified the comments he made about not contesting the last two races of 2018 due to his “cursed” Red Bull car, insisting he will drive in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Ricciardo claimed pole position at the Mexican Grand Prix but suffered a retirement in the late stages of the
6:57 AM ET Haas has been unsuccessful in its appeal against Romain Grosjean’s disqualification from September’s Italian Grand Prix, where he originally finished sixth. Grosjean’s car was thrown out of the result of the race when Renault protested about the legality of its floor. The issue centred around the front of the car’s floor and
3:25 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — So Yeon Ryu shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Toto Japan Classic. Nasa Hataoka of Japan and South Koreans Jiyai Shin and In-Kyung Kim were a stroke back after rounds of 66 on Friday. Ten other players were
2:16 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — When Gordon Hayward went up to attempt to block a layup try by Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton midway through the second quarter of the Celtics’ 117-113 victory at TD Garden, it looked like simply one moment among many in what easily was Hayward’s best game of the
1:17 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jon Gruden stood by his claim that players are “dying” to play for the Oakland Raiders in 2019, adding that he doesn’t believe his current players took it as a message that they are not good enough. “I’m just trying to get people excited about the Oakland Raiders,”
2:48 PM ET Vinod Rai, the chairman of the Committee of Administrators (CoA) that is overseeing the BCCI, has categorically denied that he acted unilaterally in dealing with the controversy surrounding the sexual-harassment allegations raised by an anonymous person against BCCI chief executive officer Rahul Johri. Rai’s role came into focus after it emerged that
12:10 AM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Patrick Eaves is in the Anaheim Ducks‘ lineup for the first time this season following a health scare that cost him much of the 2017-18 season. Eaves returned for a game Thursday night against the New York Rangers. He played in only two games last season. He
11:52 PM ET The University of Maryland’s police department has opened an investigation into an altercation between two football players that occurred at the end of Tuesday’s practice. Police said in a statement Thursday that an athletics department employee alerted an officer, who was at Maryland’s practice at the time, to the fight. “The officer
10:20 PM ET Junior featherweight contender Diego De La Hoya has been a professional prize fighter since 2013 but has never had a chance to fight in his hometown of Mexicali, Mexico or even in his home country. That will change when De La Hoya, the 24-year-old first cousin of Hall of Famer and promoter