6:54 AM ET Four people have been arrested over online racist abuse aimed at members of the England team after Sunday’s Euro 2020 final, British police said on Thursday. A specialist team is looking into the offensive comments, police said, after three Black players — Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka — were targeted
Month: July 2021
12:18 PM ET England’s Bukayo Saka said popular social media platforms are not doing enough to prevent online racist abuse after he was on the receiving end following his missed penalty in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final against Italy. Substitutes Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Saka all missed spot kicks in the 3-2 shootout loss to
7:24 AM ET Arjen Robben has called time on his football career for the second time. Photo by NESimages/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Netherlands legend Arjen Robben has announced his retirement from professional football for a second time. Robben, 37, decided to come out of retirement last June to play for boyhood club FC Groningen in
12:27 PM ET United States international midfielder Tanner Tessmann has joined Serie A side Venezia FC from Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas, the clubs announced on Thursday. Tessmann, 19, was just in his second season with FCD’s first team, after having come up through Dallas’ academy since 2016. He’s made a total of 28 league
10:30 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle for Lionel Messi to sign a new five-year contract, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday, but that doesn’t mean the club’s problems are solved. They still have a gross debt of €1.2 billion and if La Liga started tomorrow, the 34-year-old
12:55 PM ET Motorsport UK head David Richards said on Thursday he had been asked to stand for president of the International Automobile Federation, Formula One’s governing body, and had not ruled anything out. Frenchman Jean Todt, who has been FIA president since 2009, is standing down and an election for his replacement will be
1:04 PM ET Conor McGregor said he went into last weekend’s MMA trilogy against Dustin Poirier with “multiple stress fractures” in his left leg — the same leg that broke in the final seconds of the opening round. McGregor (22-6) lost to Poirier at UFC 264 on Saturday in Las Vegas. The official result was
1:35 PM ET Lando Norris said he’s going into the British Grand Prix still feeling the physical and mental toll of being mugged at Wembley after the Euro 2020 final. After the game, which saw Italy beat England on penalties, McLaren F1 driver Norris posted a picture to Instagram wearing a limited edition Richard Mille
1:26 PM ET ESPN News Services Dallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop has waived his no-movement clause to be exposed in the Seattle expansion draft next week after approaching the team with the idea, according to multiple reports. Protected lists from teams are due Saturday. The league is expected to release them at some point this
11:45 AM ET Associated Press Of all the thousands of miles, dizzying days of suffering and countless moments of self-doubt, the one that sticks out most to Lachlan Morton came high in the Alps, where a monster day of cycling along the route of the Tour de France had left him burned and blistered and