Change is coming to Football Federation Australia, with pro-reform forces claiming victory at the end of a two-year struggle for power of the sport. Steven Lowy’s tenure as chairman — and his family’s 15-year hold on the Australian football — is set to end with the acceptance of constitutional changes at Tuesday’s extraordinary general meeting
Month: October 2018
10:19 AM ET The Milwaukee Brewers have officially named Jhoulys Chacin as their starting pitcher for Monday afternoon’s NL Central tiebreaker game against the Chicago Cubs. Brewers manager Craig Counsell previously had not announced his pitching plan after Milwaukee’s victory Sunday over the Detroit Tigers. Chacin is 15-8 with a 3.56 ERA in 34 starts
Watford forward Isaac Success is one of 24 players named in the latest Nigeria squad ahead of this month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Libya. Success’ recent good form, which has seen him feature in all seven of the Hornets’ league games so far, as well as scoring two goals in the Carabao
Gab Marcotti shares his thoughts on Jose Mourinho’s motives at Manchester United, while the rest of the crew explain why it’s time for him to go. Ahead of Manchester United’s Champions League match with Valencia, Paul Pogba went over to shake the hands of coaching staff during an open training session. Craig Burley felt it
One of the best bits of Saturday’s clash between Chelsea and Liverpool came at the very end. The cameras showed Maurizio Sarri with a wide, child-like smile (about as child-like as a guy who looks like Sarri can appear) turning towards Jurgen Klopp, whose own grin was ear-to-ear and embracing him. It was a great
After a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge, the FC guys examine the Premier League title outlook for Chelsea and Liverpool. Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori will not be allowed to play for Derby County against Chelsea when the clubs meet in the Carabao Cup fourth round later this month, sources have told ESPN FC. The
Bayern Munich’s Niko Kovac has defended his squad rotation in what is a busy fixture list and insists he has spoken to the players on the situation to which they’ve agreed to be rested. After Bayern Munich conceded late to draw 1-1 at home to Augsburg, head coach Niko Kovac says that squad rotation is
Marc-André ter Stegen explains how he nearly ended up swapping Barcelona for Manchester in 2016, and why the move collapsed. Alejandro Moreno dives into the issues plaguing Barcelona, focusing on their defensive woes and inability to recover the ball in the attacking half. BARCELONA — Last November, Barcelona tweeted a photograph of Lionel Messi hugging
11:13 AM ET ESPN staff These rankings are all about rating teams against their conference brethren, but we are also ranking the conferences against each other. Check out the chart below, and click on a conference to get full details on why we ranked teams how we did. 1. SEC | 2. Big Ten |
8:50 AM ET The drama is over. The moment Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts took the field against Louisiana on Saturday, the great debate of whether or not he should redshirt ended. By appearing in a fifth game, his decision was made clear without him having to say a word. After a week in which Kelly