8:01 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona‘s teenage midfielder Pedri has been promoted to Spain‘s senior squad for this month’s World Cup qualifiers against Greece, Georgia and Kosovo. Pedri, 18, has made 40 appearances, including 26 in La Liga, since joining Barca from Las Palmas last summer. – Hunter: Messi is Barca’s talisman but Pedri is
Month: March 2021
5:34 AM ET Lionel Messi is set to equal Xavi Hernandez’s record as Barcelona‘s highest all-time appearance maker in Monday’s La Liga match at home to Huesca, completing a triple crown of the most prestigious records with the Catalan club. Messi will join former club captain Xavi on 767 matches in all competitions should he
9:43 AM ET Zinedine Zidane has said he “can’t explain” Eden Hazard‘s latest injury setback but admitted “something is going on” after the forward was ruled out of Real Madrid‘s Champions League round-of-16 second leg clash with Atalanta. Hazard had made yet another return from injury on Saturday, coming off the bench in the 75th
10:22 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola and Oleksandr Zinchenko disagreed at Manchester City‘s Champions League news conference on Monday over whether they can win the quadruple this season. Ahead of their clash with Borussia Monchengladbach, Zinchenko said City are capable of lifting the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup this season.
10:00 AM ET Valencia midfielder Yunus Musah will represent the United States at international level. Musah, 18, made the announcement in conjunction with the U.S. Soccer Federation, and it amounts to the latest successful recruiting of a player eligible to represent multiple countries, following Barcelona defender Sergino Dest‘s choosing of the USMNT over Netherlands in
10:39 AM ET The recruitment battle for dual national talents is one that every coach is familiar with, which is why March 4 may go down as a day to remember for the United States men’s team. It was on that day that manager Gregg Berhalter received a text from Valencia midfielder Yunus Musah with
9:45 AM ET The ACC eliminated its intraconference transfer rule on Monday in a unanimous decision by its board of directors. The intraconference transfer rule, created in 1996, required student-athletes without a degree to sit out one year if they were transferring from one ACC school to another. The move does not come as a
5:36 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent After years of talking about it, Manchester United have finally done it. A director of football is finally in place at Old Trafford. Whether it’s director of football or football director is irrelevant; Ed Woodward doesn’t much care what you call it. The point is that John Murtough, formerly of
8:00 AM ET In August, the NCAA granted every fall student-athlete an extra year of eligibility if they want it, meaning the 2020-21 year doesn’t count against them. It’s a generous waiver that permits student-athletes an opportunity to reclaim this past season that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The waiver applies to all student-athletes,
7:11 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Guard Kevin Zeitler signed a three-year, $22 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal includes $16 million in guarantees, the source added. Zeitler, 31, was signed hours before the start of the NFL’s legal tampering period for free agents because he