Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior AuthorSep 2, 2023, 08:49 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA author since 2010 Coated Cleveland Cavs for seven years Writer of two books MANILA, Philippines — In an indelible second of this FIBA World Cup, the South Sudan earned the nation’s first berth into the Olympics in any sport Saturday and did … Read more
Aug 31, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Japan is one win away from getting again to the Olympics. Makoto Hiejima scored 23 factors, Yuta Watanabe added 21 and Japan roared again from a 15-point third-quarter deficit to beat Venezuela 86-77 on Thursday in a classification spherical recreation on the Basketball World Cup in Okinawa, Japan. Yuki … Read more
Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 20, 2023, 11:49 PM ET The Bahamian males’s basketball crew, led by Indiana Pacers guard Buddy Hield, Phoenix Suns middle Deandre Ayton and Suns guard Eric Gordon, delivered the nation’s largest victory within the sport Sunday, defeating Argentina, 82-75, to win a spot in one in every of subsequent summer time’s qualifying … Read more
PARIS — Followers hoping to observe main French stars like Victor Wembanyama and Kylian Mbappé play at subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics might drive up demand when extra tickets go on sale Wednesday for 4 sports activities that will likely be staged removed from the French capital. Followers worldwide will be capable of purchase tickets on … Read more
Eire Sevens rejoice their qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics Eire beat Nice Britain 26-12 within the last of the rugby sevens on the European Video games to safe their place on the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris. James Topping’s European gold medallists joined the Eire girls’s workforce in reaching subsequent yr’s Video games. … Read more
Eire girls have by no means certified for the Olympics earlier than Eire girls’s sevens have made historical past by qualifying for the Olympic Video games for the primary time. The Irish defeated Fiji 10-5 on the France Sevens in Toulouse on Sunday morning to safe their place on the 2024 Paris Video games. Eire … Read more
Chris Smith plays rugby while also being a deputy chief teacher Wales has lost Ospreys Olympic silver medallist Sam Cross, who was injured before the Commonwealth Games Sevens. Cross was injured in Cross’s knee in Bucharest while Wales qualified for the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Richie Pugh, Wales coach has called Chris Smith back to … Read more
Dr. Hayley Winninger, Hockey Hall of Famer, and one of most decorated women’s hockey players of history, has been promoted from assistant general manager to the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs. Wickenheiser’s focus will be player and player development. Wickenheiser joined the Leafs in August 2018 as an assistant director of player developmental. He was promoted … Read more
Dennis Ombachi, right, played for Kenya at both the Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens and the Olympic Games Dennis Ombachi was able to confide in his coach and take the first steps towards receiving treatment for his mental illness. After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder (which can lead to extreme mood swings), the Kenya rugby … Read more
During the 2022 Polar Pond Hockey tournament, the Northern Lights can be seen in the sky above Hay River, Northwest Territories. Amber Bracken, ESPN HAY RIVER (Northwest Territories) — It’s a cold Saturday afternoon in March. The air from the tiny faces pressing up against Hay River’s panoramic window immediately covers it in an icy fog. … Read more