9:02 AM ET Julien LaurensCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar returned to France on Saturday after three months in Brazil, sources have told ESPN. The Brazil international took a flight from Rio de Janeiro Galeao International Airport on Friday afternoon and landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris early
Month: June 2020
9:41 AM ET Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has said the frantic end to the La Liga season — with matches being played every three days — is like a World Cup tournament, and that suits the big-game experience of his squad. “I like the comparison,” he said at his first news conference in over
7:05 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United midfielders Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes played together for the first time as the club played two friendlies against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford on Friday. Both players started in the opening match against the Championship side which United lost 2-1. Fernandes
11:21 AM ET Erling Haaland scored a last minute winner as Borussia Dortmund beat Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-0 on Saturday. The result means that Bayern Munich cannot be crowned champions if they secure a win over Borussia Monchengladbach later on Saturday. Raphael Guerreiro also had a second-half strike disallowed after VAR adjudged the ball to have
10:27 AM ET Borussia Dortmund squad manager Sebastian Kehl has shut down rumours linking Jadon Sancho with a move to Liverpool this summer. Dortmund want to keep Sancho, who is under contract until 2022, at the Westfalenstadion for another season. The club still have another transfer summer to cash in on him and he is
11:59 AM ET ESPN will host a conversation with commissioners from the top United States sports leagues on Monday regarding resuming competition amid the coronavirus. “SportsCenter Special: The Return of Sports” will air from 9-11 p.m. ET on ESPN. Commissioners Roger Goodell (NFL), Adam Silver (NBA), Rob Manfred (MLB), Gary Bettman (NHL), Cathy Engelbert (WNBA)
10:13 PM IST Not since their 1980s heyday have West Indies won a Test series in England, but two aspects of the forthcoming three-match encounter could work in their favour, according to head coach Phil Simmons. Firstly, due to the behind-closed-doors nature of the Tests, in response to Covid-19, there will be no supporters in
8:13 PM IST Sarfaraz Ahmed is back and he believes the decision to be relieved of the Pakistan captaincy, and later getting axed from the side, actually allowed him a much-needed break so that he could concentrate on getting better. Pakistan picked a 29-man squad for their England tour for three Tests in August, followed
7:55 AM ET The Sunday Funday Bunch has met via Zoom every Sunday for the past two months. It is an eclectic mix, including former Orioles players, those who played for other teams or other sports, writers, PR people, fans, sons and daughters. Sometimes the meetings last an hour, sometimes three, depending how long the
8:44 AM ET Adam Abdul-Jabbar, the son of basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a neighbor multiple times. Abdul-Jabbar, 28, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and drove himself to the hospital following the Tuesday night incident, which took place