Month: July 2021

6:54 AM ET Associated Press Brazil’s Marta has become the first player to score in five successive Olympic tournaments. Pablo Morano/BSR Agency/Getty Images Marta became the first player to score in five straight Olympics when Brazil beat China 5-0 on Wednesday in the women’s soccer tournament. Marta finished with a pair of goals for Brazil, which

6:53 AM ET Adriana Garcia Boca Juniors and Atletico-MG players clashed in their Copa Libertadores game. Bruna Prado-Pool/Getty Images Police were forced to use pepper spray to prevent Boca Juniors players from entering the Atletico Mineiro changing room following an ugly brawl after their Copa Libertadores game on Tuesday. Atletico won 3-1 on penalties in Belo

8:33 AM ET Adriana Garcia Real Madrid‘s first summer signing David Alaba has said he would love to play alongside Raphael Varane amid reports the France international defender will leave and join Manchester United. Varane, whose contract at Bernabeu is due to expire in June 2022, is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s top defensive target and sources

6:10 AM ET The United States women’s national team began its 2020 Tokyo Olympics campaign with a 3-0 loss to Sweden at the Tokyo Stadium in Japan on Wednesday, ending its 44-match unbeaten run in emphatic fashion. Prematch, this clash had been billed as one of the most competitive ties, pitting the World Cup-winning USWNT

9:33 AM ET Netherlands players celebrate after their sixth goal against Zambia. Koki Nagahama/Getty Images Vivianne Miedema scored four goals and Netherlands routed Zambia 10-3 to open the Olympic women’s football tournament on Wednesday — with Barbra Banda netting all three for the African side. Miedema, the all-time leading scorer in the Women’s Super League, as

8:02 AM ET Megan Rapinoe said the United States women’s national team must move on quickly after a surprise 3-0 loss to Sweden in their Olympic Games opener on Wednesday. The USWNT saw a 44-match unbeaten record end in humbling style as the tournament favorites and world No.1 ranked side was undone by two Stina

9:30 AM ET Caitlin Murray There was a moment early in the first half of the United States women’s national team‘s opening match of their Olympics campaign when midfielder Rose Lavelle, dribbling into Sweden‘s half with the ball at her feet, looked around furiously and put her hands out, as if she was lost. Even