12:00 PM ET U.S. international left-back Sam Vines has joined Royal Antwerp from the Colorado Rapids. John Dorton/ISI Photos/Getty Images The Colorado Rapids have finalized a transfer to send United States international left-back Sam Vines to Royal Antwerp in Belgium. After completing his medical evaluation, Vines will sign a three-year contract with one option year, Royal
4:51 PM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC The San Jose Earthquakes traded for Jeremy Ebobisse, the club announced on Thursday. Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The San Jose Earthquakes have traded for Portland Timbers forward Jeremy Ebobisse, the two clubs announced on Thursday. The Quakes will send $1.167 million in allocation money to Portland in exchange for the
11:13 AM ET Former Germany midfielder Michael Ballack’s 18-year-old son, Emilio, died in a quad-bike crash near Lisbon, Portugal, on Thursday, Setubal’s emergency services said. A spokesperson for the emergency operations told Reuters that Emilio Ballack died at 2:17 a.m. (9:17 p.m. ET) in the holiday destination Troia, south of Lisbon. The teen was involved
4:26 PM ET Juventus issued an apology after deleting a tweet showing a picture of one of their players making an offensive gesture on Thursday. The official Juventus Women’s account posted an image of Cecilia Salvai making an offensive slant-eye gesture with a cone on her head on what appears to be a training field.
12:20 PM ET Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao are in opposition to the sale, El Independiente reported on Thursday. Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images Real Madrid are considering taking legal action against LaLiga and CVC Capital Partners after the Spanish league agreed to sell 10% of its business to the investment fund for €2.7 billion,
3:04 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have announced the signing of Jack Grealish from Aston Villa, breaking the British transfer record in a £100 million deal, the club announced on Thursday. Grealish leaves his boyhood club Villa having made 213 appearances and scoring 32 goals since making his senior debut in 2014. – Stream
3:37 PM ET In his first press conference since Texas officially announced it is moving to the SEC, new Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said on Thursday that he knows the Longhorns will be a target for opposing fans. “I didn’t take this job blind,” Sarkisian said. “We’re everybody’s biggest game. I think coming out of
10:39 AM ET Valentino Rossi, one of motorcycling’s greatest and most charismatic champions, announced on Thursday his retirement from MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season after a quarter of a century in grand prix racing. The 42-year-old Italian, who races with the number 46, is a nine times world champion with seven of
3:05 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer pulled out of the upcoming hard-court tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati on Thursday, citing lingering issues with his surgically repaired knee and shedding doubt on his status for the U.S. Open. The withdrawals by Federer, who turns 40 on Sunday, were announced separately by the two events. This
1:08 PM ET Claressa Shields At the age of 17, a young woman from Flint, Michigan overcame inner city struggles to win gold at the 2012 London Olympics, which were the first Games to award medals for women’s boxing. Not only did she win once, Claressa Shields went back-to-back, winning another Olympic gold medal in