8:00 AM ET What might go down as Aly Wagner’s greatest assist occurred long after she retired as a professional soccer player. It came in the summer of 2022, when she pitched Charlotte Waxman, the wife of Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman, on the virtues of a NWSL expansion team in the San Francisco Bay
Month: April 2023
10:32 PM ET Liverpool have called for an end to “vile chants” about the Hillsborough Stadium disaster after they were heard during Tuesday’s goalless Premier League draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The 1989 FA Cup semifinal was the scene of Britain’s worst sporting disaster when 97 Liverpool fans lost their lives after a crush
4:53 PM ET Chelsea and Liverpool were both left frustrated after a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday in the home side’s first game since the dismissal of Graham Potter as manager. Chelsea, under the charge of interim boss Bruno Saltor, were the better, more dangerous team but, as so often during Potter’s ill-fated
6:35 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea cannot afford to let their season drift like Tuesday’s performance against Liverpool did. Following Graham Potter’s sacking, the Blues are a club in stasis, temporarily guided by an interim head coach with no experience of leading a side at the highest level. Bruno Saltor, a member of Potter’s backroom
4:05 PM ET Associated Press Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior testified Tuesday against a Mallorca fan accused of racially insulting him at a LaLiga game, saying he will not accept an apology. Vinicius provided testimony to a judge analysing evidence against the fan accused of directing a racial slur at the Brazil forward in a
5:37 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea and Liverpool extended their miserable Premier League seasons by playing out a dismal goalless draw at Stamford Bridge in the home team’s first game since the sacking of manager Graham Potter. Reece James and Kai Havertz saw goals ruled out by VAR for Chelsea and Mateo Kovacic missed an
1:18 PM ET Manchester United will face Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund in July in Las Vegas as a part of the club’s summer tour to the United States, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The match will be played at the Allegiant Stadium on July 30 and is the second fixture of the tour,
1:42 PM ET Cesar Hernandez The match between Club America and Leon spiraled into chaos after referee Fernando Hernandez kneed Lucas Romero in the groin. no_source Liga MX referee Fernando Hernandez was given a 12-game suspension after kneeing Leon’s Lucas Romero in the groin during a regular season match in Week 13, the league’s disciplinary committee
8:39 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has said the side’s three previous Clasico wins this season mean nothing and Real Madrid are the favourites heading into Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semifinal. Barca have won four of their six meetings with Madrid since Xavi took charge, including the last three, and
11:47 AM ET Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been banned for eight games by the English Football Association (FA) after pushing referee Chris Kavanagh in his team’s ill-tempered FA Cup quarterfinal loss to Manchester United last month. Mitrovic received a straight red card for his actions, but the FA previously said that the standard three-match
8:46 AM ET Chelsea are considering between five and seven different managers to replace Graham Potter as head coach, although Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi is not in the running, sources have told ESPN. Potter was sacked on Sunday after less than seven months in charge as the first managerial appointment of the Todd Boehly/Clearlake
5:57 AM ET Lionel Messi is unlikely to reach an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain to extend his stay at the club, sources told ESPN. French outlet L’Equipe were first to report the story. Negotiations between the two parties are at a standstill, casting major doubts over the World Cup winner’s future in Paris, according to
5:00 AM ET Luke Shaw has signed a long-term contract extension at Manchester United, the club announced on Tuesday. The England international has put pen to paper on a new four-year deal that will see him stay at Old Trafford until June 2027. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Last month, sources told
8:37 AM ET Jaouen Hadjam has made nine league appearances for Nantes since signing for the club in January. Jean Catuffe/Getty Images Algeria defender Jaouen Hadjam was dropped from Nantes‘ squad before their defeat to Stade de Reims in Ligue 1 on Sunday after insisting on not breaking his Ramadan fast, his manager Antoine Kombouare said.
8:23 PM ET Interim Tottenham Hotspur coach Cristian Stellini brushed aside chants from Everton fans calling Harry Kane a cheat after his dust-up with Abdoulaye Doucoure saw the Mali international sent off at Goodison Park. Michael Keane‘s late strike from distance cancelled out Kane’s penalty on 68 minutes in the 1-1 draw, but it was
10:33 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, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR
2:54 PM ET United States women’s defender Tierna Davidson wants to see her team use its “influential voice” to advocate for equal treatment of female players in countries around the globe. Davidson, who was on the USWNT that won the World Cup in France four years ago, was announced as the newest member of the
5:21 PM ET Associated Press Michael Keane made amends for giving away a penalty by scoring from a long-range strike in the 90th minute to earn Everton a 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur in a feisty English Premier League game on Monday that saw both teams finish with 10 men. Some Everton fans jumped over
4:37 PM ET Associated Press Alex Ferguson is getting another medal to add to his extensive collection. Forty years later, some of the key people behind Scottish team Aberdeen’s win over Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1983 have been granted medals by UEFA. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more
5:50 AM ET Wrexham beat Oldham 5-1 on Saturday to hit a century of points in the National League. Eddie Garvey/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images Wrexham hit 100 points in the National League on Saturday as they strengthened their bid for promotion to the English Football League in their second full season under the ownership of