8:21 PM ET Associated Press Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana was carried off on a stretcher with a leg injury during the club’s preseason friendly against Spanish team Villarreal on Wednesday. The 20-year-old French defender was rashly tackled from behind by Villarreal forward Nino and received lengthy treatment at the King Power Stadium before being
Month: August 2021
9:24 PM ET Two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference were unable to determine a winner as the MLS-leading New England Revolution and Nashville SC played to a scoreless draw on Wednesday night in Foxborough, Mass. Matt Turner made a pair of saves in his return from CONCACAF Gold Cup duty for league-leading
6:01 PM ET Nuno Espirito Santo said he has yet to speak with Harry Kane and admitted Tottenham have to “solve the problem” of the striker’s future as he continues to seek a record-breaking move to Manchester City. Kane missed Wednesday’s 2-2 friendly draw at Chelsea after failing to report for preseason training at the
1:00 PM ET Mexico superstars Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and Carlos Vela headline Major League Soccer‘s 28-man roster selected on Wednesday to represent the league at its All-Star Game on Aug. 25 in Los Angeles, where they will take on Liga MX‘s All-Star selections. Seattle Sounders have contested four of the past five MLS Cups, winning
4:59 PM ET James Olley Tottenham Hotspur fought back from two goals down to earn a 2-2 against Chelsea in an entertaining pre-season friendly at Stamford Bridge. A brace from Blues winger Hakim Ziyech gave last season’s Champions League winners a lead their performance to that point deserved before Lucas Moura and Steven Bergwijn struck
3:30 PM ET Sam Marsden United States international Brenden Aaronson struck a late winner as FC Salzburg beat Barcelona 2-1 at the Red Bull Arena in an entertaining preseason friendly on Wednesday. Aaronson, who joined Salzburg from the Philadelphia Union in January, turned home from close range in the last minute after Chukwubuike Adamu had
2:54 PM ET Caitlin Murray Why has the No. 1-ranked U.S. women’s national team struggled at the Tokyo Olympics so much? Not even the players and staff seem to know. “I don’t know,” Carli Lloyd said after the USWNT’s 1-0 upset loss to Canada in the semifinal. “I don’t know in this moment. It happens,
8:30 AM ET Caitlin Murray Coming into the Olympic semifinal against Canada, no one knew which U.S. women’s national team was going to show up. Was it going to be the one that showed exuberance and tenacity against Netherlands to win a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw? Or was it going to be the
10:05 AM ET Adriana Garcia Uruguay are determined to prove that the four stars on their crest correspond to four World titles won. Puma, sponsors of the Uruguay national teams, communicated on Tuesday to the Uruguay Football Association (AUF) that FIFA had told them to remove two of the four stars above Uruguay’s crest in
5:06 AM ET Louis van Gaal been appointed as the Netherlands manager for the third time, the KNVB have announced. Van Gaal replaces Frank De Boer, who left the role of Netherlands boss in June following a disappointing Euro 2020 exit to Czech Republicin the round of 16, and has agreed a deal up to
5:30 AM ET The transfer window has been open since the start of July and ends on Aug. 31, with Europe’s top clubs already busy spending money to enhance their squads. Man United splashed over €120m on Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, Arsenal handed over £50m to sign Brighton defender Ben White, Liverpool picked up
7:22 AM ET Spain are just one win away from their first Olympic football gold medal since 1992, and for one of their star players it has been the busiest of busy summers. A single extra-time goal from Marco Asensio was enough to see Spain’s under-23 side through to the gold medal match, at the
2:25 AM ET Fabinho has extended his stay with Liverpool. Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Liverpool midfielder Fabinho has signed a new long-term contract with the club. The Brazil international joined Liverpool from Monaco in 2018 and has since won the Premier League, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
7:22 AM ET Harry Kane missed a second day of Tottenham‘s preseason on Tuesday but is expected to report back to the club’s training ground before the end of the week, sources have told ESPN. The 28-year-old was due at Hotspur Way on Monday after being given an extended break following England‘s run to the
9:30 AM ET Marco Asensio celebrates his late winning goal. Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images Marco Asensio scored an extra-time winner to give Spain a 1-0 win against Japan at the Miyagi Stadium in Rifu on Tuesday. Spain, who were on the brink of elimination against Ivory Coast in the quarterfinal before a last-gasp equaliser took
5:53 AM ET Arsenal have been dealt a significant blow on the eve of the new Premier League season with Thomas Partey set to miss the opening weeks with a thigh injury, sources have told ESPN. The 28-year-old is expected to see a specialist later this week after limping off during the first half of
6:44 PM ET Adam Brown 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: Chelsea make new
11:26 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens It’s been another summer of drama at Barcelona. There’s still uncertainty over the coach’s future, their star player left (and still hasn’t technically returned), LaLiga further reduced their spending limit for the upcoming season and they’ve been unable to move on a handful of unwanted big-earning players inherited
7:00 AM ET This article was first published in June 2020 and has been updated. It looked like an assured long-term commitment when Harry Kane pledged his future to Tottenham back in the summer of 2018, with the club poised on the brink of a brave new era of fortune and success. 2 Related Indeed,
10:14 AM ET Gabriel Tan Japan‘s bid to win Olympic gold in the men’s football competition on home soil has come to an end, after a 1-0 extra-time defeat to Spain in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Games. Having spent the entirety of the regulation 90 minutes — and much of the additional 30 —