8:42 AM ET Portugal forward Diogo Jota has been ruled out of the World Cup in Qatar due to a calf injury, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said on Tuesday. Jota, 25, was taken off on a stretcher deep into stoppage time during Liverpool’s 1-0 Premier League win against champions Manchester City at the weekend. –
9:49 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has denied claims that he made xenophobic comments about Manchester City ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash at Anfield, saying “I know what I thought” when claiming “nobody can compete” with the Abu Dhabi-owned champions. Klopp, who is waiting to hear whether he will be charged by the
10:35 AM ET Associated Press The European Court is deciding if a Barcelona fan group in France can demand the European Commission investigate whether Paris Saint-Germain unfairly signed Lionel Messi and jeopardised Barcelona’s finances. The court in Luxembourg heard the demand on Tuesday from a fan group in Lyon that argued their rights as Barcelona
7:30 AM ET Karim Benzema won the 2022 Men’s Ballon d’Or, the most illustrious individual award in European football, for the Real Madrid striker’s herculean efforts in 2021-22. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) The results of this year’s awards revealed at Monday’s gala also signalled something of a sea change as
8:53 AM BST The RFU and Premiership Rugby face a parliamentary enquiry after two Gallagher Premiership teams went into administration in the past three weeks. Worcester Warriors and Wasps have both fallen into administration with their players and staff losing their jobs. If Wasps are relegated from the Premiership, the league will drop from 13
9:13 AM ET NFL team owners are expected to approve a resolution Tuesday that will have Rams owner Stan Kroenke reimbursing the league for the remaining $571 million paid to St. Louis over the team’s relocation to Los Angeles, multiple owner and league executive sources told ESPN. The NFL has already paid the $790 million
9:18 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN A dominant champion lords over the fight game like a king. There’s respect piled on from all directions, sometimes admiringly, sometimes grudgingly. The champ’s every trip inside the Octagon draws the rapt anticipation of how greatness will manifest itself once again. The fans, even those generally hard to please, stand
Mark Watt, by his own admission, is “not a massive turner of the ball”. But Scotland’s left-arm spinner is an earlier contender to become the 2022 T20 World Cup’s cult hero, thanks in part to the crumpled sheet of A5 notepaper that he pulled out of his pocket during his spell of 3 for 12
9:25 AM ET Lane Kiffin got exactly what he asked for on Saturday and more from our college football quotes of the week. “Let’s both beat the state of Alabama today. Go Vols.” Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin, on his team playing the Auburn Tigers and his former team, the Tennessee Volunteers, playing
The 2022 MLB postseason continues Tuesday with the start of the National League Championship Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres, a best-of-seven that promises to be packed with drama and intensity. As for the American League, the rain has once again wreaked havoc on the timetable for the New York Yankees and