7:20 AM ET THE MANAGER AND coaches of UFC featherweight Max Holloway trickled into the conference room, where walls were covered with screens showing the stats of NBA players. At the front of the room, leading the discussion, was Toronto Raptors general manager Bobby Webster. Webster brought in the Raptors’ department heads in health, nutrition,
Month: July 2020
12:52 AM ET FC Dallas head coach Luchi Gonzalez is sure that the decision to pull out of the MLS is Back tournament was the right one for the club, players and the league. Major League Soccer announced on Monday that the club would not be taking part in the competition, which starts Wednesday, following
5:50 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Tottenham defender Eric Dier has been handed a four-match ban from the Football Association after confronting a supporter following his club’s FA Cup loss against Norwich City in March. Dier leapt into the stands and was involved in a heated argument with a Spurs fan
11:54 PM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic jokingly claimed that he runs AC Milan and danced around questions over his playing future following Tuesday’s thrilling 4-2 win over Juventus. Converting a penalty to spark a comeback from 2-0 down, the 38-year-old suggested that he is “President, player and coach” at Milan after his inspirational work continued on
5:55 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has played down suggestions he told Nathan Ake the club are looking to sign a new centre-back this summer. Solskjaer and Ake were seen in conversation after the final whistle of United’s 5-2 win over Bournemouth on Saturday and the Norwegian reportedly said “we
7:53 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo has hit back at Lyon chief Juninho after he claimed that Neymar joined the Ligue 1 champions “because of money.” Neymar, 28, signed for PSG from Barcelona in 2017 for a world record €222 million transfer fee and has won three consecutive league titles in the French
6:35 AM ET James OlleySenior Writer, ESPN FC Close Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Chelsea are pushing ahead with a deal to sign Bayer Leverkusen‘s Kai Havertz after the forward indicated he wants to move to Stamford Bridge this summer, sources have told ESPN. Frank Lampard‘s side are yet to agree
7:48 AM ET Ole Gunnar Solskjaer really wanted to sign Erling Haaland from FC Salzburg in January, make no mistake about that, but there were two significant reasons why Manchester United abandoned their pursuit of the Norwegian striker. One of them was Mason Greenwood. The other, reported by ESPN at the time, was that United
4:58 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Bruno Fernandes is getting sick of Paul Pogba. Not the fact that he gets to play alongside him — that part is going well. It’s the questions about the Frenchman that are driving him mad. Pogba doesn’t do a lot of interviews — especially at the moment — for fear
3:04 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Sourav Ganguly has worn many hats over the years, the latest being that of the president of the BCCI, but it’s Sourav Ganguly the India captain that people still remember with the most fondness. Chatting with Ganguly a couple of days before his 48th birthday, on the board’s official website,