Month: June 2021

8:48 AM ET A familiar cast of characters will make up the 18-player roster the United States women’s national soccer team will send to the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games next month. Carli Lloyd, who at 39 years old will become the U.S.’s oldest-ever women’s soccer Olympian, and Tobin Heath are headed to the competition for
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9:12 AM ET Dalian Atkinson scored one of the best goals in Premier League history for Aston Villa during the 1992-93 season. Anton Want/Allsport A police officer has been found guilty of manslaughter of former Premier League footballer Dalian Atkinson. Atkinson died at the age of 48 in 2016 after an officer shot him with a
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11:46 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City are willing to wait a year to sign their ideal striker if they cannot prise Harry Kane away from Tottenham Hotspur, sources have told ESPN. City have registered an interest in Kane, who wants to leave Spurs this summer, along with Manchester United and Chelsea. However, there is
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9:51 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned Real Madrid and Barcelona that the Super League is “dead” and “impossible” and urged the rebel clubs to ditch their ongoing support for the project. Barcelona’s Joan Laporta defended the club’s involvement on Sunday, telling its general assembly that “the project
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7:44 AM ET UEFA has defended its decision not to allow the Allianz Arena to display the rainbow flag for the Euro 2020 clash between Hungary and Germany on Wednesday. Munich mayor Dieter Reiter wrote to UEFA to ask permission to light up the stadium in Munich with rainbow colours after Germany captain Manuel Neuer
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4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The summer transfer window is back to normal this year (whatever normal is), though given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the global financial crisis and Euro 2020 being pushed back, clubs are still finding things tough. 2 Related Free transfers of big names like Sergio Aguero, Georginio Wijnaldum and David Alaba
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1:31 PM ET Everybody who’s been to a gym will be perfectly aware of the phrase: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Now, I can promise you that there’s no question of Luis Enrique’s sanity, nor does he need much time in a gym
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10:15 AM ET Several Bundesliga clubs have announced they will light up their stadiums with rainbow colours during the Euro 2020 clash between Germany and Hungary after UEFA denied a request from the Munich mayor to light up the Allianz Arena. Barcelona‘s Antoine Griezmann and Gerard Pique as well as Arsenal‘s Katie McCabe have also
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6:53 AM ET Kumi Yokoyama said that they were inspired by OL Reign’s Quinn. Photo by Brad Smith/ISI Photos/Getty Images Washington Spirit and Japan forward Kumi Yokoyama came out as a transgender man in a video posted to Yuki Nagasato‘s YouTube channel on Sunday. Yokoyama said they were encouraged to tell their story after living in
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12:42 PM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Hakan Calhanoglu has left AC Milan to join rivals Inter on a free transfer. Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images Turkey international Hakan Calhanoglu has completed a controversial free transfer to Inter Milan after his contract with arch-rivals AC Milan expired. The 27-year-old, who was instrumental in helping Milan return to
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12:03 PM ET Ousmane Dembele is set for several months on the sidelines after Barcelona confirmed he requires surgery on a knee injury sustained at Euro 2020. Sources have told ESPN the France international will be out for between three and five months, although Barca have not given any recovery timeframe. – Stream ESPN FC
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