9:38 AM ET Luiz Araujo was apart of the Lille side that won the Ligue 1 title last season. Gualter Fatia/Getty Images Atlanta United have completed the signing of forward Luiz Araujo from Lille, the club announced on Friday. Sources have told ESPN that the deal is worth $9.4 milllion, with another $1.75m in add-ons. –
Month: August 2021
3:40 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have announced the signing of Jack Grealish from Aston Villa, breaking the British transfer record in a £100 million deal, the club announced on Thursday. Grealish leaves his boyhood club Villa having made 213 appearances and scored 32 goals since making his senior debut in 2014. – Stream
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5:40 AM ET Non-fungible tokens (NFTs, whatever they are) are unique. Stored on a blockchain (whatever that is), they’re one of a kind. Accept no substitutes, and can’t be hacked or tampered with. They are also art. They are very much of the moment, of our digital times. And in many cases, they can be
7:40 PM ET Ninety-nine words to wipe out 21 years walking hand in hand… not to mention 810 professional games, 683 goals, 10 Liga titles, seven Copas del Rey, four Champions League crowns and three FIFA Club World Cups. Barcelona‘s terse statement on Thursday appears to leave no doubt, right down to the headline on
2:45 PM ET It was the news many had prepared for mere months ago, yet as the new LaLiga season approached and whispers circulated of an agreement on a new contract between Barcelona and Lionel Messi, no one expected the bombshell that dropped on Thursday: Messi will not return to the Catalan club. Breathe. Deep
10:46 AM ET With less than four weeks to go until the summer transfer window closes on Aug. 31, the biggest deal has yet to get off the ground with England captain Harry Kane still at the centre of a battle between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
8:38 PM ET Danny Lewis The summer transfer window is into its final month for the major European leagues, which means the biggest clubs are looking to make a splash in the market before the new season begins. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Where to now
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Manchester United and their manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, are enjoying their summer so far. Solskjaer has signed a new long-term contract and key transfer targets Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane have been secured in plenty of time ahead of the new Premier League campaign. Last season
4:26 PM ET Juventus issued an apology after deleting a tweet showing a picture of one of their players making an offensive gesture on Thursday. The official Juventus Women’s account posted an image of Cecilia Salvai making an offensive slant-eye gesture with a cone on her head on what appears to be a training field.
7:07 PM ET Serie A side Venezia FC have agreed a deal with Sporting Kansas City to sign midfielder Gianluca Busio pending a medical and the agreement of personal terms, the MLS club confirmed on Thursday. Busio will become the latest United States international to join the newly promoted Italian club, with Venezia having signed
11:04 AM ET The summer transfer window is into its final month for the major European leagues, which means the biggest clubs are looking to make a splash in the market before the new season begins. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Inter reconsider Lukaku to Chelsea
2:01 PM ET Barcelona have announced that Lionel Messi will leave the club after financial problems prevented them from agreeing a new contract with the forward. Messi, 34, has been a free agent since his previous terms expired on June 30, but ESPN revealed in July a loose agreement over a five-year extension had been
11:13 AM ET Former Germany midfielder Michael Ballack’s 18-year-old son, Emilio, died in a quad-bike crash near Lisbon, Portugal, on Thursday, Setubal’s emergency services said. A spokesperson for the emergency operations told Reuters that Emilio Ballack died at 2:17 a.m. (9:17 p.m. ET) in the holiday destination Troia, south of Lisbon. The teen was involved
12:00 PM ET U.S. international left-back Sam Vines has joined Royal Antwerp from the Colorado Rapids. John Dorton/ISI Photos/Getty Images The Colorado Rapids have finalized a transfer to send United States international left-back Sam Vines to Royal Antwerp in Belgium. After completing his medical evaluation, Vines will sign a three-year contract with one option year, Royal
9:51 AM ET United States women’s national team forward Megan Rapinoe has said the team weren’t satisfied with their performance at the Olympics but that they showed another level in their 4-3 bronze medal match win over Australia. Braces from Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd ensured that goals from Sam Kerr, Caitlin Foord and Emily Gielnik
5:55 AM ET The United States women’s national team beat Australia 4-3 to win the Olympic bronze-medal match Thursday, with Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd both scoring braces. It was a record-breaking evening for Lloyd, who became the USWNT’s top scorer in Olympics history with 10 goals and its second-most-capped player of all time, after
6:50 AM ET The Tokyo 2020 women’s Olympic soccer gold medal match between Canada and Sweden has been moved from its 11 a.m. local time on Friday (10 p.m. ET, Thursday) start to 9 p.m. local time (8 a.m. ET, Friday) after both teams expressed concern about playing in the Japanese heat. Trackside temperatures hit
6:41 AM ET Cristian Romero in action for Argentina during the Copa America. Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur are expected to confirm the €55 million signing of Atalanta defender Cristian Romero within the next 48 hours, sources have told ESPN. The 23-year-old underwent the final part of his medical on Thursday and assuming no complications, he
3:50 AM ET Sweden have objected to the start time for the women’s gold-medal match. Photo by Pete Dovgan/Speed Media Sweden and Canada have asked Olympic organisers to move what is expected to be a hotly contested women’s gold-medal match on Friday at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium to later in the day to avoid the sweltering heat