Mark Ogden, Senior Writer, ESPN FCJun 5, 2023, 11:51 AM ET Newcastle United‘s majority owners, the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), has taken ownership of the Saudi Pro League’s four leading clubs, including Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Al Nassr and Al Ittihad, the side close to agreeing a deal to sign Karim Benzema. As part of
Associated Press Jun 5, 2023, 06:19 PM ET Spain’s anti-violence commission on Monday proposed fines of €60,001 ($64,290) and two-year bans from stadiums for each of the four men accused of hanging an effigy of Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior by the neck off a bridge in Madrid in January. The commission also proposed fines
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJun 5, 2023, 05:45 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. United States midfielder Christian Pulisic admitted that his 2022-23 club season with Chelsea was “really tough.” Pulisic spoke with reporters on Monday from Carson, California, where the USMNT is training ahead of
Jun 5, 2023, 10:44 AM ET The Boston Celtics are hiring Sam Cassell as an assistant coach on Joe Mazzulla’s staff, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday. Celtics president Brad Stevens announced last week, after the team lost to the Miami Heat in seven games in the Eastern Conference finals, that Mazzulla would return
Jun 5, 2023, 12:41 PM ET Basketball great LeBron James will be the official starter when the 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race celebrates its centenary this weekend, organizers of the endurance classic said Monday. The Los Angeles Lakers forward, the NBA’s leading career scorer and a four-time champion, joins a list of
Associated Press Jun 5, 2023, 10:31 AM ET DENVER — Victor Wembanyama’s next couple of weeks are now set: He’ll be playing in the French league finals starting this weekend, and then the San Antonio Spurs will almost certainly make him the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on June 22. And if that
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 5, 2023, 01:33 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The LA Clippers are promoting Trent Redden to general manager and Mark Hughes to Senior VP/Assistant GM, sources told ESPN on Monday. The promotions come in the wake of former general manager Michael Winger’s recent
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 5, 2023, 06:05 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Phoenix Suns are hiring David Fizdale as an assistant coach, luring him out of the Utah Jazz‘s front office with a substantial financial deal, sources told ESPN on Monday. Fizdale, who had joined the
Associated Press Jun 5, 2023, 04:48 PM ET NEW YORK — A former part owner of the Minnesota Vikings who defrauded a short-lived professional football league known as the Alliance of American Football in a $700 million cryptocurrency scam was sentenced Monday to over six years in prison. Reginald Fowler, 64, of Chandler, Arizona, was
ESPN News Services Jun 5, 2023, 05:29 PM ET WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said the Kansas City Chiefs are “building a dynasty” as he hosted the team at the White House on Monday to mark its Super Bowl victory in February. Speaking on the South Lawn, Biden praised the Chiefs for playing with “the