7:45 AM ET England boss Gareth Southgate has called for an end to white privilege, amid calls for more diverse representation among elite football managers. The United Kingdom, along with several countries across the world, has seen the Black Lives Matter protests in various cities, which were sparked following the death of George Floyd, who
Month: June 2020
9:08 AM ET Arsenal and Tottenham are among the Premier League clubs ready to back a widespread show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement when matches resume next week, sources have told ESPN. The matter is one of several issues to be discussed at tomorrow’s shareholders’ meeting, with momentum growing for a display
9:57 AM ET Real Madrid will turn down an offer from Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo to play their remaining home fixtures in La Liga this season at the Wanda Metropolitano, sources have told ESPN. Madrid plan to use the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium at the club’s Valdebebas training base to host their final six
10:36 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City will discover their Champions League fate “in the first half of July” according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after the Premier League club’s appeal over their ban came to an end. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.only) City were handed a two-year suspension
11:06 AM ET United States men’s national team midfielder Weston McKennie told Sport Bild that he thinks Donald Trump can be called a racist, which makes him not right for the job of U.S. president. The Texas native, who plays in the Bundesliga for Schalke, recently displayed his support on the pitch for George Floyd
6:29 AM ET Eintracht Frankfurt’s Commerzbank Arena is being lined up by UEFA to host a Europa League mini-tournament in August, sources have told ESPN. The final was due to be held in the Polish city of Gdansk, but European football’s governing body is preparing contingency plans to move the final away due to the
9:59 PM IST Sophie Devine, the New Zealand captain, has advocated the use of a smaller, lighter ball in the women’s game to encourage attacking cricket. Under current regulations, the ball used in women’s cricket is fractionally smaller and lighter than that used in the men’s game. According to both the laws of the game
11:38 AM ET Reigning Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton completed his first laps of a Formula One car since February on Tuesday at a private Mercedes test at UK circuit Silverstone. 1 Related Mercedes booked a two-day test to gain an experience of the safety procedures for the behind-closed-doors races that will start the 2020
5:00 AM ET Christian Pulisic recently claimed that “nobody even noticed me” on his first day with the Chelsea squad. As the Blues’ summer transfer strategy begins to take shape, he could be forgiven for wondering if that is still the case. The coronavirus pandemic has created uncertainty in the financial planning of many clubs,
8:57 AM ET Major League Soccer unveiled its plans for returning to play in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with the league set to resume on July 8 with what it is calling the MLS is Back Tournament. All 26 MLS teams will participate in the competition, which will be held at the ESPN