5:52 AM ET World Cup bronze medallists Croatia were drawn against hosts the Netherlands in the Nations League semifinals in June while Italy and Spain will reprise their rivalry in the competition in the other game. The four countries were winners of their respective League A groups last year and will compete in the mini-tournament
9:42 AM ET Arnaut Danjuma has returned to the Premier League. Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur have completed the loan signing of Arnaut Danjuma from Villarreal subject to international clearance. Danjuma, 25, was set to join Everton, even undergoing a medical, before Spurs hijacked the deal and convinced the
8:20 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti said veteran midfielders Luka Modric and Toni Kroos understand that Real Madrid‘s “moment of transition” means they won’t start every game — but backed them to still be “decisive,” starting with their Copa del Rey quarterfinal derby with Atletico Madrid on Thursday. Modric and Kroos were
9:51 AM ET Former Toronto FC and New York Red Bulls coach Chris Armas will join the coaching team of fellow American Jesse Marsch at Leeds United. Armas, 50, who was an assistant under Marsch from 2015-2018 at NYRB, was most recently an assistant coach at Manchester United, working under Ralf Rangnick last season. The
8:13 AM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic has criticised the Argentina players who mocked France following their World Cup final victory last month. Argentina won their first World Cup since 1986 with a 4-2 penalty shootout win over Les Bleus, after the entertaining match ended 3-3 through 120 minutes of action. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
9:15 AM ET Jeff Kassouf The year is now 2023, the World Cup is less than six months away and U.S. women’s national team head coach Vlatko Andonovski is still answering the question: When will midfielder Julie Ertz return to the team? The latest media inquiry came last week, ahead of a pair of U.S.
9:44 AM ET Associated Press Jalen Hurts, Justin Jefferson and Patrick Mahomes are finalists for The Associated Press 2022 NFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year awards. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow also are finalists for MVP. Hurts had 3,701 passing yards, 760 rushing yards and 35 combined
7:00 AM ET Congrats to Scott Rolen, who will join Fred McGriff on induction day in Cooperstown, New York, this July as the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rolen made electoral history with his selection: He now has the lowest first-year vote percentage — just 10.2% — of any player to eventually
The 2023 Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote is in — and Scott Rolen is the newest member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He joins Fred McGriff, who was elected in December via the inaugural contemporary baseball era committee. ESPN MLB experts Buster Olney, Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez and Jesse Rogers examine the 2023
8:59 AM ET Attorneys representing the PGA Tour are seeking to add Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the fund’s governor, Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, as defendants in the tour’s countersuit against LIV Golf. In a motion for leave filed to a U.S. District Court in Northern California on Tuesday, the PGA Tour’s attorneys argued that