11:10 AM ET The Bundesliga season opener on Friday between reigning champions Bayern Munich and Schalke (live on ESPN+ in the U.S., 2.30 p.m. ET) will be played without fans, the city of Munich has ordered on Thursday due to a rise in coronavirus infections locally. The seven-day incidence, the average number of infections per
Month: September 2020
12:16 PM ET Associated Press Under investigation in his home country Switzerland, FIFA president Gianni Infantino met with President Donald Trump and made a third trip to the White House since the United States became a 2026 World Cup co-host just over two years ago. Infantino attended a signing ceremony this week for a diplomatic
9:29 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu is likely to face a vote of no confidence after a petition secured 20,731 signatures from club members on Thursday. The Mes que una Mocio campaign was launched in July and needed to collect more than 16,521 signatures from club members to force a referendum
5:23 AM ET German lower-league side SG Ripdorf/Molzen II suffered a 37-0 defeat on Sunday after only fielding seven players in a bid to maintain social distancing against their opponents as they feared contracting the coronavirus. SG Ripdorf/Molzen, from the city of Uelzen in the state of Lower Saxony faced their city rivals SV Holdenstedt
7:44 AM ET Bayern Munich are the front-runners to sign Ajax‘s Sergino Dest as Thiago Alcantara looks set to join Liverpool, sources have told ESPN. Sources have told ESPN the money generated from that transfer has fast-tracked their interest in Dest if a suitable transfer fee can by agreed between the clubs. – Bundesliga on
4:52 AM ET Liverpool are ready to fend off rival interest from Manchester United by stepping up their efforts to sign Bayern Munich star Thiago Alcantara after contacting the Champions League winners over a £27 million move for the midfielder, sources have told ESPN. Jurgen Klopp has been determined to add the former Barcelona player
6:24 AM ET THE NINE MONTHS it took to schedule a dinner between Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and the franchise’s newest superstar, LeBron James, really wasn’t that long by Los Angeles standards. James lives in Beverly Hills; Buss lives in Playa Vista. Busy people, L.A. traffic, intense jobs — nine months is actually
11:21 AM ET MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Patrick Reed‘s start to the U.S. Open at Winged Foot was what you’d expect from a lot of the field — a bad hole here, a birdie there, a few pars. Then something big happened. Captain A̶m̶e̶r̶i̶c̶a̶. Captain Ace!@PReedGolf with the first hole-in-one in the 120th #USOpen. pic.twitter.com/gV5dJZ6OrF —
10:00 AM ET What a time to be a New York Islanders fan. Normally when you hear that, it doesn’t portend good things. It means the Islanders were criminally mismanaged or were purchased by an actual criminal or were forced into a nomadic arena existence that hopefully doesn’t end with them in Quebec City. But
10:03 AM ET Eight-time NBA All-Star Vince Carter has signed a multiyear contract with ESPN to serve as an NBA and college basketball analyst, it was announced Thursday. Carter retired this past season, ending a 22-year career in March when the league suspended play because of the coronavirus pandemic. Carter’s Atlanta Hawks had the league’s