5:35 PM ET Sam Allardyce will step down as West Bromwich Albion manager at the end of the season, the club said after Wednesday’s 3-1 home defeat by West Ham United in the Premier League. Allardyce took charge in December after Slaven Bilic was sacked but was unable to save the Midlands club from an
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2:41 PM ET The United Soccer League and USL Championship side Loudoun United announced that they are launching an investigation into allegations of fans racially abusing players from New York Red Bulls II. The alleged incidents took place in Tuesday’s match between the two sides. One incident in particular was highlighted on social media in
May 18, 2021 Andrew Cesare Richardson Italy has long been seen as one of the fashion capitals of the world and the country’s top soccer league, Serie A, has produced some of the most aesthetically pleasing kits ever seen in the game. Football’s history is illustrated with many iconic images of Italian teams and star
9:32 AM ET Peter Lawwell will leave Celtic this summer. Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images Police are investigating the cause of a fire and explosion at the home of Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Lawwell and his family managed to escape their home, and no one was injured in
8:02 AM ET Germany boss Joachim Low has recalled Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels to the squad for the European Championship. Muller, 31, and Hummels, 32, are both included having been told by Low that their international careers were over in March 2019. He moved the duo aside, along with Jerome Boateng, in an overhaul
5:04 AM ET Associated Press Saudi Arabia’s football federation has formally asked FIFA to look at staging biennial World Cups for men and women, football’s world body said Tuesday. The proposal “requesting a feasibility study to be carried out on the impact” of playing both tournaments every two years will be put to the FIFA
6:29 AM ET Adriana Garcia Real Madrid have topped the 2021 Brand Finance list as the most valuable football club brand in the world for a third straight year. Despite suffering a 10% drop in its brand value, the Spanish giants head the world rankings with a €1.27 billion valuation, ahead of La Liga rivals
8:15 AM ET The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Chelsea launch £80m bid for Sancho Chelsea are stepping up
Graham Hunter’s view Whether this season of remarkable discoveries (Pedri, Ilaix Moriba, Ansu Fati) and remarkable evolutions (Frenkie De Jong, Oscar Mingueza, Ronald Araujo and Ousmane Dembele) has been enough to convince Messi to stay at Barcelona is a hot topic. And a confusing one. Is he keen to leave? No. Will his family be
9:10 PM ET Barcelona great Xavi Hernandez has rejected a role to become Brazil‘s assistant manager ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, sources have told ESPN Brasil. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– La Liga on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) Xavi, who coaches Qatari club Al