1:53 PM ET Nigeria stormed back to beat Cameroon 3-2 on Saturday. Getty Nigeria ousted holders and bitter rivals Cameroon from the Africa Cup of Nations as they scored twice in three minutes to come from behind and win a thrilling last-16 match 3-2 on Saturday. Odion Ighalo gave Nigeria a 19th-minute lead but Cameroon hit
Month: July 2019
1:25 AM ET Forward Danny Hoesen scored in the third minute of second-half stoppage time to give the San Jose Earthquakes a 1-0 victory over visiting Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Hoesen was in a crowd in front of the net when he received a pass from midfielder Paul Marie, after midfielder Cristian Espinoza
1:11 AM ET Carlos Vela set up a pair of first-half goals off corner kicks, then added two scores of his own in the second half as LAFC spotted the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps one goal and then scored six straight for a 6-1 victory, their second win in four days. Vela, the leading goal scorer
1:00 PM ET Sweden ended their World Cup campaign on a high with a 2-1 win over England in the bronze medal match on Saturday afternoon. Goals from Kosovare Asllani and Sofia Jakobsson put Peter Gerhardsson’s side in charge in Nice, before England hit back through Francesca Kirby, but the Lionesses could not find an
LYON, France — While one of the biggest stars remaining in the Women’s World Cup continues to insist she will be available for Sunday’s final between the United States and the Netherlands, the outlook for another sounded less promising a day ahead of kickoff. U.S. star Megan Rapinoe said her hamstring won’t prevent her from
10:56 AM ET The first sign that Kawhi Leonard has a whole lot more to say than anyone ever imagined came a few days before NBA free agency officially opened. Kevin Durant was getting ready to commit to the Brooklyn Nets, along with his good friends Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan. They’d all grown close
Megan Rapinoe broke into a short song before highlighting the pay disparity between the men’s and women’s game. LYON, France — Despite a proposal announced on Friday by FIFA president Gianni Infantino to invest $1 billion in the women’s game over the next four years and double prize money at the Women’s World Cup in
One of England’s longest-serving players will make her final appearance Saturday. Karen Carney announced her retirement Friday, on the eve of England’s third-place playoff against Sweden at the Women’s World Cup. “My mind still wants to do everything and it still can, but I don’t think my body can anymore,” said the 31-year-old Carney, who
2:42 AM ET Free-agent guard Danny Green will be signing a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, he announced on his Instagram account late Friday night. The deal is worth $30 million, a league source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Green was included in last summer’s Kawhi Leonard trade as salary filler, after playing through
2:08 AM ET Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 Nick Friedell Close ESPN Staff Writer Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined