Month: June 2020

7:44 AM ET Orlando City captain Nani has told ESPN that former Manchester United and international teammate Cristiano Ronaldo has said he will “probably” end up in Major League Soccer before he retires. Ronaldo, 35, joined Juventus on a four-year deal in 2018 after a nine-year stint at Real Madrid, where he won the Ballon
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9:35 AM ET Lisbon will host this season’s Champions League final in August after UEFA confirmed that the final stages of the 2019-20 competition will be held in the Portuguese capital rather than Istanbul, as originally planned. Following a meeting of UEFA’s Executive Committee on Wednesday, it has also been announced that the Champions League
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1:36 PM ET Aston Villa, Sheffield United players take a knee. SHAUN BOTTERILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Aston Villa and Sheffield United re-started the Premier League on Wednesday after a 100-day hiatus caused by the COVID-19 health crisis with a strong statement of support for the worldwide protests against racism by kneeling once the whistle for kick-off
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12:13 PM ET ESPN.com staff The 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes will take place Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The 2020 edition will of course look different, with no spectators allowed and the race distance shortened to 1⅛ miles instead of its traditional 1½ miles. The Belmont also will be the
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1:03 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The lawsuits calling for the public release of emails between the New Orleans Saints and the local Roman Catholic Archdiocese have mostly been put on hold since the archdiocese filed for bankruptcy last month, but new details in a Sports Illustrated report on the case confirm that a team
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12:55 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott said rookie quarterback Jake Fromm has communicated with the team on “more than one occasion” after texts surfaced earlier this month of Fromm suggesting guns should be priced to a point where “only elite white people can afford them.” Although McDermott commended Fromm for how
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