6:20 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals hired Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro as manager Sunday, turning over the young core of a rebuilding franchise to a forward-thinking manager with experience winning in a small market. Quatraro replaces Mike Matheny, who was fired as part of a
3:59 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jamie Drysdale has a torn labrum in his left shoulder, possibly sidelining him for the rest of the season. Drysdale injured the shoulder during the Ducks’ loss at Vegas last Friday, and he will have surgery soon, the team announced Monday. He is expected
12:54 PM ET France midfielder Paul Pogba will miss the World Cup in Qatar after failing to recover from knee surgery, his agent said on Monday. Pogba underwent an operation in September, but his agent said that, after a medical review, the midfielder would not yet return to the Juventus squad or join up with
3:36 PM BST England will be without Courtney Lawes for their Test match against Argentina on Sunday, but have Jonny May back in the mix just two weeks after he suffered a dislocated elbow. May’s injury was expected to keep him out of England’s autumn series, but the winger has made a rapid recovery. He
4:00 PM ET Expected missed games are a part of what goes into calculating the projections that fuel the rankings. So when a player make a mockery of the timetable for their return to action, the result is a pretty big swing in the rankings. Brad Marchand, at this time last week, was listed to
3:12 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Davis Cup finals and qualifying matches will become an official part of the ATP Tour calendar in 2023 as part of a partnership between the men’s circuit and the International Tennis Federation announced Monday. The two governing bodies and promoter Kosmos Tennis will work together to try
2:04 PM ET Associated Press Thai teenager Atthaya Thitikul reached No. 1 in the women’s world ranking on Monday, the 16th player and second-youngest to get to the top since the ranking began in 2006. Thitikul had a chance to reach No. 1 by winning any of her last three tournaments on the LPGA Tour.
Forget grounds and nets and training. If you want to break records in cricket, get hooked on Instagram. It certainly did the trick for Dewald Brevis who took the world by storm on Monday, cracking 162 off 57 balls in a T20 game in South Africa. The 19-year old batter’s shots bear a striking resemblance
7:07 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo said he is talking to Formula One teams about a reserve role next year and that taking a break from racing could prove to be “a blessing in disguise.” The Australian finished seventh for McLaren in Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix and was voted Driver of the Day by fans
10:09 AM BST Captain Sarah Hunter became the most-capped England international and the most capped-women’s player in history, winning her 138th cap in their 41-5 quarterfinal win over Australia at the Women’s Rugby World Cup. To celebrate, Hunter scored the opening try of a rain-drenched match in which England’s forward power and precision in marginal