7:17 PM ET Sergio Busquets conceded that Barcelona‘s hopes of winning La Liga evaporated with Tuesday’s 3-3 draw against Levante. Barca led 2-0 and 3-2 in Valencia before conceding a late equaliser to leave their title hopes hanging by a thread after picking up just five points from their last four games. – Ratings: Messi
Month: May 2021
5:59 PM ET Barcelona twice threw away the lead to draw 3-3 at Levante on Tuesday in a potentially fatal blow to their chances of winning the La Liga title. The draw took Barca into second place in the standings on 76 points, one behind leaders Atletico Madrid and one ahead of third-placed Real Madrid,
4:08 PM ET Pep Guardiola was always likely to change the landscape of English football when he arrived at Manchester City in 2016, but five years on, the Spaniard and his players have ripped up the record books and the rulebook by becoming the dominant force in the Premier League and their latest title triumph
3:53 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Major League Baseball Players Association increased its liquid assets by about $19 million to $178.5 million ahead of collective bargaining that could lead to a spring training lockout next year. The union had $178.5 million in cash, U.S. Treasury securities and investments on Dec. 31, according
5:00 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Mets ace Jacob deGrom resumed playing catch and plans to evaluate his mechanics after New York placed him on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with tightness in his right side. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner was pulled from a game Sunday against Arizona, his
4:53 PM ET ESPN News Services San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for COVID-19, manager Jayce Tingler said Tuesday, and has been added to the injured list due to health and safety protocols. Tatis currently has no symptoms, according to Tingler. Per MLB’s health and safety protocols, in order to return to
4:46 PM ET At least five New York Yankees coaches have tested positive for COVID-19, sources told ESPN’s Marly Rivera on Tuesday. The Yankees announced third-base coach Phil Nevin tested positive, and manager Aaron Boone said several others have yet to be confirmed. Nevin is fully vaccinated and under quarantine protocol in Tampa, where the
4:13 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United lost at home to Leicester to confirm Manchester City as champions, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer left Old Trafford far from disappointed. For much of the 90 minutes, played in everything from bright sunshine to torrential rain, he watched a reserve XI match one of the
8:20 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has yet to pay back $600,000 he received from the state of Mississippi for multiple speaking events where he never showed up, authorities said Tuesday. Favre promised to repay the state after an audit released in May 2020 revealed $1.1 million had
4:05 PM ET ESPN News Services ROME — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was furious with the chair umpire for not suspending play as rain trickled down during his Italian Open second-round match against American Taylor Fritz on Tuesday. The 33-year-old Serb made his feelings clear after he was broken when serving for victory in