3:01 PM ET Major League Soccer’s Orlando City SC is nearing an agreement to be sold to the Wilf family, the owners of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, OCSC owner Flavio Augusto da Silva announced Wednesday. The deal will also include the Orlando Pride of the NWSL and related soccer assets. The sale, which has long
Month: May 2021
8:32 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are keeping the movements of their players top secret in a bid to make sure the rearranged fixture with Liverpool goes ahead, sources have told ESPN. The club are concerned the team bus may be targeted in an effort to stop the players arriving at Old Trafford and
10:57 AM ET Stoney led Manchester United women to promotion in their first season, and top four finishes in the past two campaigns. Photo by Visionhau/Getty Images Casey Stoney has resigned as Manchester United women’s manager. Stoney, 38, took charge of when the team was reformed in 2018. She led them to promotion in their first
1:29 PM ET Buffalo Sabres GM Kevyn Adams said disgruntled star Jack Eichel has not yet requested a trade after Eichel’s contentious news conference Monday in which he openly questioned whether he’d play in Buffalo next season. Adams said the Sabres, who finished in last place in the NHL this season, had to be willing
2:28 PM ET The Valdosta (Georgia) Board of Education is scheduled to meet Monday to revisit its earlier decision not to renew embattled football coach Rush Propst’s contract, according to an agenda posted on the school district’s website. The school board voted on April 27 not to renew Propst, who was placed on administrative leave
8:05 AM ET Anderson Silva, one of the greatest to ever compete in the cage, says he thinks he has fought in mixed martial arts for the final time. The former longtime UFC middleweight champion told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in an interview published Wednesday that he likely is done with MMA following his release from
1:05 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Serena Williams‘ 1,000th tour-level match ended in defeat as she marked her return to action with a 7-6 (6), 7-5 loss to Nadia Podoroska on Wednesday in the second round of the Italian Open. The eighth-seeded Williams, who is 851-149 for her career but hadn’t played since the
News As the death toll in Gaza following Israeli air strikes escalated, cricketers around the world made their voices heard Cricketers from around the world have expressed support and solidarity with the people of Palestine, with the death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza rising sharply over the past few days. Several of the dead
1:36 PM ET Britain’s Lizzie Deignan won the 2020 edition of La Course, a one-day women’s race before the Tour de France. Photo by Stuart Franklin / various sources / AFP The women’s Tour de France is set to be revived next year after a 33-year absence as race director Christian Prudhomme said it will be
11:16 AM ET The New York Rangers have fired coach David Quinn, a source confirmed to ESPN. All of Quinn’s assistants, except for goalie coach Benoit Allaire, were also let go, according to sources. The New York Post was the first to report about Quinn’s dismissal. The firing caps off a wild week and a