2:12 PM ET Associated Press The global football players’ union and the group representing domestic leagues around the world have teamed up to strengthen their voice in negotiations involving off-field politics such as the international match calendar. The FIFPRO union and World Leagues Forum signed a new labor agreement at the United Nations’ International Labor
2:50 PM ET Adriana Garcia Spain coach Luis Enrique says he and his players are treating Tuesday’s must-win UEFA Nations League game against Portugal as if it were a World Cup quarterfinal. Spain head into the encounter in Braga second in Group E, two points adrift of leaders Portugal heading into the final game. –
11:20 AM ET Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo will undergo surgery this week on his right thigh and is at risk of missing the World Cup, sources have told ESPN. The Uruguay international got hurt in the early minutes of his country’s 1-0 defeat to Iran in a friendly on Friday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
12:46 PM ET MURCIA, Spain — U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter said Chelsea‘s Christian Pulisic and FC Groningen forward Ricardo Pepi will both start in Tuesday’s friendly against Saudi Arabia. Neither player featured in last Friday’s 2-0 defeat to Japan. Pulisic sat out the match due to a knock picked up in training,
2:23 PM ET T.A. Cunningham, a top college football prospect who has been withheld from playing for weeks following a cross-country transfer, has been ruled eligible, the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section announced Monday. Cunningham moved to California from Georgia in the summer but waited weeks to have his transfer approved by the Southern Section.
1:29 PM ET Aaron Rodgers leaned into the microphone and let it fly. Speaking two days after the 2011 Pro Bowl, the Green Bay Packers quarterback said: “I’ll be honest with you. I was a little bit disappointed. I felt like some of the guys on the NFC side embarrassed themselves.” The game had drawn
1:14 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — The Canadian government confirmed Monday that noncitizens entering the country — including professional athletes — will no longer be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 beginning in October. The Associated Press reported last week that the decision was imminent. Removal of the vaccine mandate means unvaccinated Major
1:42 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin tight end Clay Cundiff is unavailable indefinitely but hasn’t been ruled out for the season. Cundiff was carted off the field Saturday in the Badgers’ 52-21 loss to No. 3 Ohio State. In the injury report released Monday, Cundiff is listed as unavailable for the Badgers’
1:27 PM ET Utah tight end Brant Kuithe will miss the rest of the season, Utes coach Kyle Whittingham said Monday. The announcement confirms fears following Saturday’s win against Arizona State in which Kuithe, the team leader in receptions (19), left the game in the first half with an apparent knee injury. Kuithe was a
12:39 PM ET No. 1 Georgia could welcome back a pair of receivers and see more of its star defensive lineman during Saturday’s game against Missouri. Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart told reporters on Monday that he’s “hopeful” receivers AD Mitchell and Arian Smith will be available after missing last weekend’s game against Kent State because