6:25 AM ET The summer transfer window is into its final month for the major European leagues, which means the biggest clubs are looking to make a splash in the market before the new season begins. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Tottenham keen to land Chelsea’s
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3:00 AM ET Slipped quietly into the arguments promoting the formation of April’s doomed European Super League was a suggestion that the Premier League‘s “Big Six” were all on board. Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur all signed up for the project that collapsed in a matter of days, as fans
5:08 PM ET Shakhtar Donetsk, RB Salzburg and Sheriff Tiraspol edged closer to the lucrative Champions League group stage after beating their respective opponents in the first legs of their playoff-round ties on Tuesday. A Pedrinho goal gave Shakhtar a 1-0 win at Monaco while Salzburg fought back from a goal down to beat Brondby
4:38 PM ET Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 to win the German Super Cup on Tuesday, continuing a superb run of form that saw him score 41 goals last season in the Bundesliga. Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer pulled off two great saves to deny Marco Reus and Erling Haaland
5:02 PM ET They won the final training match on Tuesday morning. Of course they did. During only his full second practice with the whole Paris Saint-Germain squad, Lionel Messi was on the winning side, and what teammates he had to work with: Keylor Navas, Neymar, Angel Di Maria, Julian Draxler and Kylian Mbappe. Their
8:18 PM ET Danny Lewis The summer transfer window is into its final month for the major European leagues, which means the biggest clubs are looking to make a splash in the market before the new season begins. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Arsenal are close
8:32 PM ET A grievance filed by the MLS Players Association on behalf of Atlanta United players over the denial of mandated days off has been found to be true by MLS, and the players will be compensated for those days as a result, sources have told ESPN. The decision amounts to what will likely
7:07 AM ET United States women’s national team and OL Reign forward Megan Rapinoe told ESPN she doesn’t know what her playing future looks like and she will “need to take some time to think about it.” Rapinoe, 36, was part of the U.S. squad that won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, and she will
9:23 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has denied that he wants to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to the club. Spanish late-night TV show El Chiringuito had claimed on Monday night that a sensational return for the forward was in the cards, three years after he signed for Juventus. “Cristiano
3:39 PM ET Algeria will be aiming to defend their Africa Cup of Nations trophy. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images Holders Algeria have been drawn in a group alongside Ivory Coast in the group stage for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Hosts Cameroon face 2013 finalists Burkina Faso as well as Ethiopia and Cape Verde.