Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Dec 5, 2023, 05:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jude Bellingham collected the 2023 Golden Boy Award for Europe’s best under-21 player on Monday, receiving a record-breaking 485 of a possible 500 points from the jury. The Real Madrid midfielder has had a flying start to life at the Bernabeu, scoring
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Dec 5, 2023, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham was crowned Europe’s “Golden Boy” in an award ceremony on Monday night that recognises the best player under the age of 21 across Europe’s top leagues in the calendar year of 2023. And what a year it has been for the
Open Extended Reactions Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s £1.25 billion ($1.57bn) investment in Manchester United will be confirmed next week and could be finalised as early as Monday, a source familiar with the sale process has told ESPN. Ratcliffe, Britain’s second-richest person with a net worth estimated at £29.6bn by the 2023 Sunday Times Rich List, has
Dec 5, 2023, 11:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi has been named Time Magazine’s Athlete of the Year for 2023 after his move to the United States to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami. Messi joins the likes of Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, LeBron James and the Untied States women’s national team
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 5, 2023, 08:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said Manchester City‘s performances in the draws against Liverpool and Tottenham have convinced him that his team will win the Premier League title again this season. City have drawn their last three games against Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham and dropped to third
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Dec 5, 2023, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen will be out until 2024 with a back injury, a source has told ESPN. Ter Stegen, 31, will undergo a “surgical procedure” later this week in an attempt to fix the problem which has kept him out
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 5, 2023, 06:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United had a positive first season under manager Erik ten Hag. It was meant to be the foundation for the Dutchman to take his team onto bigger and better things, but after four months of this campaign, the mood around Old Trafford is
Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta insisted on Monday he wants Aaron Ramsdale to stay at Arsenal despite mounting speculation over a January move away from the club. The 25-year-old has started just one Premier League game since Sept. 3 with summer loan signing David Raya replacing him as the Gunners’ No. 1. – Stream on
ESPN News Services Dec 4, 2023, 01:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States women close out their 2023 schedule this week in Frisco, Texas, where they will hope to take another step toward forging a new identity and establishing better tactics, interim head coach Twila Kilgore said on Monday. Kilgore, speaking to reporters
Associated Press Dec 4, 2023, 04:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fourteen U.S. cities will play host to Copa América next summer, with the semifinals in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Charlotte, North Carolina, ahead of the July 14 championship in Miami Gardens, Florida. The governing bodies of South America and of North and Central