4:52 PM ET Nearly 25,000 fans attended a Serbian Cup match between city rivals Partizan Belgrade and Red Star. OLIVER BUNIC/AFP via Getty Images) Holders Partizan Belgrade beat bitter city rivals Red Star 1-0 on Wednesday to reach the Serbian Cup final as fans were allowed to attend games in unrestricted numbers for the first time
Month: June 2020
2:35 PM ET The Liga MX 2020 Apertura will begin on July 24 behind closed doors with a new playoff system in place, while Queretaro has been sold, league president Enrique Bonilla announced on Wednesday in a video press conference. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The Apertura final is scheduled for
2:56 PM ET MLS commissioner Don Garber said that he’s “very optimistic” about teams playing in their home markets after the conclusion of the MLS is Back Tournament in August, and that it’s possible some might be played in front of fans. Garber spoke to reporters on a video call to discuss the league’s return
3:49 PM ET Rayo Vallecano beat Albacete 1-0 on Wednesday as Spanish football returned in bizarre circumstances from its COVID-19 hiatus with the second half of a match that first kicked off six months ago but was suspended due to offensive chanting. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The second division encounter,
7:39 PM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation’s Board of Directors voted to repeal its policy requiring national team players to stand during the national anthem, according to ESPN sources. At the urging of USSF President Cindy Parlow-Cone, the Board met via conference call on Tuesday to discuss the policy, and rather than wait until their
Jun 10, 2020 Associated Press NEW YORK — Stacey Allaster is the US Open’s new tournament director, the first woman to hold that job at the American Grand Slam tennis tournament. Allaster is a former CEO of the WTA women’s tour and has worked at the U.S. Tennis Association since 2016, pushing for changes such
4:19 PM ET Alexis Lafreniere, the likely No. 1 pick for the 2020 NHL draft, received the Canadian Hockey League’s Dave Branch Player of the Year Award for the second consecutive season. The Rimouski Oceanic winger joins former Oceanic star Sidney Crosby as the only players to have earned the honor in back-to-back seasons. Lafreniere
6:25 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show By agreeing the basics of a deal to meet twice, starting in 2021, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have given the sport’s world a
6:36 PM ET Michael Wells INDIANAPOLIS — New Colts starting quarterback Philip Rivers knew about the criticism from his struggles at times during the 2019 season while with the Los Angeles Chargers. He didn’t go seek out everything that was said about him because he knows negativity comes with the job at the times. But
6:04 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As various protests of systemic racism have taken hold of the country since George Floyd’s death on May 25, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman believes this time they could lead to more meaningful change. “In the time since I’ve been around and I’ve been alive, I don’t