9:06 AM ET Associated Press FIFA is getting into the streaming platform business with a football version of Netflix and Amazon Prime. The service is free and largely will feature documentaries and some live games at the launch, but it could eventually be a way for FIFA to broadcast World Cup matches itself at a
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8:21 AM ET Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca said on Tuesday he will reinforce his “substantial and credible” bid for Chelsea, promising significant investment to make the club “habitual winners.” The New York-based merchant bank Raine Group have set a final deadline of Thursday for bids to be submitted with Pagliuca’s proposal one of four
7:12 AM ET Antonio Conte is pushing Tottenham to make Dejan Kulusevski‘s loan move from Juventus permanent at the end of the season, sources have told ESPN. Spurs signed the Sweden international in January on an initial 18-month deal worth €10 million with an option for a permanent transfer set at €30m. – ESPN+ viewers’
1:12 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal said the treatment he had undergone for an aggressive form of prostate cancer had been successful. The 70-year-old former Manchester United and Barcelona manager revealed his diagnosis on a Dutch television show earlier this month. – ESPN+: World Cup chat
5:00 AM ET Gabriele Marcotti Mark Ogden Dear Richard Arnold and Joel Glazer: Another summer of change is approaching at your club, Manchester United, and with it, you hope, another period of introspection searching for the answer to this basic question: “How do we go back to being what we were on the pitch?” We
7:45 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur were struggling in ninth position, already five points adrift of a top-four spot in the Premier League, when Antonio Conte was charged with saving the club’s season last November. A month later, Ralf Rangnick started his role as interim manager at Manchester United with his team sitting in seventh and
4:31 PM ET Associated Press Former Colombia midfielder Freddy Rincon was seriously injured in a car crash in Cali on Monday. A local clinic said in a statement that the 55-year-old Rincon was undergoing surgery. “Freddy Rincon came in with severe head trauma, his condition is very serious,” clinic director Laureano Quintero said. Freddy Rincon
4:55 PM ET After a thrillingly dramatic Los Angeles derby, in which the LA Galaxy knocked LAFC off their perch atop Major League Soccer, we have a new team on top of the order. Not only are the Philadelphia Union unbeaten in 2022, since their opening-day draw against Minnesota United FC, they’ve won five in
12:09 PM ET UEFA on Monday ordered the partial closure of Atletico Madrid‘s Wanda Metropolitano Stadium for their Champions League quarterfinal second leg against Manchester City on Wednesday over the “discriminatory behaviour” of their supporters. Kevin De Bruyne‘s 70th minute goal earned City a 1-0 win at home in the first leg last Tuesday, after
9:00 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Casemiro has called on Real Madrid fans to stop whistling Gareth Bale, and said “when you whistle a player like that, you’re whistling the history of this club.” Bale was jeered on Saturday when he came on as a 74th minute substitute during Madrid’s 2-0 LaLiga win over