6:37 PM ET United States midfielder Julie Ertz said that a “love for the game” gave her the motivation to return to the national team after giving birth to her son last August. Ertz, 30, is taking part in her first USWNT camp since the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and hopes to see the field
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5:19 PM ET Juventus and Internazionale shared the spoils in an energetic 1-1 Coppa Italia semifinal first-leg draw on Tuesday, after a stoppage-time penalty by Romelu Lukaku cancelled out a late goal by home-side midfielder Juan Cuadrado. Juventus could have gone ahead through Angel Di Maria in the fourth minute, but Inter keeper Samir Handanovic
5:36 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Al Nassr routed Al Adalah 5-0 on Tuesday to keep the pressure up at the top of the Saudi Pro League standings. Ronaldo opened the scoring for the visitors five minutes before half-time with a penalty that the 38-year-old drilled into the bottom corner to give the
5:37 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea and Liverpool extended their miserable Premier League seasons by playing out a dismal goalless draw at Stamford Bridge in the home team’s first game since the sacking of manager Graham Potter. Reece James and Kai Havertz saw goals ruled out by VAR for Chelsea and Mateo Kovacic missed an
6:35 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea cannot afford to let their season drift like Tuesday’s performance against Liverpool did. Following Graham Potter’s sacking, the Blues are a club in stasis, temporarily guided by an interim head coach with no experience of leading a side at the highest level. Bruno Saltor, a member of Potter’s backroom
6:49 AM ET The NWSL will expand into the San Francisco Bay Area in 2024 with an ownership group that includes former USWNT stars Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner. The ownership group will be headed by Sixth Street Partners, which has invested $125 million, believed to be the largest institutional investment
11:24 AM ET Switzerland will host the 2025 Women’s European Championship, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Tuesday. In October, UEFA said it had received four bids to host the tournament, including bids from France and Poland as well as a joint bid from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Ukraine had also expressed interest
5:57 AM ET Lionel Messi is unlikely to reach an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain to extend his stay at the club, sources told ESPN. French outlet L’Equipe were first to report the story. Negotiations between the two parties are at a standstill, casting major doubts over the World Cup winner’s future in Paris, according to
8:46 AM ET Chelsea are considering between five and seven different managers to replace Graham Potter as head coach, although Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi is not in the running, sources have told ESPN. Potter was sacked on Sunday after less than seven months in charge as the first managerial appointment of the Todd Boehly/Clearlake
11:47 AM ET Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been banned for eight games by the English Football Association (FA) after pushing referee Chris Kavanagh in his team’s ill-tempered FA Cup quarterfinal loss to Manchester United last month. Mitrovic received a straight red card for his actions, but the FA previously said that the standard three-match