4:58 AM ET A row has broken out between Arsenal and Saint-Etienne after William Saliba‘s loan extension talks collapsed less than 24 hours after Gunners head coach Mikel Arteta told the 19-year-old he deserves to play in the Coupe de France final. Arsenal signed Saliba from Saint-Etienne in a £27 million deal last summer before
Month: July 2020
8:21 AM ET Arsenal have tied Bukayo Saka down to a long-term contract, the club announced on Wednesday. Saka, 18, has made 33 appearances this season, playing mainly down the left flank and has contributed three goals as well as 11 assists. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ “Bukayo is a talented and intelligent young
10:19 AM ET Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has said his team “don’t need huge investment” this summer and insisted the club can still compete in the market even if they fail to qualify for the Champions League. Spurs travel to Sheffield United on Thursday aiming to close a seven-point gap between them and Manchester United
9:43 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said his team have a point to prove against Liverpool. City have enjoyed unprecedented domestic success over the last two seasons and despite already losing out on the title to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool, Guardiola has told his players there is still something to play
8:31 AM ET Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said he hopes star player Eden Hazard’s ankle isn’t being targeted by opponents after his return from injury. The €100 million forward was expected to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on a fracture in March — his second ankle injury this campaign
10:52 AM ET Adriana Garcia Antoine Griezmann‘s brother and father have hit out at Barcelona coach Quique Setien on social media after the France international was only introduced as a stoppage-time substitute against Atletico Madrid. The striker who joined from Atletico Madrid for €120 last summer, has been left on the bench three times in
7:23 PM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva and Upul Tharanga have all been summoned to appear before a special investigations unit set up by Sri Lanka’s Sports Ministry, over allegations of match-fixing in the 2011 World Cup final. The allegations were made by Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who was the sports
9:50 AM ET One year from now — one way or another — the rules that determine how college athletes can make money will be different. NCAA athletes are not currently allowed to accept money from any outside parties in exchange for the use of their name, image or likeness (NIL). An onslaught of political
6:20 AM ET This week, I’m going to check in with progress reports for quarterbacks from the 2018 NFL draft. Five quarterbacks were drafted in the first round that year, and I’ll take detailed looks at Lamar Jackson (Tuesday), Josh Allen (Wednesday), Baker Mayfield (Thursday) and Sam Darnold (Friday). Sorry, Josh Rosen; I’ll get to
6:34 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 2016, Toronto’s Darwin Barney gave up a game-winning home run in the 19th inning. Barney, of course, is