4:52 PM ET Germany had to work hard to beat Austria 2-0 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the 2022 Women’s European Championship, continuing their quest for a record-extending ninth title. Lina Magull’s first-half strike and a late goal from Alexandra Popp secured the win for Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s side, but they found it tough
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5:13 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have sold a further 15% of their domestic television rights to the global investment firm Sixth Street for around €320 million, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Sources have told ESPN that Barca hope the sale will enable them to register summer signings Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen, Raphinha
2:45 PM ET Nottingham Forest have signed former Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard on a free transfer, the promoted Premier League club said on Thursday. Lingard, a United academy graduate, ended his 22-year association with the Old Trafford club following the expiry of his contract last month. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
3:18 PM ET New Liverpool signing Darwin Nunez scored four times in the Premier League side’s lopsided 5-0 win over RB Leipzig on Thursday. Nunez, who came on for Roberto Firmino at half-time, scored from the penalty spot before adding three more goals from the run of play in Liverpool’s easy victory over Bundesliga club
1:03 PM ET D.C. United have signed Ravel Morrison on a free transfer using Targeted Allocation Money. Morrison, 29, played under D.C. United coach Wayne Rooney at Derby County. A Jamaica international, Morrison began his career with Manchester United and has also played for West Ham United, Lazio, Sheffield United and ADO Den Haag. “Wayne
11:01 AM ET What you’re about to read is pure speculation. It’s an exercise in what might happen, in trying to find logic in a game (football) that has little and a summer rite of passage (the transfer market) that often has even less. With Cristiano Ronaldo‘s future seemingly up in the air with few
5:35 AM ET Footage of Tiemoue Bakayoko being searched at gunpoint went viral on Monday. Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images Tiemoue Bakayoko has said that Milan police put his life “in danger” when they conducted a gunpoint search on him. The AC Milan midfielder, who is on loan from Chelsea, was stopped by police as they
7:18 AM ET Brazilian prosecutors have opened an investigation into Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Santos for alleged illegal child work and have requested that the club suspend all activities of its academy. The Sao Paulo state labor prosecutors’ office issued a statement on Wednesday saying that a court will give Santos until July 26
3:39 AM ET Bayern Munich‘s new recruits Sadio Mane and Matthijs de Ligt scored on their preseason debuts as the German giants thrashed Wayne Rooney’s D.C. United side 6-2 in the first match of their United States tour on Wednesday. Senegal forward Mane, who joined the Bundesliga champions from Liverpool last month, opened the scoring
2:46 AM ET Christian Pulisic scored but was unable to prevent a Chelsea defeat against Major League Soccer side Charlotte as Thomas Tuchel’s team lost on penalties after drawing 1-1. Raheem Sterling also made his first Chelsea appearance after completing his £47.5 million move from Manchester City, but the west London side were undone by