8:30 AM ET The path to the 2020-21 Champions League final in Istanbul has now reached the knockout phase and the draw for the round of 16 has thrown up some truly heavyweight encounters, with Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain emerging as the outstanding tie of the round as Lionel Messi and Neymar go head-to-head for
Month: December 2020
8:55 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award;
7:45 AM ET Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway says he’s moved on from a controversial decision loss to Alexander Volkanovski in July — but he has not moved on from Volkanovski himself. Holloway (21-6) lost his 145-pound championship to Volkanovski (20-1) in a five-round decision at UFC 245 in 2019, and was granted an
6:00 AM ET CLEVELAND — Chris McNeil’s earliest memory of being at a Cleveland Browns game goes back to 1987. McNeil was 7 years old. The Browns trailed the Jets by 10 with just four minutes remaining in the AFC divisional playoffs. “But I’m standing up on my chair,” McNeil recalls, “yelling, ‘We’re going to
Angelo Mathews has had long-standing hamstring and calf troubles © Getty Images Angelo Mathews is likely to be unavailable for Sri Lanka’s tour of South Africa, thanks to the hamstring injury he sustained during Colombo Kings’ Lanka Premier League semi-final. Just arrived in SA and watched commentary of the @LPLT20 on @ESPNcricinfo…well done @GalleGladiators but
6:30 AM ET Barcelona were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain in the standout tie of the Champions round of 16, which took place on Monday at at 6 a.m. ET (11 a.m. GMT). The clash means that, if fit, Neymar will return to Camp Nou. The last time these teams met in the competition, Barca recovered
5:32 AM ET Adriana Garcia Istanbul Basaksehir assistant coach Pierre Webo has said “there has to be consequences” for an alleged racist incident which saw Paris Saint-Germain and Basaksehir players walk off the pitch during their Champions League clash. UEFA have opened a disciplinary proceeding into Tuesday’s encounter between the two which saw players leave
5:21 AM ET Gerard Houllier has died at the age of 73. Mike Egerton/EMPICS via Getty Images Former France and Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has died at the age of 73. Houllier, who managed Liverpool from 1998 to 2004, won six major trophies as manager of the Anfield side, which included a League Cup, FA Cup
4:59 AM ET Leon lift the Liga MX Guard1anes title after beating Pumas. Cesar Gomez/Jam Media/Getty Images In a year of irregularity, the usually unpredictable Liga MX ended on a note of regularity: the best team won the title. In Sunday’s 2020 Liga MX Guard1anes — named in dedication to Mexico’s healthcare professionals — final, Club
2:02 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger was blunt in his self-assessment after the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ second consecutive loss, a 26-15 defeat to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. “If I don’t play good enough football, then I need to hang it up,” he said. “I still feel like I can do enough things to