6:26 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Paul Pogba has said he is “happy” at Manchester United a day after manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he was hopeful the midfielder will sign a new contract at Old Trafford. Pogba has entered the final year of his deal, although the club hold an option to extend until 2022.
Month: July 2020
5:55 AM ET Borussia Dortmund are preparing for life without Jadon Sancho, the club’s sporting director Michael Zorc has said. The Bundesliga club would like Sancho to stay at the club for another season but Manchester United have expressed a keen interest in signing the England international. – FC TV: Stream FC Daily on ESPN+–
7:05 AM ET Former Arsenal and England goalkeeper David Seaman got a surprise this week after a picture supposedly bearing his signature was put up for sale on Facebook Marketplace. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories, quirkiest viral content and top trolling that the internet has
7:00 AM ET A typical major league baseball season, played under normal parameters, is a proving ground, a long slog in which teams have to leap over multiple hurdles and survive multiple tests to advance to the last rounds of a sports version of “The Hunger Games.” It is that way because it needs to
7:00 AM ET Major League Baseball’s plan to play through a public health crisis is outlined in a handbook that encompasses more than 100 pages, every single one of which emphasizes the notion that professional baseball in 2020 will be unlike anything anybody has ever experienced. Players are advised to wear sandals in the shower
7:00 AM ET My favorite thing about the “return to play” documents released by the NHL and the NHLPA this week — besides the whole “here’s a way to bring hockey back this summer” thing — is the subtle renaming of their “hubs” as the much more heavy metal “Phase 4 Secure Zone,” which sounds
7:20 AM ET Emily Cave Editor’s note: Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died on April 11, after suffering a brain bleed earlier in the week. He was 25. His wife Emily shares her story here, as told to ESPN’s Emily Kaplan. When the hockey season paused for coronavirus, Colby and I returned to Canada. He
5:28 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Jordan will miss England’s ODI series against Ireland after suffering an arm injury. Jordan was among three players in an extended training group who were not considered for England’s 24-man training squad named on Thursday due to injury. The three day-night matches are to be played against Ireland behind
6:00 AM ET It’s hard to improve on the performance the Pittsburgh Steelers defense put together last season. As a unit, the defense finished fifth in the NFL in yards allowed (304.1) and points per game allowed (18.9). The group also led the league in takeaways with 38. The Steelers’ defense enters the 2020 season
6:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — No excuses, right? A year ago, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was essentially playing with (Las Vegas reference warning) house money when it came to his battered and broken receivers corps, a sorry situation exacerbated by Antonio Brown‘s training-camp meltdown and eventual release. As coach Jon Gruden said later, “We