11:30 AM ET Visit Saudi will not be a sponsor at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand later this year, but FIFA president Gianni Infantino has not ruled out future commercial opportunities for gulf nation in women’s football. The Saudi Arabia tourism board had been touted as a potential sponsor of the
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9:12 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are meeting with the two most high-profile bidders, consortiums led by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, on Thursday and Friday ahead of what are expected to be improved offers for control of the club, sources have told ESPN. Sources said that representatives of
6:11 AM ET Gianni Infantino was reelected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday. Infantino stood unopposed, making his reelection as head of football’s governing body a formality, even if he is not universally popular among member associations for a range of reasons, including pushing for a failed plan to
8:27 AM ET The Women’s World Cup is getting $150 million in prize money, a 300% increase over 2019 but still only about a third of the $440m the men got in Qatar 2022. Although the $150m fund for the first 32-team tournament is a huge boost from the $30m for the 24-team edition in
9:00 AM ET United States forward Christian Pulisic told ESPN the team does not need to make wholesale changes as it looks for a new head coach and said the controversy surrounding Gregg Berhalter and the Reyna family has been “extremely childish.” Berhalter has been allowed to remain as a candidate for the vacant U.S.
7:57 PM ET Associated Press Bolivia’s soccer federation suspended six match officials after they added 42 minutes in a top-division league match. Palmaflor beat Blooming 3-2 on Monday in a match that was later revised by the country’s refereeing commission. The 132-minute clash took place under heavy rains in the city of Chapare, in the
10:14 PM ET Tigres UANL moved on to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League after a 1-1 draw with Orlando City SC at Exploria Stadium on Wednesday saw the Liga MX side move advance on away goals. The two teams came into the match level at 0-0 on aggregate following the scoreless first leg
6:15 PM ET MADRID — Karim Benzema‘s second-half goal earned Real Madrid a 1-0 win against Liverpool, clinching a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals for the defending title holders. The result at the Santiago Bernabeu completed a 6-2 aggregate victory for Carlo Ancelotti’s side in the round of 16. With Liverpool needing to win
7:49 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti praised Luka Modric and Toni Kroos after the veteran midfielders starred in Real Madrid‘s 1-0 Champions League round-of-16 win over Liverpool on Wednesday. Karim Benzema scored in the 78th minute with Vinicius Junior providing the assist as holders Madrid overcame last year’s beaten finalists Liverpool 6-2
3:18 PM ET The United States men’s national team will play the March CONCACAF Nations League matches without injured Leeds United midfielder Tyler Adams but with Borussia Dortmund winger Giovanni Reyna, along with 12 other players from European club rosters, U.S. Soccer said Wednesday. The matches at Grenada on March 24 and against El Salvador