Cesar Hernandez Aug 9, 2023, 02:16 PM ET Monterrey president Jose Antonio “Tato” Noriega said that the logistics and travel for Mexican clubs aren’t “fair” in the ongoing Leagues Cup tournament between Liga MX and MLS teams hosted in the U.S. and Canada. “Very unhappy, very disappointed, very worried,” Noriega said on Tuesday night about
Associated Press Aug 9, 2023, 04:37 PM ET Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans appeared in an Athens court Wednesday to face criminal charges that include murder and membership of a criminal organization over their alleged involvement in deadly fan violence. The handcuffed youths — many with their shirts pulled over their heads to hide their
Aug 9, 2023, 12:38 PM ET Lionel Messi will have to wait a few days longer to make his official debut in Major League Soccer. It was announced Wednesday that Inter Miami’s Aug. 20 home matchup against Charlotte FC, long expected to see Messi’s first action in MLS, has been postponed to a later date.
Ian Darke, ESPN.com writerAug 9, 2023, 10:21 AM ET Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 03:37 PM ET Bellator is stacking the deck for a landmark show coming this fall. Ryan Bader will defend his Bellator heavyweight title against Linton Vassell in the main event of Bellator 300 on Oct. 7 in San Diego, one of four title fights on the historic card,
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 05:09 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia One last major championship. One last shot at glory for women’s professional golfers this season. The final major championship of the 2023 season, the AIG Women’s Open,
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 06:38 PM ET The plaintiffs seemingly earned a strategic victory in an antitrust lawsuit against the UFC in 2020. Nearly three years later, that win has been made official. Federal judge Richard F. Boulware granted the plaintiffs class certification on Wednesday, according to a document from the U.S.
Summer training camp is just getting underway for Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide, but that isn’t stopping college sports’ highest-paid coach from keeping an eye on the future. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The legendary ball coach purchased a new home, an oceanfront property on Florida’s Jupiter Island, to use when he’s not on
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 03:22 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern athletics director Derrick Gragg pushed back against a T-shirt several football staff members wore at Wednesday’s practice that supported former coach Pat Fitzgerald, calling it “inappropriate, offensive and tone
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 04:39 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler, who respectively finished first and second in last season’s FedEx Cup playoffs, arrived at this week’s FedEx St. Jude