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The Telegraph Giro d’Italia teams 2021: Full list of teams and riders starting in Turin As with all WorldTour races, each of the 19 teams that make up the top-flight of professional cycling receive an invite and in the case of the Giro d’Italia, all teams are contracted to race the first grand tour of

Seattle Kraken join NHL, expansion draft set for July 21 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Release the Kraken! The Seattle Kraken have officially become an NHL franchise. Per a Friday press release by the NHL, the Kraken will begin operations during the 2021-22 season and become the league’s 32nd team. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman

7:00 AM ET The Dallas Stars were in the Edmonton postseason bubble last summer for 66 days, longer than any other team. Jason Robertson was there for all of it, but didn’t get a single minute of game action. “I took warm-ups for a couple games,” the 21-year-old said. “That was the closest I ever

6:52 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Sunday’s NHL slate consisted of just one game, with the Tampa Bay Lightning defeating the Detroit Red Wings, 2-1, to move into the No. 2 seed in the Central Division. With a little

There was only one game in the NHL on Sunday (there are 14 on Monday so this is a short reprieve) as the Tampa Bay Lightning travelled to Detroit to take on the Red Wings. Last season the Lightning were the best team in the NHL, winning the Stanley Cup, while Detroit was the worst

Blake Coleman scored 16 seconds into the game, Mikhail Sergachev added another goal early in the second period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings, 2-1, on Sunday at Little Caesars Arena. Tampa Bay’s Christopher Gibson had 22 saves, filling in for star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. Lightning coach Jon Cooper said the

MMA Weekly UFC Vegas 25 results: Jiri Prochazka knocks out Dominick Reyes to earn title shot The UFC Vegas 25 results were littered with decision after decision, but the fight card finished strong with two blistering finishes in the main and co-main events. Jiri Prochazka knocks out Dominick Reyes to earn title shot Dominick Reyes

NBC’s coverage of the 2020-21 NHL season continues with Sunday’s matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Red Wings. Lightning-Red Wings stream coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET on NBC. You can watch the game online and on the NBC Sports app by clicking here. Reigning Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay secured itself a

7:57 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. The NHL’s 15-game slate on Saturday was just as wild as we’d hoped, with six games requiring overtime or a shootout to decide the victor. And like a motion-sensing spotlight in an alley,

NBC’s coverage of the 2020-21 NHL season continues with the Sunday matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Red Wings. Lightning-Red Wings coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET on NBC. You can watch the game online and on the NBC Sports app by clicking here. The biggest — and most shocking — move at

The National Hockey League had all but one team in action on Saturday. Out of the 15 games we had four shutouts, as goaltenders were having their way. And in six of the games, the teams couldn’t settle their differences in regulation, needing overtime in five of the outings and a shootout in another to

The Telegraph Prestigious Portmarnock and Pine Valley golf clubs to ditch all-male policies Two of the final bricks in golf’s notorious male-only facade are set to be removed with the all-male Pine Valley, often rated as the best course in the world, ready to emulate Portmarnock by opening up its membership to females. Pine Valley,

Reuters Chris Weidman issued 6-month medical suspension Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman was issued a 180-day medical suspension after a gruesome injury at UFC 261 last week in Jacksonville, Fla. Weidman is facing a recovery period of up to a year after badly breaking his right leg just 17 seconds into his bout against

The Canadian Press Scherzer leads Nats over Miami, heads to join wife for birth WASHINGTON — Max Scherzer delivered in a hurry, tossing a five-hitter to lead the Washington Nationals over the Miami Marlins 3-1. Then it was on to more important matters. Scherzer hustled out of Nationals Park after a game that took only

Highlights: Craig Smith scores hat trick as B’s beat Sabres, 6-2 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Bruins wrapped up their season series vs. the Buffalo Sabres in style on Saturday. With help from a Craig Smith hat trick, the B’s cruised to their third straight victory. Boston’s second line stayed hot as

2:42 PM ET Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen has been placed on leave after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him. “We have become aware of the concerning allegations made about Jake Virtanen,” the team said in a statement Saturday. “Our organization does not accept sexual misconduct of any kind and the claims as

7:54 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. With the end of the season approaching, the NHL has offered us a treat: Saturday’s schedule includes 15 games — everyone but the Winnipeg Jets will be in action — including a number

Push for the Playoffs will run every morning through the end of the 2020-21 NHL season. We’ll highlight the current playoff picture in both conferences, take a look at what the first-round matchups might look like, see who’s leading the race for the best odds in the draft lottery and more. Prepare for something that