12:20 PM ET Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao are in opposition to the sale, El Independiente reported on Thursday. Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images Real Madrid are considering taking legal action against LaLiga and CVC Capital Partners after the Spanish league agreed to sell 10% of its business to the investment fund for €2.7 billion,
Month: August 2021
3:04 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have announced the signing of Jack Grealish from Aston Villa, breaking the British transfer record in a £100 million deal, the club announced on Thursday. Grealish leaves his boyhood club Villa having made 213 appearances and scoring 32 goals since making his senior debut in 2014. – Stream
3:37 PM ET In his first press conference since Texas officially announced it is moving to the SEC, new Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said on Thursday that he knows the Longhorns will be a target for opposing fans. “I didn’t take this job blind,” Sarkisian said. “We’re everybody’s biggest game. I think coming out of
10:39 AM ET Valentino Rossi, one of motorcycling’s greatest and most charismatic champions, announced on Thursday his retirement from MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season after a quarter of a century in grand prix racing. The 42-year-old Italian, who races with the number 46, is a nine times world champion with seven of
3:05 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer pulled out of the upcoming hard-court tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati on Thursday, citing lingering issues with his surgically repaired knee and shedding doubt on his status for the U.S. Open. The withdrawals by Federer, who turns 40 on Sunday, were announced separately by the two events. This
1:08 PM ET Claressa Shields At the age of 17, a young woman from Flint, Michigan overcame inner city struggles to win gold at the 2012 London Olympics, which were the first Games to award medals for women’s boxing. Not only did she win once, Claressa Shields went back-to-back, winning another Olympic gold medal in
3:18 PM ET Aston Martin has confirmed it will press ahead with its appeal of Sebastian Vettel’s disqualification from the Hungarian Grand Prix. Vettel finished second in Budapest but was stripped of the result in the hours following the race due when his car was found to have less than one litre of fuel in
Report Colin Munro made 41 from 28 before rain finally brought an end to proceedings Manchester Originals 98 for 3 (Munro 41*) vs Southern Brave – Match abandoned The men’s Hundred clash between Manchester Originals and Southern Brave ended in a no result as rain limited play to only 71 balls at Emirates Old Trafford.
1:13 PM ET Negotiations to renew Lionel Messi‘s contract with Barcelona hit a stumbling block on Thursday, but the club are still hopeful of tying him down to a new deal, multiple sources told ESPN. Messi, 34, has been a free agent since his previous terms expired on June 30, but ESPN reported last month
2:51 PM ET HOUSTON — Early in the morning on July 27, Houston Texans safety Jonathan Owens was watching his girlfriend, Simone Biles, compete in the Olympics. But after she vaulted in the gymnastics team final and walked off to talk to her coach, Owens said he felt sick to his stomach, knowing what Biles