WISSAM BEN YEDDER is said to have told Monaco he wants to leave the club – putting Arsenal and Manchester United on red alert. The 29-year-old striker scored 19 in 31 games this season, attracting attention across Europe. But according to France Football, Ben Yedder has decided he wants to quit Monaco after just one season in the French top […]

Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. The WNBA announced Monday that it reached agreement with the players’ union on a 22-game regular season and standard playoffs that will run July through October and are expected to be played […]

THERE are some fiercely competitive races during Royal Ascot week, and there will no doubt be some big-priced winners. Our man Jack Keene has had his head in the form book and picked out a couple of longshots to get stuck into on the opening day. Buckingham Palace Stakes (1.15pm) They should go hard up top in the opening race […]

THE Queen will be absent from Royal Ascot for the first time in her 68-year reign as the meeting gets under way behind closed doors. More than 300,000 racegoers, dressed in their finery, usually gather for the five-day sporting and social highlight which kicks off today.   But this year there will be no monarch, no royal carriage procession, no […]

The nation’s top running back could lead a boycott against his own coach. Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State’s Heisman contender, is threatening to sit out of all team activities after seeing a picture posted of head coach Mike Gundy wearing a t-shirt promoting One America News Network, a right-wing station. “I will not stand for this,” Hubbard tweeted. “This is completely […]

Fortnite’s Doomsday event finally took place today after an extended wait period due to a variety of factors, and it did not disappoint. As many expected, the Chapter 2, Season 3 map will likely be underwater. While we haven’t reached that point fully yet (Season 3 isn’t out until June 17), the map made enough changes following the Doomsday event […]

The commissioners from the major U.S. sports leagues will participate in a moderated ESPN panel on Monday night to discuss the resumption of live sports amid the coronavirus pandemic, the network announced. The panel, "SportsCenter Special: The Return of Sports," will feature the NFL's Roger Goodell, the NBA's Adam Silver, Rob Manfred of Major League Baseball, the NHL's Gary Bettman, the WNBA's […]

Hearts, Partick Thistle and Stranraer have had their relegations confirmed after only 16 clubs indicated that they would vote for league reconstruction. The SPFL’s 42 sides were asked if they would support a permanent 14-10-10-10 setup but the backing fell short of the threshold required. The league say their board has now “agreed to draw a line under reconstruction talks”. […]

GLASS SLIPPERS looks crystal clear in the King’s Stand Stakes (3.35). Kevin Ryan’s express looked a different horse in the second half of last season with three big wins on the spin. She ended up seeing off a high class field — including Battaash — to take the Prix De L’Abbaye at Longchamp’s Arc meeting. That was no narrow victory […]

TOBY ALDERWEIRELD is "honoured" by a petition calling for a statue of him to replace a former Belgium king's – as the Black Lives Matter protests spread across Europe. So far more than 900 people in the Tottenham defender's home town of Ekeren have backed demands to build a figure of the Belgium star to oust King Leopold II's statue. […]