4:52 PM ET Liverpool beat AC Milan 3-2 in their Champions League opener as Jordan Henderson‘s stunning effort settled a classic encounter at Anfield on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp made a raft of changes with Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane starting on the substitutes bench, but his side raced out of the blocks and took
Month: September 2021
4:59 PM ET Christopher Nkunku scored a hat trick for RB Leipzig but ended on the losing side in a nine-goal thriller as Manchester City, last season’s Champions League runners-up, made a positive start in Group A with a 6-3 win at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. Defender Nathan Ake put City ahead in the
6:11 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti praised the side’s “quality” youngsters after Rodrygo and Eduardo Camavinga combined for the late goal that gave the team a 1-0 Champions League group stage win at Internazionale on Wednesday. The coach brought on Rodrygo, 20, on 65 minutes and then Camavinga, 18,
3:02 PM ET The United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) on Wednesday labeled the U.S. Soccer Federation’s offer of identical contract proposals for both the men’s and women’s teams as a nothing more than a publicity stunt. The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) announced its offer on Tuesday as part of an effort it
6:40 PM ET ESPN News Services The Milwaukee Bucks have named Lisa Byington as the team’s new television play-by-play announcer on Bally Sports Wisconsin, making her the first woman to handle full-time TV play-by-play duties for a major men’s professional sports team. Byington replaces longtime Bucks announcer Jim Paschke, who retired after the 2020-21 season
Report The allrounder smashed an unbeaten 48 off 24 balls to deny the Kings in a last-ball thriller The experienced old pros of Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis and Dwayne Bravo may have helped propel St Kitts & Nevis Patriots into the 2021 CPL final, but it was the young guns – Dominic Drakes, Joshua Da
6:15 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — The New Orleans Saints‘ dominant Week 1 victory over the Green Bay Packers didn’t come without a price. Seven Saints players missed Wednesday’s practice with injuries — including Pro Bowl cornerback Marshon Lattimore, who had thumb surgery this week, according to a source. Also missing were starting center
6:45 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Heading into Sunday night’s showdown, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson downplayed his winless record against Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Jackson is 0-3 against Mahomes — losing to him in each of the past three seasons — while going 30-5 (.857) against the rest of the NFL.
6:45 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys defensive DeMarcus Lawrence sustained a broken foot in Wednesday’s practice that will force him to miss 6-8 weeks, according to sources. It is a giant blow to a defense that did not generate a sack in Week 1 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and could also be
3:33 PM ET De La Fuente has made a positive and immediate impact at Marseille since leaving Barcelona this summer. PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images Every professional soccer player is chasing the dream of becoming the best, and for much of his career, Konrad De La Fuente was the rare performer who seemed poised