1:45 PM ET An Arsenal fan has been handed a three-year stadium ban for abusing midfielder Granit Xhaka on social media, the club said on Friday. The season-ticket holder was deemed to have “incited violence” towards Xhaka and aimed discriminatory abuse against an unnamed Tottenham Hotspur player on a social media platform last season. –
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he expects Anthony Martial to get back to his best this season. Martial scored 17 goals in the Premier League during the 2019-20 campaign but managed just four last season. The Frenchman has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford this
4:54 PM ET Brentford got the better of Arsenal in the first match of the 2021-22 Premier League season at the Community Stadium in West London on Friday night. Goals either side of half-time from Sergi Canos and Christian Norgaard sent Thomas Frank’s side on to a historic win. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
6:57 PM ET LONDON — The start of a new Premier League season brings with it a sense of regeneration and hope, everywhere that is except Arsenal. Nowhere was that optimism and anticipation greater than Brentford, an enclave of west London deprived of top-flight football for 74 years and desperate to fill their new stadium
5:45 PM ET Associated Press Ariya Jutanugarn had five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine and shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the second-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s windy and rainy Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open. Playing in the morning in wind gusting to 40 mph at Dumbarnie Links,
1:50 PM ET The European soccer season gets underway this weekend, with three of Europe’s big five leagues — the English Premier League, Spanish LaLiga, and German Bundesliga — all beginning their 2021-22 campaigns. (The French Ligue 1 began last weekend, and Italy‘s own Serie A kicks off on Aug. 21.) – ESPN+ viewers’ guide:
9:03 AM ET Thanasis Antetokounmpo has re-signed with the Milwaukee Bucks, the team announced on Friday. The length of the deal is two years, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Antetokounmpo, the older brother of two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, played in 57 games during the Bucks’ championship season, averaging 2.9 points and 2.2
Report Qualifiers for knock-out phase won’t be known until all the contenders have played their final matches Birmingham Phoenix 166 for 6 (Livingstone 50, Hammond 38*) beat Trent Rockets 150 for 9 (Mullaney 49, Brown 3-27) by 16 runs Birmingham Phoenix added a first away win to their 100 percent home record to climb above
3:38 PM ET Two women told Sports Illustrated in a story published Friday that they resent some of the tactics NFL investigators used in interviews with them regarding their contact with Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. Ashley Solis told SI that NFL investigators asked her what she was wearing when she worked with Watson, “which
12:27 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Helio Castroneves celebrated his record-tying fourth Indianapolis 500 victory in May. The rewards are still rolling in. When the popular 46-year-old Brazilian driver returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, track officials presented him with a bronze brick, and on Friday, he was named as the headliner of