Referee Facundo Tello issued 10 red cards in the match. Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images World Cup referee Facundo Tello dished out 10 red cards in Argentina’s Champions Trophy final on Sunday after Racing Club midfielder Carlos Alcaraz sparked a melee in front of the Boca Juniors fans with his match-winning goal celebration. With the teams level at … Read more
A McDonald’s All-American and USC recruit, Aaliyah Gayles’s budding basketball career was torn apart by gun violence. Now comes the painful fight to reclaim it. November 7, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EST Aaliyah Gayles was shot 10 times in her legs and arms at a house party in Las Vegas in April, just days before … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte has said he is “confident” Son Heung-Min will feature at the World Cup after the South Korea international underwent surgery for a fracture on his left eye. Son suffered the injury during Tottenham’s final Champions League group game against Marseille last week, in which he was forced off during the … Read more
Comment on this story Comment In Week 9, the AFC East and the NFC East asserted themselves as the class of the NFL. Every AFC East team has a winning record, and in the NFC East only the Washington Commanders, at 4-5, are under .500. The Sunday slate was on the dull side until early … Read more
Comment on this story Comment Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett recently was discussing the promise this season offers in large part because of a roster loaded with experience and quality depth. Then Bennett turned to the player sitting next to him and smiled broadly. Kihei Clark, entering his fifth year, gave a nod of … Read more
The summer transfer window is closed for the major leagues in Europe. However, with an eye on January, there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Dortmund’s Moukoko to Barcelona? Barcelona see Borussia Dortmund striker … Read more
Comment on this story Comment MEMPHIS — It’s not that the Wizards are so hapless that they can’t string together a good sequence or an extended run. The Memphis Grizzlies slept in Sunday, and Washington took advantage with an early spurt, looking to bounce back from a horrendous home loss to Brooklyn two days before … Read more
Comment on this story Comment Molly Bruner remembers sitting in the stands at Catholic University as a seventh-grader in 2018 and watching the St. John’s field hockey team fall to Good Counsel in double overtime in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title game. Her older sister, Emily, was a senior on that Cadets squad. The … Read more
Comment on this story Comment Just hours after the official start of Major League Baseball’s offseason, the Washington Nationals announced that reliever Sean Doolittle will return on a minor league deal that includes an invitation to spring training. Years of familiarity meant little time was wasted. Doolittle, 36, is still recovering from the internal brace … Read more
It’s officially World Cup month, but before league action pauses ahead of the tournament, there are several storylines to follow across Europe. Arsenal claimed bragging rights over Chelsea, a club icon took a bow at Barcelona, and storm clouds are gathering over Atletico Madrid. ESPN correspondents Julien Laurens, Alex Kirkland, James Tyler, Mark Ogden and … Read more