2:31 PM ET Diego Costa talked up the potential of Atletico Madrid now that the club have him and Luis Suarez on the books. Speaking after a 6-1 win against Granada in La Liga, a game in which Costa scored the opener before being replaced by Suarez on the 71st minute with the score 3-0,
4:13 PM ET Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has said he rejected multiple offers to leave Arsenal this summer, including one from Barcelona, but was convinced to stay by manager Mikel Arteta and his relationship with the club’s supporters. Aubameyang ended months of speculation by signing a bumper long-term contract with Arsenal earlier this month. Sources told ESPN
3:30 PM ET Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has criticised Leicester’s tactics after seeing his team suffer a 5-2 home defeat. City dominated after former Leicester midfielder Riyad Mahrez gave them an early lead but their game plan crumbled after Jamie Vardy netted a 37th-minute penalty. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)–
4:46 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo‘s second goal of the night rescued a 2-2 draw for 10-man Juventus away to AS Roma in Serie A on Sunday, after Jordan Veretout had twice put the capital club in front. Veretout and Ronaldo netted penalties before the break after both teams were penalised for handball, before the French
4:50 PM ET Barcelona kicked off the Ronald Koeman era in style with an impressive 4-0 win against Villarreal in La Liga on Sunday. Koeman, who has overseen the departures of several established names at the club this summer, named a starting XI that included Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho. But it was
4:21 PM ET Benoit Paire was one of the few French Open competitors who did not complain about the weather following his first-round win over Korea’s SoonWoo Kwon on Sunday. He’s grateful to be playing at all, after testing positive for COVID-19 at two of the three previous events he entered as the tennis tour
4:19 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Swiss Skydiver will become the first filly since Rachel Alexandra won in 2009 to run against males in the Preakness on Saturday. Trainer Kenny McPeek confirmed the decision on Sunday. Jockey Robby Albarado, who won the 2007 Preakness aboard Curlin, will replace Tyler Gaffalione on Swiss Skydiver. In
12:52 PM ET The Atlanta Braves activated Pablo Sandoval on Sunday, the final day of the regular season. He will be playing third base in Sunday’s game against the Boston Red Sox. Sandoval is being prepped for a bench role in the postseason for the NL East champions. The Braves have a lot of right-handed
1:46 PM ET The Boston Red Sox announced Sunday that Ron Roenicke will not return as the team’s manager for the 2021 season, with a search for a new skipper beginning immediately. Roenicke took over as interim manager in February following the parting of ways with Alex Cora during the fallout from the Astros sign-stealing
3:54 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Ronald Acuna Jr. has been removed from the Atlanta Braves‘ lineup in their regular-season finale due to irritation in his left wrist. The postseason-bound Braves say the move before Sunday’s game against Boston was made as a precaution. Even so, the report of renewed soreness in Acuna’s wrist