8:46 AM ET Marcus Rashford with his MBE. ANDREW MATTHEWS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Marcus Rashford has received his MBE from Prince William in recognition of his campaign to support vulnerable children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Manchester United and England striker collected the award in a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, where he was joined
Month: November 2021
3:59 PM ET San Diego’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) expansion team that will start playing next year with former U.S. women’s national team coach Jill Ellis as president will be known as Wave Fútbol Club, they said on Tuesday. – Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access– ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup,
11:54 AM ET Becky Sauerbrunn, Rose Lavelle and Catarina Macario were named in coach Vlatko Andonovski’s 22-player United States women’s national team (USWNT) who head to Australia for two matches to end the 2021 schedule. The USWNT roster features 10 players from the 2020 Olympic squad and 12 players with 10 caps or less —
3:34 PM ET United States international striker Ricardo Pepi said it will be a “special feeling” for him when the U.S. takes on Mexico in World Cup qualifying on Friday (stream LIVE on ESPN2, 9 p.m. ET). Growing up in El Paso, Texas, the United States-Mexico soccer rivalry was always appointment viewing in Pepi’s household.
9:55 AM ET We’ve reached the nail-biting conclusion of the group stage in ESPN’s Battle of the Leagues, presented by EA Sports FIFA 22, and after bidding farewell to the four eliminated teams after the group stage — LaLiga, Eredivisie, Major League Soccer and Liga MX — we are ready for the semifinals. Mark Ogden’s
4:17 PM ET Associated Press U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu was knocked out of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz after a 6-1, 6-7 (0), 7-5 defeat to Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Briton, who was the top seed at a WTA event for the first time, held serve in the opening game
12:21 PM ET Mark Ogden Julien Laurens It’s been a long time since we’ve seen so many high-profile moves in one month, but the 2021 summer transfer window saw the game’s two best players of the modern era, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, joining new clubs. Ronaldo made a sensational return to his former club,
4:01 PM ET Northern Illinois coach Thomas Hammock has agreed to a contract extension with the school through the 2026 season. Hammock, 40, is a former NIU running back who has led the Huskies to a 6-3 record this fall, a year after the team went winless during the COVID-shortened 2020 season. He is 11-16
9:00 AM ET The United States and Mexico face off in World Cup qualifying this Friday at Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium (stream LIVE on ESPN2, 9 p.m. ET). Stakes and emotions are always high when these sides clash, especially after two epic summer matches in tournament finals. Will the U.S. make it three in a row
1:36 PM ET UFC lightweight Michael Chandler might have lost to Justin Gaethje last weekend in New York — but he appears to have caught Conor McGregor‘s attention in doing so. Chandler (22-7) suffered a unanimous decision loss to Gaethje at UFC 268 on Saturday in a three-round bout that is the likely front-runner for