5:04 AM ET Associated Press Saudi Arabia’s football federation has formally asked FIFA to look at staging biennial World Cups for men and women, football’s world body said Tuesday. The proposal “requesting a feasibility study to be carried out on the impact” of playing both tournaments every two years will be put to the FIFA
8:02 AM ET Germany boss Joachim Low has recalled Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels to the squad for the European Championship. Muller, 31, and Hummels, 32, are both included having been told by Low that their international careers were over in March 2019. He moved the duo aside, along with Jerome Boateng, in an overhaul
9:32 AM ET Peter Lawwell will leave Celtic this summer. Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images Police are investigating the cause of a fire and explosion at the home of Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Lawwell and his family managed to escape their home, and no one was injured in
May 18, 2021 Andrew Cesare Richardson Italy has long been seen as one of the fashion capitals of the world and the country’s top soccer league, Serie A, has produced some of the most aesthetically pleasing kits ever seen in the game. Football’s history is illustrated with many iconic images of Italian teams and star
8:03 AM ET Tatiana Suarez, one of the best women’s MMA fighters in the world, is finally close to returning to the Octagon. Suarez told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a video interview published Wednesday that she has been medically cleared by doctors and is targeting a return to the UFC in September, or perhaps even
Graham Hunter’s view Whether this season of remarkable discoveries (Pedri, Ilaix Moriba, Ansu Fati) and remarkable evolutions (Frenkie De Jong, Oscar Mingueza, Ronald Araujo and Ousmane Dembele) has been enough to convince Messi to stay at Barcelona is a hot topic. And a confusing one. Is he keen to leave? No. Will his family be
7:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Tarron Jackson‘s older brother, Daron, was dying, and it was up to their father, Alphonso, to deliver the message to his 9-year-old son. The words he chose helped shape the path Tarron has spent the past 13 years blazing, leading him from Aiken, South Carolina, to the Philadelphia Eagles, where
11:12 AM ET The state of baseball has never been more in flux. The players on the field are more talented than ever before, but increased velocity from pitchers has led to record strikeout totals and low batting averages. There is new generation of exciting young stars emerging, but with every bat flip comes another
May 18, 2021 KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The fee was in the neighborhood of $80 per hour. That is what Rick Sessinghaus charged all the junior golfers at the executive course he worked at in Glendale, California. And yes, that included a very young Collin Morikawa. The reigning PGA Championship winner was just 8 years
7:43 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor have worked for decades to reach this moment. On Saturday in Las Vegas, one of the two undefeated and