10:58 AM ET Chelsea have completed the signing of Vasco da Gama midfielder Andrey Santos, with sources telling ESPN the fee is in the region of £18 million. Santos, 18, has agreed a long-term contract at Stamford Bridge in a move announced by the Brazilian club on Friday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more
Month: January 2023
6:00 AM ET While Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr signed 37-year-old legend Cristiano Ronaldo primarily to deliver success on the pitch, the arrival of one of the most famous sportsmen on the planet has unsurprisingly coincided with an enormous swell in the club’s social media following. 2 Related Ronaldo left Manchester United on a free
9:11 AM ET Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk will be out for “more than a month” with a hamstring injury as he suffers a fresh injury blow, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday. Van Dijk sustained the injury in Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Brentford on Monday and was substituted at half-time. – Stream on ESPN+:
4:00 AM ET Defending Premier League champions Manchester City may be facing an overhaul in the centre of midfield at the end of the season and are chasing one of the world’s best young players as a result. ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: Al Nassr’s pitch prep for Ronaldo | Prem clubs
5:15 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said the Super League “could be a reality by 2025” as football awaits a court verdict on whether UEFA’s attempts to prevent the breakaway competition’s launch breached European competition law. Last month the European Court of Justice’s Advocate General delivered his non-binding opinion
5:07 AM ET Gianluca Vialli has died after living with cancer. Photo by Chris Ricco – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Former Chelsea and Juventus star Gianluca Vialli has died at age 58 after dealing with cancer for five years. Vialli was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017 and for a second time in 2021. A
5:45 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Violence around the Banorte stadium in Culiacan has led to the postponement of two matches. RASHIDE FRIAS/AFP/Getty Images Thursday’s second division Mexico league match between Dorados and Correcaminos and Friday’s Liga MX match between Mazatlan and Leon have been postponed due to violence in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, both leagues
4:02 PM ET Associated Press Netherlands veteran Daley Blind has signed a deal to join Bayern Munich. Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Bayern Munich signed veteran Netherlands defender Daley Blind on Thursday to cover for the injured Lucas Hernandez. Blind was a free agent after parting ways with Ajax Amsterdam by mutual consent last week with six months
6:01 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN USWNT teen Alyssa Thompson was named the national high-school player of the year in 2022. Ezequiel Becerra/AFP/Getty Images Angel City FC has acquired the top pick in next week’s NWSL draft in a three-team trade involving the Portland Thorns and NY/NJ Gotham FC, the Los Angeles club announced Thursday. Angel City
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Jadon Sancho is working to overcome “physical and mental” issues before returning to the Manchester United team, according to manager Erik ten Hag. Sancho has not featured since October and missed United’s training camp in Spain during the World Cup, instead travelling to the Netherlands to take part in an
4:53 PM ET Manchester City closed the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal back to five points and left Chelsea languishing down in 10th position after a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. After City struggled to make inroads in an unfamiliar formation in the first half, substitutes Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez combined
6:42 PM ET Chelsea boss Graham Potter has said he has “never experienced anything like it” after the club’s injury situation worsened as Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic limped out of Thursday’s 1-0 home defeat to Manchester City. Sterling was forced off after five minutes with Pulisic following him 17 minutes later with a knee
2:09 PM ET Gregg Berhalter has said he would like to continue as United States men’s national team coach into the 2026 World Cup cycle, five days after his contract with the team expired. As well as undertaking a review of the USMNT program after the 2022 World Cup, U.S. Soccer has commissioned an investigation
LONDON — Riyad Mahrez came off the bench to net a 63rd-minute winner as Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Thursday to close the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to five points – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)– Premier League table | Upcoming fixtures Substitute Carney Chukwuemeka hit the
Jan 4, 2023 Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City are eight points behind in the Premier League title race, but Pep Guardiola’s reigning champions are still convincing favourites to lift the trophy for the fifth time in six years. Why? Because they’ve been there and done it, and even with Arsenal setting the pace at the top
9:32 AM ET Tor Kristian-Karlsen Chelsea have wasted little time in this January transfer window. Promising 18-year-old striker David Datro Fofana has completed a move to Stamford Bridge, prodigious 18-year-old Vasco da Gama midfielder Andrey Santos is already in London waiting to finalise his transfer, and now 21-year-old AS Monaco centre-back Benoit Badiashile has signed
11:06 AM ET Becky Sauerbrunn, Alex Morgan, Crystal Dunn and Lindsey Horan head up the United States women’s national team 24-player roster for January camp and matches on Jan. 17 and 20 vs. New Zealand. The USWNT will be playing its first matches in New Zealand in preparation for the Women’s World Cup, which will
11:00 AM ET The battle to stay in the Premier League is intensifying. As the top-flight clubs enter the FA Cup for this weekend’s third round, the break from league action will do little to ease the relegation concerns of the eight teams separated by just five points at the bottom of the table. –
6:03 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Danielle Reyna, wife of former United States men’s national team captain Claudio and mother of current international
8:30 AM ET Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, examining and explaining the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR decisions