5:17 AM ET Great Britain’s football team will take a knee before their matches at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, it was announced on Thursday. Earlier this month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) relaxed its policy on allowing athletes to protest at the Games but reiterated it was not acceptable on the podium. – Stream
Football
4:00 AM ET The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the world of football, and while the summer transfer window will open as normal across Europe (just like the January window), this summer’s budgets for clubs are expected to be hit hard again. 2 Related Clubs spent nearly €1.5 billion less ($1.9bn) in summer 2020 than
4:50 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have opened talks over a swap deal involving Antoine Griezmann and Saul Niguez, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN. Griezmann, 30, left Atletico for Barca in 2019 for a fee of €120 million, but the Catalan club are open to letting him leave this
3:45 PM ET Major League Soccer announced plans on Wednesday for CF Montreal and Toronto FC to begin playing select games in their home venues. The decision is based on updated public health legislation enacted on July 5 by the Canadian government that eased travel restrictions between the U.S. and Canada due to the COVID-19
1:10 PM ET Taylor Booth in action for Bayern Munich II. Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images U.S. youth international Taylor Booth is in talks with club side Bayern Munich about a new contract, and could be loaned out to a club in either Austria or Portugal sources have told ESPN. Booth, 20, already has experience in the Austrian
1:41 PM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Gianluigi Donnarumma has completed a move to Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, signing a five-year deal, the Ligue 1 club announced on Wednesday. The Italy goalkeeper was seen leaving his team’s hotel in Rome the day after the 1-0 Group A win over Wales at Euro 2020 to
6:02 AM ET Adriana Garcia Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo during their time at Real Madrid. Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Real Madrid president Florentino Perez called Cristiano Ronaldo an “imbecile” and Jose Mourinho “abnormal” while he also stated the two had “huge egos” in two audio recordings from 2012 that were leaked on Wednesday. Both Portuguese
1:04 PM ET Casey Stoney was announced as the first manager of NWSL expansion team San Diego on Wednesday. Charlotte Tattersall/Getty Images Former Manchester United Women’s boss Casey Stoney has been appointed as the new San Diego NWSL manager, the club announced on Wednesday. Stoney will become the first head coach in the expansion team’s history,
12:55 PM ET Czech Republic striker Patrik Schick‘s stunning long-range effort against Scotland in the Euro 2020 group stage has been voted the Goal of the Tournament, European soccer’s governing body UEFA said on Wednesday. Having spotted goalkeeper David Marshall stranded far off his line, Schick fired a curling, looping effort from just inside the
11:22 AM ET Major League Soccer will let fans pick an XI, this time for players for seven specific positions, for the 2021 All-Star Game on Aug. 25 as the league announced the player selection process on Wednesday. The match, which will see the MLS All-Stars square off against their counterparts from LIGA MX, is