5:01 AM ET England boss Sarina Wiegman said it is too early to rule Beth Mead out of the World Cup. Photo by Harriet Lander – The FA/The FA via Getty Images England manager Sarina Wiegman said it is too “early” to assess whether Beth Mead will recover from her ACL injury in time for the
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7:00 AM ET “My favourite goal is the one from Dimitri Payet, then Kylian Mbappe, and then Francisco Gonzalez Metilli.” Marcin Oleksy is giving his verdict on the top goals among the nominations for the 2022 Puskas Award, FIFA’s prize for the best goal scored by anyone, anywhere over the course of the year. –
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has defended striker Wout Weghorst despite scoring just one goal since his loan move to Old Trafford. Weghorst has started United’s last six games since arriving from Burnley in January but has found the net just once in the 3-0 over Nottingham Forest in
5:51 PM ET Sheffield United forward Billy Sharp accused Wrexham‘s players of being “disrespectful” to the EFL Championship team after scoring the goal that ended the FA Cup hopes of the National League side owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. And the bad feeling between the two sides spilled over after the
4:51 PM ET Wrexham‘s fairytale FA Cup run was finally ended by Sheffield United, thanks to two stoppage-time goals that gave the Championship side a 3-1 victory over their non-league opponents in Tuesday’s FA Cup fourth-round replay at Bramall Lane. After a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first match in Wrexham, the National League side
1:10 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC LaLiga has filed a formal complaint with a court in Mallorca after Vinicius Junior was racially abused by a fan during Real Madrid‘s 1-0 league defeat to Real Mallorca on Sunday. TV cameras picked up a fan shouting racist chants at Vinicius during the game. “After analysing the images
10:39 AM ET Chelsea are increasingly confident Thiago Silva will sign a new one-year contract through to 2024, sources have told ESPN. The defender’s existing deal expires at the end of the season but there is a desire on all sides to extend his stay, which began in the summer of 2020 following a free
4:19 PM ET Salem Al Dawsari celebrates one of his two goals that gave Al Hilal victory over Flamengo. Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal stunned 10-man Flamengo to reach Club World Cup final with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday thanks to two penalties from Salem Al Dawsari and a close-range strike from Luciano Vietto.
12:29 PM ET Officials from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and CONMEBOL officially announce their 2030 World Cup bid. Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay officially submitted a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup on Tuesday, calling for the tournament to return “where football was born” 100 years after the first World Cup was
3:44 PM ET The vibes are strange throughout the top of European soccer at the moment. The top teams in both the Premier League (Arsenal) and LaLiga (Barcelona) either didn’t qualify or didn’t advance to the Champions League knockout rounds, which begin just a week from now, and none of the actual favorites in the