4:23 PM ET Associated Press Two-time FIFA Player of the Year Carli Lloyd is re-joining NJ/NY Gotham FC as a minority owner, six months after retiring from the game. The National Women’s Soccer League announced the move Wednesday. The New Jersey native joins an ownership group led by Gov. Phil Murphy and his wife, Tammy.
5:30 PM ET Thomas Tuchel said he believes Chelsea‘s ownership uncertainty is enabling their rivals to gain an early advantage in the summer transfer market. Under the terms of a special licence allowing the club to function despite owner Roman Abramovich’s sanctioning by the U.K. government, Chelsea are banned from signing players or agreeing contract
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has accepted that Erik ten Hag’s first season as Manchester United manager may be easier to navigate without European football, but insists that will not stop his team trying to finish as high in the table as possible. United look set to miss out on the top four
3:00 PM ET The United States men’s national team will play fellow World Cup participant Uruguay in a friendly on June 5 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The exhibition at the home venue of Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City is the second of a four-game stretch that includes two friendlies
6:54 PM ET Villarreal coach Unai Emery was relieved that his side will go into the second leg of their Champions League semifinal with Liverpool with only a 2-0 deficit after their defensive gameplan backfired at Anfield. Liverpool had looked frustrated in the first half as Villarreal manned the barricades but the hosts got their
4:40 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Danish teenager Holger Rune upset top-seeded Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BMW Open tennis tournament. The 18-year-old broke Zverev’s first service game in each set to take control of the match on his way to his first career win over a player
5:33 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Canadian Hockey League said Wednesday that Russian and Belarusian players will be ineligible for selection in its July 1 import draft because of the war in Ukraine. The CHL is the umbrella organization for the three major junior hockey leagues — the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey
5:42 PM ET Associated Press Fifth seed Frances Tiafoe overcame a resilient wildcard Nuno Borges 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-0 in the second round of the ATP 250 Millennium Estoril Open on Wednesday. A tie-break was required to decide the opening set, which the 25-year-old clinched 7-4, before home-favourite Borges fought back in the second to
7:40 AM ET Mikaela Mayer Mikaela Mayer plans to be in an unfamiliar place, at least from a boxing perspective Saturday night: in the stands. The WBO and IBF junior lightweight champion is expected to be among those at Madison Square Garden in New York for the Amanda Serrano-Katie Taylor undisputed lightweight title fight (DAZN,
1:28 PM ET An important heavyweight bout between knockout king Derrick Lewis and the surging Sergei Pavlovich is targeted for a UFC card on July 30, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The UFC has yet to announce an event on that date, but the expectation is that it will be the UFC 277 pay-per-view event,