Month: August 2023

Arsenal have suffered a major setback, with team confirming that new signing Jurriën Timber will undergo surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The £34 million ($43m) arrival suffered the injury on his competitive debut, limping off after 50 minutes of last weekend’s 2-1 Premier League win over Nottingham Forest. No timescale

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterAug 16, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 SYDNEY — It was sheer pragmatic, controlled aggression from England that ended Australia‘s fairy tale. Not even Sam

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 16, 2023, 04:22 AM ET Manchester City have accepted a bid from Al Nassr for Aymeric Laporte, sources have told ESPN. The offer, as yet undisclosed, has met City’s valuation of the centre-back and he is free to discuss terms with the Saudi Pro League side. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,

Sophie Lawson Aug 15, 2023, 06:00 AM ET SYDNEY — With almost all the eyes in the country trained on her, Mackenzie Arnold — “Macca” to her friends — wrote her name into Australia‘s sporting legend with her gargantuan goalkeeping performance during the penalty shootout against France in the Matildas’ Women’s World Cup quarterfinal on

Chelsea are closing in on a deal for Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise after agreeing to trigger his £35 million ($45m) release clause, sources have told ESPN. The 21-year-old is keen on a move to Stamford Bridge and will now finalise personal terms ahead of a medical, although he is sidelined for several weeks with

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentAug 15, 2023, 01:53 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. An investor group headed by Chicago Cubs co-owner and Chicago Sky minority owner Laura Ricketts has reached an agreement in principle to acquire the NWSL‘s Chicago Red Stars, the group announced on

Aug 15, 2023, 11:13 AM ET Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne could be out for up to four months after suffering a hamstring injury in the opening Premier League game of the season, manager Pep Guardiola said on the eve of their UEFA Super Cup clash against Sevilla. The Belgium international left the field

Simon Hooper and Michael Salisbury will not be included in the referee appointments for next weekend’s Premier League games after they failed to award a stoppage-time penalty to Wolverhampton Wanderers in Monday night’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford. Goalkeeper André Onana clattered into Wolves’ Sasa Kalajdzic in the sixth added minute at

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — It was written in the script that this semifinal would be settled by a decisive set piece. The twist in the tale, however, was that it was scored by Spain, rather than Sweden, to secure La Roja‘s first-ever Women’s World Cup final appearance. By doing so with their 2-1 win at

Olga Carmona struck late to lift Spain to a thrilling 2-1 win over Sweden on Tuesday and send the Iberians into a first Women’s World Cup final. Carmona’s 90th-minute strike from long-range pinged off the crossbar and into the goal two minutes after Rebecka Blomqvist had levelled the match for Sweden in front of a