4:38 AM ET Former UEFA president Michel Platini (C) arrives to Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court for a hearing in his trial over a suspected fraudulent payment in the southern city of Bellinzona. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt
Month: June 2022
7:00 PM ET Adam Brown The summer transfer window is approaching, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Trio of top European clubs all chasing Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez Clubs across Europe are
9:05 AM ET Eve Perisset joined Chelsea from Bordeaux. Photo by Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC Chelsea made their first signing under the new ownership led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital after their women’s team brought in France defender Eve Perisset from Bordeaux on Wednesday. Perisset, who has signed a three-year deal, will join Chelsea on July
12:56 PM ET The summer transfer window is about to open, so let’s look at the 10 most expensive transfers by position — goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards — through 2021. I awarded a (highly subjective) grade out of five based on what we know now. In other words, with the benefit of hindsight and
1:00 PM ET In the end, it was the goalkeeper who got him. During a postmatch TV interview, Milan Borjan snuck up and doused Canada manager John Herdman with champagne. That he’d stayed dry for so long was a minor miracle considering the occasion. With a 4-0 victory over Jamaica on March 27 in the
4:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Every summer, Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak uses the club’s in-house television channel to address the fans. It’s usually a review of the previous season, but this year’s address also included a warning for the Premier League and the rest of Europe. Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland, one of
8:43 AM ET The English Football Association (FA) have submitted a formal request to the Premier League asking for matches between the “Big Six” not to be scheduled on the weekend before the World Cup starts, sources have told ESPN. England manager Gareth Southgate is concerned about the eight-day turnaround between the pause in the
9:00 AM ET Mouhamad Rachini Jose Sa won Wolves Players’ Player of the Season and Supporters Player of the Season Award after a phenomenal debut Premier League season. (Photo by Jack Thomas – WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images) When Rui Patricio left Wolves for Roma in July 2021, he was leaving as the goalkeeper who helped guide
5:00 AM ET England claimed a 1-1 draw against Germany on Tuesday night, thanks to Harry Kane‘s 88th-minute penalty in Munich. Kane was handed the chance to claim England’s first point of their UEFA Nations League campaign when the VAR, Juan Martinez Munuera, advised referee Carlos del Cerro Grande to review a foul by Germany
5:30 AM ET Harry Kane became only the second man in history to score 50 senior goals for England when he found the net against Germany in the UEFA Nations League on Tuesday night. The 28-year-old striker both won and, following a lengthy VAR consultation, converted a late penalty that saw the Three Lions salvage
11:52 AM ET Paul Pogba has spoken publicly for the first time since his departure from Manchester United and said he is looking forward to “enjoying” himself at his next club. Last week, United announced that Pogba would leave the club for a second time on a free transfer after his contract expires at the
Jun 7, 2022 Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe is the most valuable football player in the world, according Swiss research group CIES Football Observatory, followed by Real Madrid‘s Vinicius Jr. and new Manchester City recruit Erling Haaland. Mbappe, who turned down Real and signed a new three-year deal at PSG last month, topped the list
Jun 6, 2022 The statue of Zinedine Zidane was removed in 2013 after it was criticised for promoting idolatry and encouraged violence. KARIM JAAFAR/AL-WATAN DOHA/AFP via Getty Images A statue immortalising Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt during the 2006 World Cup final will be re-installed in Qatar after it was removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash, the
Jun 6, 2022 Wales interim manager Rob Page has said the game against the United States men’s national team in Qatar is “winnable” after they qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 62 years. Wales secured a 1-0 win over Ukraine in their qualification playoff final on Sunday and will now play
4:39 PM ET Rodrigo Faez Julien Laurens Aurelien Tchouameni is set to join Real Madrid from AS Monaco on a five-year contract, sources have told ESPN. The Champions League winners and the Ligue 1 side have reached an agreement for a deal worth up to €80 million ($86m) plus add-ons with the player set to
6:57 PM ET Danny Lewis The summer transfer window is approaching, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Barcelona look at Gerard Moreno as Plan B to Robert Lewandowski Villarreal frontman Gerard
10:35 AM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Zimmerman has grown in stature through this World Cup cycle, with his form right where it needs to be
1:30 PM ET Jeff Kassouf At 24 years old, Rose Lavelle announced herself to the world with a stunning goal in the 2019 Women’s World Cup final to help beat the Netherlands and seal another trophy for the U.S. women’s national team. She lifted the Bronze Ball later that day, a nod to her superlative
11:38 AM ET Orlando Pride coaches Amanda Cromwell and Sam Greene were placed on temporary administrative leave on Tuesday by the National Women’s Soccer League and NWSLPA, pending an investigation into a violation of the NWSL discrimination, harassment and bullying policy for “alleged retaliation.” The move is part of a broader investigation that began in
12:00 PM ET It was September 2020 when Ansu Fati, aged 17 years and 311 days, curled a sensational right-footed shot past Ukraine‘s Andriy Pyatov to become the youngest-ever goal scorer for Spain‘s national team. It was a record which had stood proudly untouched for 95 years — since Real Union’s Juan Errazquin, a few
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