9:45 AM ET James Milner has signed a new one-year deal at Liverpool, the club announced on Monday. Milner was set to leave Anfield on a free transfer after his contract expired at the end of June but he has decided to extend his stay at the club. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+
11:19 AM ET The statue of Zinedine Zidane was removed in 2013 after it was criticised for promoting idolatry and encouraged violence. KARIM JAAFAR/AL-WATAN DOHA/AFP via Getty Images A statue immortalising Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt during the 2006 World Cup final will be re-installed in Qatar after it was removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash, the
10:57 AM ET Tim Tebow, Alex Smith and Ryan Leaf highlight the first-time candidates on the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame, it was announced Monday. In all, there are 80 players and nine coaches from FBS, and 96 players and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks. The ballot was emailed Monday to
9:04 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN We often hear fighters say that it’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out. It makes sense. Fighters train for months ahead of a bout to tune up their skills and prepare for their opponent’s tendencies. So when something unexpected comes flying in, it can be a
6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN Eleven teams are scheduled to open their mandatory three-day minicamps this week, and 18 more will follow next week. The Miami Dolphins held their camp last week, while the Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals aren’t holding minicamp this year. Teams already have been going through organized team activities, but this
9:00 AM ET We have started to see some of the quarterback dominoes fall in college football’s 2023 recruiting class, with ESPN 300 quarterback Malachi Nelson already committed to USC, Nico Iamaleava committed to Tennessee and Eli Holstein flipping from Texas A&M to Alabama. With those prospects already committed, the uncommitted prospects have started to
8:00 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green faced the marrow-level dread of going down two games to none in the NBA Finals by arriving for Sunday’s Game 2 determined to be annoying as hell for as long as it took. Over the course of the contest’s 48 minutes, he argued with the officials —
9:08 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. When Naoya Inoue faced Nonito Donaire in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight final in November 2019 to unify two world titles, nobody expected it to be such a back-and-forth battle. Inoue, the younger fighter and one rapidly ascending the pound-for-pound rankings, was coming off eight straight stoppage victories.
9:30 AM ET Football’s new generation of superstars might have to think again about stealing the show at Qatar 2022. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale have made it pretty clear they are ready to prove that age is no barrier to success at the World Cup. Messi, 34, scored all five goals in
3:20 AM ET Ronaldo promised to embark on the challenge if his club earned promotion to Spain’s top-flight league. R Garcia/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock. Retired Real Madrid and Brazil striker Ronaldo swapped his boots for cycling cleats as he embarked on his 450km (280 mile) trip on his electric bicycle, fulfilling his promise to do so if his club