4:19 PM BST Rugby World Cup winner Steve Thompson, who was diagnosed with dementia aged 42, has pledged to donate his brain for research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the former England hooker said on Thursday. Thompson is one of a group of nine former players who filed a class-action lawsuit against World Rugby and
1:00 PM ET When Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo, a former goalkeeper, was appointed Sevilla’s sporting director in 2000, the club had just been relegated into the Spanish second division for the second time in three years. His task, he remembers, was to develop the youth academy and implement a new scouting network outside of Spain. Twenty-one
9:14 AM ET Italy’s oldest football team Genoa became the sixth Serie A side to come under American ownership on Thursday when Miami-based 777 Partners purchased the club from long-time owner Enrico Preziosi. The private investment firm is the latest U.S. owner in Italy’s top league following AC Milan, Fiorentina, Spezia, AS Roma and Venezia.
12:49 PM ET A Washington Spirit fan group have launched a protest and called for club owner Steve Baldwin to step down after concerns over player welfare. Richie Burke was suspended as head coach in August following an investigation into allegations of verbal and emotional abuse towards players. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+
9:48 AM ET Alex Kirkland Moises Llorens The future of Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman doesn’t depend on the result of Thursday night’s game at Cadiz, club president Joan Laporta has said, while warning that “if decisions have to be taken, we’ll take them.” Koeman has come under intense pressure since last week’s 3-0 Champions League
3:51 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Barcelona will host Real Madrid at Camp Nou on Oct. 24 in what will be the first El Clasico since the departure of rivalry legends Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos. The match is set to kick off at 10:15 am ET (7:15 am PT) and
3:50 PM ET Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz will face in-form Andy Murray in the quarterfinals of the Moselle Open in Metz, France after he eased past Lucas Pouille in straight sets on Thursday. No. 1 seed Hurkacz took just 68 minutes to cruise to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Pouille, putting in a dominant display as
2:57 PM ET Associated Press In the dead of winter, Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack was brainstorming about the future and how to make some sort of social impact through sports. “My thought was, is there a chance for us to maybe schedule our nonconference with a little more purpose in some instances?” Wildhack said.
12:46 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Brooks Koepka took issue with the media’s reporting of an interview with Golf Digest in which he expressed issues with the difficulty of Ryder Cup week. Koepka, in his first public comments since suffering a wrist injury at the Tour Championship three weeks ago, said “y’all spun it negative”
News “There’s also no point in rushing him back to get injured and miss the rest of the tournament when we have a chance to win it.” With Hardik Pandya sitting out both of Mumbai Indians’ matches since the resumption of IPL 2021, there has been a lot of speculation around his fitness and whether