General Sports 24 Hours

Last updated: August 12, 2026, 12:47 PM ET

MLB & Fantasy Baseball

Fantasy managers hunting for late-season reinforcements should look to the Bronx, as Tristan H. Cockcroft identifies key trade targets ahead of the deadline. On the field, Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson extended his major-league-record errorless streak to 113 games after an original error was overturned to a hit in Tuesday's 12-4 loss to the Rays.

NFL Training Camps & Off-Field Stories

Updates from around the league include Brock Purdy impressing in joint practice against the Titans. Meanwhile, Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer has sparked debate with his massive arms — is he too swole for the position? In a bizarre incident, a high school player in Arkansas unknowingly practiced for nearly an hour with a venomous snake inside his helmet. Briton Efe Obada has retired from the NFL to pursue his true calling, launching a foundation after growing up in foster care.

College Football & the Power 4

Northwestern football received a record $35M donation from Liz and Dick Uihlein aimed at strengthening the program. As the 2026 season approaches, we broke down how much a Power 4 starter earns at every position, based on input from general managers and agents. In the SEC, projections for 2026-27 include three possible champions and three teams that won't go dancing.

NBA & WNBA

The NBA announced its opening week schedule, headlined by a tripleheader on Oct. 20 that features the Knicks vs. 76ers and LeBron James. In college-to-pro movement, Seth Trimble left UNC and committed to Louisville after a court ruling granted extra eligibility. In the WNBA, Fever coach Stephanie White ripped critics and received backing from Caitlin Clark after she was booed before Tuesday's win over the Liberty. The latest WNBA power rankings show time running out as teams jockey for playoff seeds.

European Athletics Championships

Great Britain’s Romell Glave and Jeremiah Azu produced a sensational 100m one-two for the hosts in Birmingham. Day three schedule and BBC coverage times are available, but criticism has emerged over empty seats and ticket prices after nearly 10,000 seats were empty on Monday. In the pool, Adam Ramsay-Peaty finished fifth in the European 100m breaststroke final, his first loss at a European Aquatics Championships. Meanwhile, the women’s 800m world record, which has stood for 43 years, remains tough to break — Keely Hodgkinson explains why.

Tennis

Spanish teenager Rafael Jodar is on the verge of smashing the record for fastest rise to top 10 after his stunning run at the Canada Open. On the snooker table, Zhang Anda shocked world number three Zhao Xintong with a final-ball respot in a thrilling 6-5 win at the China Open.

Golf

The FedEx St. Jude Championship begins this week; check out tee times for Round 1 and 2, including Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. In amateur golf, a St. Louis-area golfer resigned from his club after admitting to a fake hole-in-one cheating scandal that went viral.

Rugby

England rugby head coach Steve Borthwick has handed first central contracts to five players — Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Alex Coles, Guy Pepper, Jack van Poortvliet and Seb Atkinson — in a shake-up. The Ospreys have publicly rejected the WRU's plan to cut a professional team, insisting four sides are the way forward. England's Red Roses are gearing up for WXV pre-season with smaller balls and a tough schedule, including a national anthem test. In South Africa, former All Blacks star Ma'a Nonu, performed a solo haka before his club side's match against New Zealanders.

Soccer & Cricket

In cricket, new Test captain Joe Root has scrapped England's midnight curfew after seven months, in a major culture change. Welsh Fire ended their Hundred campaign with a comfortable 15-run win over London Spirit, powered by Georgia Wareham's first Half-century. Try the BBC quiz to guess which Hundred star is featured today. In football, Croke Park will host its first match between two English teams when Manchester United face Leeds in a pre-season encounter on Wednesday. Former Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has confirmed talks for the Netherlands job but will stay in club football. In boxing, Turkish lightweight world champion Elif Nur Turhan has joined MVP, moving a potential unification fight with Caroline Dubois a step closer.

Other Sports & Notable Events

The Irish League's long-term European hopes now rest heavily with Larne after Northern Ireland dropped outside UEFA's top 50 coefficient. A Texas judge has backed Little League's decision to remove a Tulsa team from the Southwest Region, keeping them from a LLBWS bid. Horse racing at Ffos Las will begin two hours earlier because of the solar eclipse, while five races at Saratoga and Monmouth Park are being investigated after unusual betting patterns. Finally, Eric Karabell's annual Do Not Draft list is out, highlighting players going earlier than they should in fantasy drafts this summer.