6:06 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Marcelo Vieira, Clarice Alves and Enzo Alves Vieira pictured in February 2022. Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images The son of the Real Madrid legend Marcelo, Enzo Alves, has signed his first contract with the club. Enzo, 13, has featured for Madrid’s academy teams since 2017. The teenager confirmed the
8:33 AM ET AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Neymar, who injured his right ankle in Brazil‘s opening match of the World Cup, will train Sunday evening and his availability for the team’s round-of-16 match Monday against South Korea will then be determined by their medical staff, coach Tite said. “If he practices OK, he will be
3:53 PM ET England turned on the class after a challenging start to beat Senegal 3-0 at the 2022 World Cup and advance to the quarterfinals. The result sets up a tantalizing clash with France, who beat Poland 3-1 earlier in the day, for Gareth Southgate’s side in the two European heavyweights’ first-ever knockout round
8:12 PM ET Sources told ESPN that Pele was first admitted to the hospital due to contracting COVID-19. FRANCK FIFE/AFP Pele had COVID-19 and a heart rate below normal before being hospitalized last Tuesday, sources have told ESPN. The 82-year-old soccer legend, who is battling colon cancer, was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao
5:49 PM ET AL KHOR, Qatar — Raheem Sterling will fly back to England after missing the 3-0 World Cup round-of-16 win over Senegal, the Football Association (FA) confirmed on Sunday, with sources telling ESPN his house was the target of an armed robbery. The 27-year-old held talks with manager Gareth Southgate on the morning
6:14 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent AL KHOR, Qatar — For England and Gareth Southgate, the real business starts now. After a tense first 30 minutes against Senegal, the champions of Africa were dispatched with minimal fuss in the round of 16 and now comes the stage of the World Cup when the big-hitters can’t avoid
1:00 PM ET Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s chief of global football, said a final decision has not yet been made on the format for the 2026 World Cup, which is being hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. The 2022 World Cup saw great drama as the group stage climaxed with all four teams played
4:30 PM ET AL KHOR, Qatar — England beat Senegal 3-0 at Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday as goals from Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka set up a blockbuster quarterfinal clash with France. The Three Lions took control of the game towards the end of a cagey first half with Jude Bellingham playing
1:47 PM ET Kylian Mbappe said he is having the “competition of my dreams” at the World Cup after two goals in France‘s 3-1 win against Poland sent the world champions into the quarterfinals and left opposing coach Czeslaw Michniewicz billing him as the natural heir to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Mbappe, who helped
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11:20 AM ET Thierry Henry’s long reign as the France men’s national team’s all-time top scorer has come to an end after AC Milan striker Olivier Giroud‘s goal against Poland in the round of 16 at the World Cup saw him take the record from his fellow ex-Arsenal forward. 2 Related Giroud equalled Henry’s 15-year-old
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8:24 AM ET AL RAYYAN, Qatar – Speaking in his capacity as FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development, Arsene Wenger insinuated that teams which made political statements early in the World Cup saw their on-field performance suffer as a result. The comments came at a media briefing for FIFA’s Technical Study Group, in which Wenger
8:00 AM ET AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Every four years, when the United States men’s national team are eliminated from a World Cup — at least the ones they qualify for — the refrain is predictable: “We proved we belonged,” or some variation thereof. Except this time around it rang truer than in the past.
6:53 PM ET DOHA, Qatar — Luis Chavez‘s thunderbolt of a freekick in Mexico’s win over Saudi Arabia was the most powerful shot leading to a goal in the group stages of the World Cup, according to the technology inside the match ball used in Qatar. Chavez 52nd minute strike gave Mexico a 2-0 lead
2:01 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Louis van Gaal branded Netherlands‘ first half performance against the United States as “unacceptable” despite booking their place in the World Cup quarterfinals with a 3-1 win. Van Gaal’s team went in at half-time 2-0 up thanks to goals from Memphis Depay and Daley Blind, but
5:00 PM ET Argentina captain Lionel Messi broke Diego Maradona’s World Cup goals tally in his side’s 2-1 round-of-16 win against Australia on Saturday. Messi equalled Maradona’s eight World Cup goals in Argentina’s previous game against Mexico, scoring from distance to set the Albiceleste on their way to a 2-0 win. He surpassed the 1986
2:43 PM ET AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Gregg Berhalter and his assistant coaches weren’t sure what to say. It was half-time on Saturday night. The United States men’s national team were trailing the Netherlands by two goals. Their tournament lives were dangling, but the US players had dominated so much of the opening 45 minutes,
3:12 PM ET ESPN news services Brazil legend Pele had a tumor removed from his colon in September 2021. ESPN Deportes Brazilian football legend Pele is responding well to treatment for a respiratory infection and his health condition has not worsened over the past 24 hours, the Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement Saturday. “Edson
6:04 PM ET AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Lionel Messi says he will not celebrate his personal milestone of reaching 1,000 professional matches after helping Argentina to a 2-1 victory over Australia in the World Cup round of 16, but instead admits his overriding emotion was relief at having come through a physical test just 48
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