10:45 AM ET Chelsea are set to appoint Christopher Vivell as the club’s new technical director after his departure from RB Leipzig, sources have told ESPN. Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, represented by Behdad Eghbali, are believed to have met with a series of candidates in the past fortnight including Vivell, who was
12:20 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Miralem Pjanic plays for UAE Pro League club Sharjah after leaving Barcelona in September. Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Former Barcelona midfielder Miralem Pjanic has slammed Ronald Koeman‘s tenure at the Camp Nou, claiming that his training sessions lacked ideas and did not include any tactical work. Pjanic made
10:34 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has emerged as the world’s highest-paid football player, according to Forbes magazine, the first time a player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the list in eight years. Mbappe, 23, is estimated to earn $128 million for the 2022-23 season before agents’ fees, a
12:49 PM ET Associated Press The University of Kansas announced plans Friday for long-awaited renovations to Memorial Stadium, the Anderson Family Football Complex and other facilities along with potential conference, entertainment and retail spaces. The school has long studied ways to renovate the aging stadium, one of the oldest football venues in major college football,
Why did Harmanpreet Kaur go in to bat as low as No. 7? Why was Pooja Vastrakar, a finisher, sent up the order, in the 10th over, ahead of Richa Ghosh? Are India overdependent on Smriti Mandhana? Cricketing logic would suggest that these questions are perfectly legitimate, especially after losing to a team whose win-loss
3:31 AM ET He’s one of the greatest players of all time but nobody appears interested in Cristiano Ronaldo — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Could Lionel Messi make a sensational return to Barcelona? Jump to: Messi back to Barca? | Chelsea left it too late on Leao | Pep targeted Lisandro Martinez
7:49 AM ET COACHELLA, Calif. — Two flags fly atop a pole in front of a single-story home in the Coachella Valley. The Fundora family chose to live here, in the shadows of mountains encasing the horizon in every direction, because of the familiarity it offers and the peacefulness they can find. Those flags —
Oct 7, 2022 Associated Press Taylor Fritz advanced to the Japan Open semifinals after Nick Kyrgios withdrew because of a left knee injury on Friday. Kyrgios’ knee injury also forced him to withdraw from the doubles semifinals, where he and partner Thanasi Kokkinakis were scheduled to play Mackenzie McDonald and Marcelo Melo. Fritz, who spent
7:00 AM ET It’s whacky simulation day. Every morning, FPI imagines 20,000 college football worlds that could unfurl themselves over the weeks between now and the College Football Playoff selection via its simulations. Plenty of them look like the college football landscapes that we figure will happen, with Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia reaching the
6:04 AM ET Associated Press BANGKOK — Richard Bland, Branden Grace and Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra upstaged their more illustrious opponents Friday to shoot 7-under 65s and share the lead after the first round of the LIV Golf Invitational-Bangkok. Marc Leishman and Ian Poulter were a stroke behind and Sihwan Kim, Brooks Koepka and Jediah Morgan were