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Nov 3, 2026 - Sports

West Ham intent on instant return to Premier LeagueNuno took over from Graham Potter in September 2025West Ham are poised to appoint Scott Parker as manager after sacking Nuno Espírito Santo. The club have acted after a disappointing start to the Championship season and have moved for Parker, a former West Ham midfielder, in an attempt to get their push for automatic promotion back on track.Nuno was under increasing pressure after Saturday’s 3-1 defeat by West Bromwich Albion left the favourites to win the title in eighth, four points off second-placed Swansea. West Ham kept faith with the 52-year-old Portuguese after last season’s relegation from the Premier League but recent form placed Nuno under renewed threat and led to his dismissal on Tuesday morning. Continue reading...

Nov 3, 2026 - Sports

Crowds once flocked to see ambling athletes pull off amazing feats of stamina. Edward Payson Weston was chief among themMore than $1.4bn has been staked on prediction markets for this week’s US midterm elections, according to CNN.Though a lot of people are about to win – or lose – a lot of money, it’s hard to imagine any wagers as consequential as the election bet that birthed a sporting craze spearheaded by a chancer who walked and talked his way into becoming one of the greatest athletic stars of the 19th century. Continue reading...

Nov 3, 2026 - Sports

Lipscomb vs. Iowa tips off Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. Get the FOX One streaming info and players to watch for this game in Iowa City.

Nov 3, 2026 - Sports

Stripped of his WBO world title and numbed by violent deaths of friends in Battersea, the middleweight is determined to press on in pursuit of fights and titles“I’ve been very reluctant to tell my story,” Denzel Bentley says as he sits upstairs at his gym in Essex and opens up about his testing life in and out of the ring. Before he addresses the latest maddening round of boxing politics, Bentley reveals how he has dealt with genuine catastrophe and trauma. This buried pain places boxing’s shenanigans into sobering perspective because so many of his friends have been murdered on the street.Bentley has just been stripped of his WBO world middleweight title because the sanctioning body refused permission for him to defend his belt against Shane Mosley Jr this Saturday night at London’s Copper Box Arena. The body rejected his appeal last Friday that he was entitled to face the world-ranked Mosley Jr rather than his mandatory challenger in a first title defence. Continue reading...

Nov 3, 2026 - Sports

Star defensive lineman has one sack, six tacklesD’Andre Swift rushes for three touchdownsSeattle have lost three of their last four gamesCaleb Williams threw a touchdown pass on the opening drive and Jeffery Simmons delivered just what Chicago needed on defense as the Bears beat the host Seattle Seahawks 34-17 on Monday night.Williams was extremely efficient for the Bears (6-2) against one of the NFL’s stingiest defenses, committing no turnovers, taking just one sack and throwing for 247 yards while completing 71% of his passes. Continue reading...