4:36 PM ET Chelsea have identified outgoing Liverpool transfer supremo Michael Edwards as the leading candidate to become sporting director at Stamford Bridge, sources have told ESPN, following confirmation that senior executive Marina Granovskaia will leave the club later this summer. Edwards, who joined Liverpool from Tottenham to become head of performance and analysis at
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5:39 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain are set to hire Nice‘s Christophe Galtier as the club’s next manager, sources have told ESPN. The Ligue 1 champions have reached an agreement with Nice and Galtier, with an official announcement expected in the coming days. PSG will pay a fee of around €10 million to Nice — where
3:40 PM ET Associated Press Bryan Reynolds, who has made two appearances for the USMNT, is being loaned to Belgian club Westerlo. Getty Images United States defender Bryan Reynolds has been loaned from AS Roma to Belgian club Westerlo for the 2022-23 season. The newly promoted first-division club announced the arrival of Reynolds on Tuesday. –
10:00 AM ET Jeff Kassouf Megan Rapinoe is aware of the elephant in the room. She turns 37 soon and she has started only one game for OL Reign this season in the National Women’s Soccer League season due to injuries. Still, U.S. women’s national team head coach Vlatko Andonovski selected her for the 23-player
4:04 AM ET Marina Granovskaia has follow chairman Bruce Buck in exiting Chelsea. Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia has left the club, it was announced on Wednesday. Granovskaia follows chairman Bruce Buck in leaving the Premier League club following the takeover in May by a consortium led by LA Dodgers owner Todd Boehly. The
4:36 AM ET Adriana Garcia Jennifer Hermoso is Barcelona Femeni’s all-time leading scorer with 174 goals. Chris Ricco – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Mexican club Pachuca have completed the signing of 2021 FIFA’s The Best runner-up Jennifer Hermoso on a free transfer as she announced her departure from Barcelona. Hermoso, who is Barca Femeni’s all-time leading
7:21 AM ET Sadio Mane has completed his move to Bayern Munich, ending a six-year spell with Liverpool in which he helped end their 30-year wait for a league title, as well as winning the Champions League. Sources told ESPN on Friday that Mane reached an agreement with Bayern, who won their 10th consecutive Bundesliga
8:58 AM ET Associated Press Russia have been banned from international and European competitions following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Getty Russian appeals against bans from international football because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine are set to be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in July. The court on July 5 will hear
3:00 AM ET The transfer window for the English Premier League and French Ligue 1 is already open, but the rest of Europe is springing into life on July 1 when some of the big deals already agreed will go through officially. ESPN’s writers have everything you need to know about the top teams’ hopes
9:35 AM ET At a training session last month in Kansas City for an away game against the KC Current, Racing Louisville goalkeeper Jordyn Bloomer was injured when one of the goals she was standing in front of reportedly fell over and hit her in the leg. Kim Björkegren, Racing Louisville’s frustrated head coach, complained