Fernando Alonso has won two F1 world titles and 32 grands prix Fernando Alonso is set to return to Formula 1 with Renault next year. The Spanish two-time world champion, who will be 39 later this month, has signed and will be confirmed soon, sources have told BBC Sport. Alonso will return to the outfit
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Counties may be offered an opt-out of this season’s first-class competition as part of plans to restart domestic cricket. While the first-class counties voted by a narrow margin to play first-class and T20 cricket in the abbreviated 2020 season, it is understood one or two retain strong reservations about hotel stays. Hampshire, in particular, are
JEREMY STEPHENS LANDED his first kick to Gilbert Melendez‘s left leg 22 seconds into their fight on Sept. 9, 2017. By the two-minute mark, Stephens had smashed Melendez’s leg with four kicks, and the limb was beginning to swell. Melendez started hopping around and limping after the sixth leg kick at 3:19 of the first
Joe Root has told Ben Stokes to “do it your way” as he captains England for the first time against West Indies on Wednesday. Root will miss a Test match this week for the first time since 2014 to attend the birth of his second child, with Stokes taking the reins instead. In his pre-match
8:13 AM ET Steve KimESPN As we head into the home stretch of the first phase of “The Bubble” fights at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, let’s take a minute to appreciate what we saw last week. Alex Saucedo won a 10-round decision over Sonny Fredrickson and put himself back on track
England v West Indies, First Test in Southampton Our XI: Kraigg Braithwaite, Rory Burns, Shai Hope, Ollie Pope, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Holder, Dom Bess, Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph, James Anderson NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant) updates. Captain: Ben Stokes It’s
The NHL’s 24-team tournament this summer promises to be one of the most unpredictable — if not fascinating — postseasons for hockey ever. The paused season due to the coronavirus pandemic provided significant extra time for injured stars to mend, and there are a number of intriguing lineup decisions that could have an outsized impact,
Jack Nicklaus never had the opportunity to face world number one Rory McIlroy at the Open Championship but the R&A has brought the champions from different eras together at St Andrews using archive footage and modern technology. With golf’s oldest major cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the R&A has launched ‘The Open for The
Chris Green, the offspinning allrounder from Australia, has been withdrawn from the Birmingham Bears squad for this year’s T20 Blast due to the coronavirus pandemic, further reducing overseas participation in the competition. Green was set to captain the Bears, but in his absence, Will Rhodes, already captain of Warwickshire County Club’s first-class and List-A teams,
Punjab Police arrested alleged bookmaker Ravinder Dandiwal on Monday in connection with a recent T20 match played in Mohali but streamed online as a game hosted in Sri Lanka. The game, held in June, had caught the attention of BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), the police and Sri Lanka Cricket. “Ravinder Dandiwal, who has emerged kingpin
NEW YORK — Last month, when former Major League Baseball All-Star Torii Hunter said he had been called the N-word “a hundred times” at Boston’s storied Fenway Park, the Red Sox were quick to back him up with a promise to fight racism. “Torii Hunter’s experience is real,” the team said in a June 10
Boxing promotions run by Floyd Mayweather, Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya and teams in MLS, NASCAR and IndyCar were among a cavalcade of sports organizations that navigated a federal loan program designed to help small firms cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Data released Monday showed hundreds of thousands of
11:46 PM ET ESPN staff Welcome to ESPN’s fan vote, where you, the reader and sports fan, will decide which individual or team has been the most dominant in the 21st century. In our third quarter-final, we have the King of Clay Rafael Nadal squaring up against arguably 21st century’s greatest professional boxer, Floyd Mayweather
Bradley Beal has yet to make a final decision on whether he will play, but the Washington Wizards guard is expected to join the team on its flight to Orlando, Florida, according to head coach Scott Brooks. Last week, Beal said he was “not swayed one way or another” on whether he would play in
Australia’s leading spin bowling mentor, Craig Howard, has argued that the exit of the Dukes ball from Sheffield Shield matches cannot be the only fix if the game’s decision makers are serious about encouraging the use and development of spin bowlers in domestic ranks. Rather than focusing on the type of ball, as was the
After already having completed eight events in the coronavirus era, the UFC is promising even tighter protocols on what has been dubbed “Fight Island.” In addition to undergoing significantly more testing than the UFC has done so far, those involved in the four events this month on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island will be relegated to
Former Boston Red Sox general manager Dave Dombrowski has joined Music City Baseball LLC, a Nashville-based group intent on bringing Major League Baseball back to the city. The group lists Dombrowski as a baseball adviser on its website. “It’s clear to me that Nashville is ready for Major League Baseball, and Music City Baseball is
The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association have reached a tentative agreement on a return-to-play plan to restart the 2019-20 season and a memorandum of understanding that adds another four years to the term of the current collective bargaining agreement. The next step in the process is the voting. The NHL board of governors must