Atletico Madrid striker Memphis Depay scored with a stunning long-range strike in the second half to help secure a 3-1 home win over promoted Granada in their LaLiga opener on Monday. Álvaro Morata gave Atletico a first-half lead and Marcos Llorente put the icing on the cake with a late third against last season’s LaLiga2
Ross Devonport Aug 14, 2023, 02:25 PM ET Inter Miami CF coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino played down a potential Lionel Messi injury after the Argentine superstar appeared to tweak his right ankle during training Monday. “I was only at a part of the session because I had a meeting afterwards and was finishing preparing, so
Aug 14, 2023, 04:44 PM ET Al Ettifaq opened their campaign with a 2-1 win over last year’s runners-up Al Nassr, who fielded a weakened team and were without Cristiano Ronaldo after he came off injured following his double in Saturday’s Arab Champions Cup final. Two former Liverpool players — Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson
Manchester United defender Raphael Varane scored a late winner as the hosts survived several scares to claim a 1-0 Premier League win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday in a performance that largely lacked cohesion and attacking threat. Varane’s header after 76 minutes earned United a scarcely deserved three points as he was picked out in
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 14, 2023, 06:42 PM ET Wolverhampton Wanderers have been issued an apology after a decision not to award a penalty during their 1-0 defeat to Manchester United, according to manager Gary O’Neil. André Onana clattered into Sasa Kalajdzic in stoppage time at Old Trafford, but on-field referee Simon Hooper did not award
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 14, 2023, 09:29 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Could Manchester United be genuine title contenders? It’s a question that’s been asked all summer and, after 90 minutes against Wolverhampton Wanderers, we’re no nearer an answer. For most of the night at Old Trafford, Erik ten Hag’s team looked nowhere near but then
Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterAug 14, 2023, 09:13 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,
Associated Press Aug 14, 2023, 07:40 PM ET MASON, Ohio — Venus Williams beat a top-20 player for the first time in four years, rallying from big deficits in both sets to knock off 16th-ranked Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Western & Southern Open on Monday. The 43-year-old Williams, a
Aug 14, 2023, 05:56 PM ET The Chicago Bears claimed linebacker Mykal Walker off waivers Monday, the team announced. Walker, who started 12 games for the Atlanta Falcons last season, was waived by the team Sunday. Last season, Walker posted a career-high 107 tackles with 4 tackles for loss, his first career sack and 2
Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterAug 14, 2023, 06:41 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals