Month: June 2022

9:56 PM ET Associated Press Sophia Smith celebrates the first of her two goals against Colombia. Omar Vega/Getty Images Sophia Smith scored twice in the second half and the U.S. women’s national team beat Colombia 3-0 on Saturday night to extend its home unbeaten streak to 68 games. Taylor Kornieck, making her national team debut, added
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5:39 PM ET Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan each had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Sounders defeated visiting Sporting Kansas City 3-0 on Saturday afternoon. Will Bruin also scored for the streaking Sounders (7-6-2, 23 points), who improved to 5-1-1 in their past seven games to move above the playoff line in
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3:48 PM ET Arsenal will make a new offer to secure the services of Leeds star Raphinha. Naomi Baker/Getty Images The summer transfer window is here, 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:
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11:53 AM ET LAFC is close to a deal to bring Real Madrid and Wales star Gareth Bale to Major League Soccer, sources have told ESPN. The blockbuster move would be a free transfer as Bale’s contract is up with Real Madrid and is expected to be completed using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM), as first
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6:21 AM ET Adriana Garcia Kylian Mbappe has said winning a first Champions League is Paris Saint-Germain‘s “clear and announced objective” for the upcoming season. Boasting an attacking trio of Mbappe, Neymar and Lionel Messi this past season, PSG crashed out of Europe’s elite club competition in the round of 16 at the hands of
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8:44 AM ET Manchester City and Arsenal have agreed terms over the transfer of Gabriel Jesus on Saturday, sources have told ESPN. Arsenal will pay £45 million plus a further £10m in add-ons for the Brazil international striker with only paperwork and a medical standing in the way of a deal being completed. – ESPN+
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5:44 PM ET U.S. women’s national team star Megan Rapinoe called Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion “sad” and “cruel.” The Supreme Court on Friday voted 5-4 to overturn Roe v. Wade, a decision expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The ruling
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7:27 PM ET Associated Press Ernesto Valverde won two LaLiga titles with Barcelona before being sacked in January 2020. Eric Alonso/MB Media/Getty Images Ernesto Valverde appears set to return to coaching at Athletic Bilbao after a candidate who pledged to sign him won the election for the presidency of the Spanish club on Friday. Jon Uriarte
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5:07 PM ET Beth Mead and Lauren Hemp celebrate during England’s 5-1 victory over the Netherlands. George Wood/Getty Images A dominant second-half display from hosts England secured a thumping 5-1 victory over the Netherlands in a Women’s Euro 2022 warm-up match at Elland Road on Friday. England coach Sarina Wiegman led the Dutch to the European
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3:10 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Nestor Araujo made 136 appearances for Celta Vigo, scoring four goals. David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images Liga MX giants Club America have announced the signings of Jurgen Damm and Mexican international Nestor Araujo. The news was made official on Friday, just eight days away from the team’s 2022 Apertura season-opener against Atlas on
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4:49 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Kosovare Asllani joined Real Madrid in 2019, when the club was still called CD Tacon. Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Real Madrid forward Kosovare Asllani has said there is an “unhealthy and dangerous environment” around the club’s women’s team, alleging the squad have been “constantly pushed to play injured.”
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6:48 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent A dividend payment being made to Manchester United owners the Glazer family has been branded “indefensible” by the club’s independent supporters’ trust. The Glazers, including executive co-chairmen Joel and Avram, are set to receive the bulk of an £11 million payment being made to shareholders on Friday. – Insider Notebook:
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Jun 23, 2022 Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid will travel to newly promoted Almeria on the opening weekend of the 2022-23 LaLiga season, while Barcelona host Rayo Vallecano — with the two giants meeting in the campaign’s first Clasico on the weekend of Oct. 16 — after the fixture list was released by the
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12:56 PM ET Wayne Rooney has told Derby County that he wishes to leave his role as manager with immediate effect, the club announced Friday. The news comes after Derby were relegated from the Championship to third-tier League One this past season having being handed two separate points deductions for entering administration and breaching financial
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