Toss Bangladesh opt to bat v Pakistan In what is a must-win game for the visitors if they are to keep the series alive, Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah decided to bat first on a wicket with significantly more grass than there was on the pitch yesterday. They make one change from the team that succumbed in
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Big Picture New Zealand actually had a fairly decent game with the ball – their plans were good, execution not always but spot on but more on than off – but they still lost comfortably to India in the series opener. This tells you two things: when India are chasing, you need to put on
January 25: Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat in Melbourne Our XI: Marcus Stoinis, Chris Lynn, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Handscomb, Marnus Labuschagne, Ben Cutting, Ben Laughlin, James Pattinson, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Lamichhane Captain: Marcus Stoinis He’s been the Stars’ batting lynchpin this season, contributing in every other game and helping them to the
MELBOURNE, Australia — Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber have held Grand Slam trophies aloft, and so have learned to keep their heads down when clusters of highly-ranked players start losing in the first week of majors. Wimbledon champion Halep and Kerber, who won her breakthrough major in Australia in 2016 and has added two Grand
9:14 PM ET Steve KimESPN Alejandra Jimenez, who won the WBC and WBO super middleweight titles by defeating Franchon Crews-Dezurn on Jan. 11, tested positive for a banned substance, the WBC announced Friday. The WBC said an “A” sample from a drug test administered by the Volunteer Anti-Doping Association (VADA) on Jan. 10 tested positive.
SAN DIEGO — Phil Mickelson called the concept of a new professional golf tour that would bring together big names with huge purses “intriguing,” adding that he is “curious” about what the Premier Golf League is putting together. Several players and agents have been approached by the league about participating, according to Geoff Shackelford, a
SAN DIEGO — Ryan Palmer wasn’t aware of any score but his own Friday at Torrey Pines, and he knew it was good enough to at least get himself back into the mix at the Farmers Insurance Open. He was on the North Course without much bustle — Tiger Woods was on the South —
SAN DIEGO — The PGA Tour is raising the prize money at The Players Championship to $15 million, making it the largest purse in golf unless any of the majors decide to up the ante this year. The winner of the March 12-15 event at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, will receive $2.7
SAN DIEGO — The putting stroke he lost somewhere between the practice green and the first tee eventually returned, but not until after Tiger Woods four-putted the first green for a shocking double-bogey 6 on Friday at Torrey Pines. Woods recovered to shoot 1-under-par 71 on the South Course to finish in a tie for
MIAMI — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra responded swiftly to swingman Jimmy Butler not being selected as a starter for next month’s NBA All-Star Game in Chicago, calling his omission “a joke” and adding that he’s hopeful it will help change the voting process. “I just think it’s ridiculous that we’re still in these antiquated positions,”
January 25: Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades in Sydney Our XI: Aaron Finch, Moises Henriques, Steven Smith, Beau Webster, Mohammad Nabi, James Vince, Josh Philippe, Ben Dwarshuis, Cameron Boyce, Tom Curran, Kane Richardson NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant) updates. Captain: Steven Smith Smith
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will be making his Super Bowl debut on Feb. 2 and, in addition to his large entourage of friends and family, he’ll be bringing a couple of special guests along with him. In conjunction with financial-services company USAA and the Tragedy Assistance Program for
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Already a World Series MVP, six-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove catcher, Salvador Perez became something else when he stepped onto the main stage at the Kansas City Royals‘ annual FanFest: a U.S. citizen. Perez took his oath of citizenship on Friday, the completion of a five-year process that he described
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Madelene Sagstrom birdied seven of the first nine holes and shot a 10-under 62 on Friday to take the second-round lead in the Gainbridge LPGA. Sagstrom birdied the first two holes, parred the next two and made five straight birdies to make the turn in 7-under 29 at rain-softened Boca Rio
John Archibald won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games John Archibald successfully defended his individual pursuit title on the opening day at the National Track Championships in Manchester. Josie Knight defeated Anna Morris to capture the women’s individual pursuit. Six-time Olympic champion Jason Kenny rode the qualifying round as Team Inspired won gold in the
It’s the first Six Nations after a World Cup, and while not absolutely everything has changed — unless you’re France that is — plenty has. As is standard at the end of a World Cup cycle, plenty of players have retired: Rory Best, Guilhem Guirado, Louis Picamoles, Greig Laidlaw to name a few. Sergio Parisse
ST. LOUIS — Wayne Gretzky called women’s hockey players involvement in the NHL All-Star Game “a big step forward” in growing the sport — and he hopes the league will continue to stay committed to the women’s game. “Exposure is everything,” Gretzky told ESPN on Friday, ahead of the inaugural 3-on-3 women’s exhibition at NHL
In a surprise, promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing on Friday won the purse bid for the fight between unified junior welterweight world titlist Josh Taylor and mandatory challenger Apinun Khongsong. Lewkowicz, Khongsong’s co-promoter, bid $1.32 million to gain promotional rights to the bout, beating the only other bidder, new Taylor promoter Top Rank, which
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