11:40 AM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo is back in Italy after testing positive for the coronavirus in Portugal, Juventus confirmed on Wednesday. Ronaldo flew to Turin to continue his quarantine there, the club said in a statement. “Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Italy with a medical flight authorised by the competent health authorities at the
Month: October 2020
4:44 PM ET Goals from Bernardo Silva and a brace from Diogo Jota gave Portugal a comfortable 3-0 win over Sweden in the Nations League on Wednesday as the hosts cracked on despite the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo due to a positive COVID-19 test. – UEFA Nations League on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays
5:22 PM ET The radical overhaul of English football proposed by Liverpool and Manchester United labelled “Project Big Picture” was unanimously rejected at a Premier League shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday. Representatives of the 20 clubs met to discuss the future of the game after details of a bailout package to help the English Football League
10:56 AM ET Juventus and USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie has tested positive for the coronavirus, the club has announced. McKennie, 22, becomes the second Juventus player to test positive this week, following Cristiano Ronaldo‘s result on Tuesday. Juventus under-23 coach Lamberto Zauli also tested positive on Wednesday. – Stream new episodes of ESPN FC Monday-Friday
4:49 PM ET France stretched their unbeaten run against Croatia to eight games after a late goal by Kylian Mbappe gave the world champions a 2-1 win in their Nations League top-tier Group 3 match on Wednesday. – UEFA Nations League on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)– Replay: Mbappe nets winner over
4:47 PM ET College athletes and coaches overwhelmingly feel that racism is a concern both on campus and in the country as a whole and that they have an obligation to act, according to a three-year survey released Wednesday. RISE, a national nonprofit that educates and empowers the sports community to champion social justice and
4:37 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Kawann Short, a two-time Pro Bowler, will have season-ending shoulder surgery for the second straight season, coach Matt Rhule said Wednesday. The 31-year-old suffered the injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s win at Atlanta when he hit quarterback Matt Ryan. It was Carolina’s third
5:08 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is on track to start for the second week in a row as he returns from the high right ankle sprain that cost him 2½ games. But even if Garoppolo makes it through this week of practice without any setbacks on his
4:59 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Football Team quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who missed Sunday’s game because of an illness, was sent home from the practice facility for the same reason Wednesday. Haskins, benched a week ago, was at the facility Monday but when he showed up Wednesday he wasn’t feeling well again. After doctors
4:27 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have agreed to a trade that will send outside linebacker Kamalei Correa to the Jacksonville Jaguars, sources confirmed to ESPN. Correa was frustrated with his diminished