1:04 PM ET Mexico winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano is thankful to Napoli manager Genaro Gattuso for his patience after a tough first season in Serie A, but admitted that the Italian can be “an ogre” when angry. Lozano failed to impress and get regular starts in the 2019-20 for Napoli, after signing from PSV Eindhoven
10:11 AM ET Exequiel Palacios is taken to hospital following his injury. Marcelo Endelli/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios fractured a bone in his spine during the 1-1 draw with Paraguay in Thursday’s World Cup qualifier and is expected be out for three months, his club Bayer Leverkusen confirmed on Friday. Palacios sustained the
12:26 PM ET The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will host a meeting with English football’s leading administrators and key figures on Tuesday in an attempt to define the future of the game post-COVID-19, sources have told ESPN. Secretary of State Oliver Dowden has identified the power vacuum left by Greg Clarke’s
10:31 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has tested positive for coronavirus, the Egypt Football Association have confirmed. The 28-year-old is asymptomatic and was the only member of the Egypt squad to return a positive test. Salah’s enforced absence will be a huge blow to Liverpool, who will
3:45 PM ET MLS president and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott said that the league is aiming to start the 2021 season in early March. A report from the Sports Business Journal previously stated that the league was considering an April start date due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, because of the crowded
2:13 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Friday officially ruled Christian McCaffrey out for Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay, but coach Matt Rhule remains hopeful the Pro Bowl running back will return for next week’s game against Detroit. Rhule said earlier in the week that he didn’t expect McCaffrey to play because
2:45 PM ET The Los Angeles Chargers will be without defensive end Joey Bosa and running back Justin Jackson when the team faces the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Bosa has been in the concussion protocol since last Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Jackson left that same game with a knee injury that will
2:35 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate apologized to the team last week and took full responsibility for self-described “unacceptable” behavior that got him benched for last week’s game against Washington. Tate, speaking for the first time since yelling “Throw me the ball!” into the camera following a
2:15 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins may have had only three catches on seven targets in Sunday’s loss to the Miami Dolphins, but the four other plays resulted in flags thrown for defensive pass interference. All four penalties were against Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard. Three of them were accepted,
11:08 AM ET Associated Press FREEHOLD, N.J. — Former New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden has been sentenced to a year of probation in connection with a drug arrest in New Jersey in 2019. Gooden appeared before a judge in a virtual proceeding on Thursday. He had pleaded guilty in August 2019 to one count