3:41 PM ET Associated Press Toronto FC winger Lorenzo Insigne set a Major League Soccer record with his $14 m salary when he joined the team from Napoli last summer, according to the league’s players’ association. Insigne, who scored six goals in 11 matches, took over as highest-paid player from Chicago Fire FC midfielder Xherdan
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2:27 PM ET Argentina captain Lionel Messi has said defending champions France and Brazil are the favourites to win the World Cup in Qatar as they have a core group of players who have played together for a long time. Messi said Brazil, Germany, France, England and Spain are always labelled favourites to win, but
5:07 PM ET Atletico Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw with Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga on Tuesday after Radamel Falcao scored an injury-time equaliser against his former club with an emphatic strike from the penalty spot. The result left Atletico in third place, two points behind Barcelona and five behind league leaders Real Madrid
11:55 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have been charged by the English Football Association (FA) for failing to control their players following a protest with the referee during Sunday’s goalless draw against Newcastle, and manager Erik ten Hag has rejected the suggestion his team acted inappropriately. A group of United players surrounded referee Craig
12:32 PM ET The first round of the MLS Cup playoffs is complete, and in this instance, the amount of sheer chaos was below the postseason’s usual standard. That is at least until FC Dallas‘ Alan Velasco decided to clinch his side’s penalty shootout win over Minnesota United FC with a Panenka that was just
3:48 PM ET France international N’Golo Kante has been ruled out of the World Cup finals after undergoing an operation on a hamstring injury, his Premier League club Chelsea said on Tuesday. Last week, sources told ESPN that the 31-year-old was set to miss the tournament in Qatar. 1 Related The midfielder, who played a
5:30 PM ET Jurgen Klopp has said he would “hate myself” if his recent comments about Manchester City‘s spending power were rooted in xenophobia. The Liverpool manager has been forced to defend himself against accusations of xenophobia following an anonymous briefing connected to City after Sunday’s 1-0 Anfield victory against the Premier League champions. 1
7:30 AM ET Karim Benzema won the 2022 Men’s Ballon d’Or, the most illustrious individual award in European football, for the Real Madrid striker’s herculean efforts in 2021-22. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) The results of this year’s awards revealed at Monday’s gala also signalled something of a sea change as
10:35 AM ET Associated Press The European Court is deciding if a Barcelona fan group in France can demand the European Commission investigate whether Paris Saint-Germain unfairly signed Lionel Messi and jeopardised Barcelona’s finances. The court in Luxembourg heard the demand on Tuesday from a fan group in Lyon that argued their rights as Barcelona
9:49 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has denied claims that he made xenophobic comments about Manchester City ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash at Anfield, saying “I know what I thought” when claiming “nobody can compete” with the Abu Dhabi-owned champions. Klopp, who is waiting to hear whether he will be charged by the