5:35 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Joan Laporta said he had hoped Lionel Messi would offer to play for free when it became apparent the club could not afford to keep him. Messi, 34, accepted a salary reduction of 50% but Barca were still unable to register him with LaLiga due to
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5:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are fully behind manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and will not be swayed by the “Ole Out” campaign on social media, according to the club’s football director John Murtough. Solskjaer has come under fire after a disappointing run of results that has seen United win just two of their
10:09 AM ET England manager Gareth Southgate has rejected the claim that most of his players have not been vaccinated. Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images Gareth Southgate has defended his England players’ reluctance to clarify their COVID-19 vaccination status by claiming “medical confidentiality is being totally overlooked in a lot of areas.” The
11:00 AM ET Kevin De Bruyne played with painkilling injections at the Euros. There has to be a better solution to avoid players being worn out due to the grueling club and country schedule. Meng Dingbo/Xinhua via Getty Images Last April, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola sounded the alarm, complaining that UEFA and FIFA were “killing”
6:20 PM ET Adam Brown The summer transfer window was unlike any other; see all the major deals and check out how we graded the biggest signings. And just because the window is shut until January, that doesn’t mean the rumours won’t keep coming. Here is the latest gossip and speculation. TOP STORY: PSG, Liverpool,
9:39 PM ET Ricardo Pepi netted two second-half goals to lead the United States to a 2-0 win over Jamaica in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying in Austin, Texas on Thursday night. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more– Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access Walker Zimmerman, Yunus Musah and Paul Arriola were
4:47 PM ET World champions France recovered from two goals down to beat Belgium 3-2 in a thrilling UEFA Nations League semifinal on Thursday with a last minute strike from Theo Hernandez securing a place in Sunday’s showpiece match against Spain. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more– Don’t have ESPN? Get
11:45 PM ET Eric Gomez Jorge Sanchez scored in the first half for Mexico before Jonathan Osorio equalized, dropping Mexico to second place on goal difference in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying following a 1-1 draw against Canada in Mexico City. The United States and Mexico currently have eight points after four games, but the Americans,
4:02 PM ET Associated Press A U.S. federal magistrate judge in Nevada is siding with Cristiano Ronaldo‘s lawyers against a woman who sued for more than the $375,000 in hush money she received in 2010 after saying the international football star raped her in Las Vegas. In a scathing recommendation to the judge hearing the
5:30 PM ET Jesse Lingard has started just once for Manchester United this season, a Carabao Cup defeat to West Ham United. Michael Regan/Getty Images Midfielder Jesse Lingard has said he is “not doing any harm at the moment” to his England career by staying at Manchester United. The 28-year-old turned down interest from several clubs