Month: August 2021

11:12 AM ET Gareth Southgate has expressed his relief at Harry Kane‘s club future being resolved before England begin their preparations for World Cup qualifying next month. Kane confirmed on Wednesday that he will be staying at Tottenham after failing to secure his desired move to Premier League champions Manchester City. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide:
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7:19 AM ET Chelsea are hopeful of completing a deal worth in the region of €50 million for Sevilla defender Jules Kounde as defender Kurt Zouma closes on a move to West Ham United from Stamford Bridge, sources have told ESPN. Talks with Sevilla over Kounde have been ongoing for some time but Chelsea needed
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12:09 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have suspended defender Benjamin Mendy after he was charged by Cheshire Police. Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with rape, police have confirmed and the defender has been suspended by the Premier League champions. The France international is set to appear in court
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11:28 AM ET Chelsea‘s Christian Pulisic, Borussia Dortmund‘s Giovanni Reyna and Juventus‘ Weston McKennie headline the 26-player roster for the U.S. men’s national team ahead of three World Cup qualifiers. Pulisic had been a doubt to be called up after contracting COVID-19, but has recovered sufficiently to be on the roster that will contest World
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11:38 AM ET The draw for the Champions League group stage takes place on Thursday at 12 p.m. ET with Chelsea looking to retain their crown. Alongside Thomas Tuchel’s side in Pot A are various league winners, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan and and Europa League-winners Villarreal among others. Meanwhile, Real
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11:30 AM ET Rodrigo Faez Gabriele Marcotti Manchester City and Cristiano Ronaldo are close to reaching an agreement over a sensational move to the Etihad Stadium, sources have told ESPN. Sources told ESPN that City boss Pep Guardiola and Ronaldo spoke on the phone on Thursday morning ahead of his possible departure from Juventus. –
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11:04 AM ET SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Sebastian Vettel believes Formula One could take a more common sense approach to the kind of technical infringement which saw him stripped of second position and disqualified from the Hungarian Grand Prix. Vettel finished second in Budapest but was thrown out of the race several hours later, as his
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11:26 AM ET Forward Andrei Svechnikov has agreed to an eight-year, $62 million deal with the Carolina Hurricanes, it was announced Thursday. The 21-year-old Svechnikov had 15 goals and 27 assists in 55 games last season — his third with the team. The deal has an average annual value of $7.75 million. “Andrei is one
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