3:21 AM ET Aston Villa have announced the signing of Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen on a deal until 2025 for a reported £30 million fee. Jamaica international Bailey, 23, arrives in the Premier League having scored 33 goals and set up a further 22 in three-and-a-half years at Leverkusen. “Leon is a hugely exciting
5:06 AM ET Louis van Gaal been appointed as the Netherlands manager for the third time, the KNVB have announced. Van Gaal replaces Frank De Boer, who left the role of Netherlands boss in June following a disappointing Euro 2020 exit to Czech Republicin the round of 16, and has agreed a deal up to
3:50 AM ET Sweden have objected to the start time for the women’s gold-medal match. Photo by Pete Dovgan/Speed Media Sweden and Canada have asked Olympic organisers to move what is expected to be a hotly contested women’s gold-medal match on Friday at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium to later in the day to avoid the sweltering heat
5:16 AM ET United States women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has said his side will “do anything possible” to win a medal at the Olympics as they prepare to face Australia in the bronze medal match. The USWNT were knocked out of the competition for the gold medal by Canada, ending their bid to
7:16 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona‘s bid to register Lionel Messi‘s new contract with LaLiga has been handed a boost after the league announced a cash injection of €2.7 billion ($3.2B) on Wednesday. LaLiga has agreed in principle to sell 10% of a newly formed company housing most of its business to private
7:13 AM ET Manchester City are attempting to seal the £100m signing of Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish ahead of Saturday’s Community Shield clash against Leicester City at Wembley, sources have told ESPN. As reported by ESPN on June 7, City manager Pep Guardiola had identified Grealish as a key summer target on a par
6:39 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The record-breaking play some 17 years ago was like something drawn up by kids in the dirt. But it further established Peyton Manning as the NFL’s greatest quarterback at the line of scrimmage. Manning secretly told receiver Brandon Stokley he would give him the “smash symbol” — a universal call
Aug 4, 2021 After recently returning to Africa for the first time in nearly 30 years, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman told ESPN that an MMA event on the continent could be even bigger than the legendary Rumble in the Jungle. Usman, who became the first UFC champion from Africa when he defeated Tyron Woodley
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The first week of training camp here has revealed an early test of the Green Bay Packers‘ shadow general manager, aka quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Two slot receivers — one a veteran whom Rodgers campaigned to acquire, the other a rookie drafted when Rodgers was contemplating his future —
Report The home side won the opening match of the series by 23 runs Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Bangladesh Having watched his team flounder in last night’s run chase, Matthew Wade opted to set a target when the coin fell Australia’s way in the second T20I in Dhaka. Both teams