3:23 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University As the Big 12 continues to consider expansion, four leading candidates have emerged in BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and
Month: September 2021
8:12 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona are still exploring ways to move on Miralem Pjanic in an attempt to further reduce their wage bill following a hectic summer at Camp Nou, sources have told ESPN. The transfer window closed in Spain on Tuesday but it remains open in Russia and Turkey, with Zenit
2:09 PM ET Kylian Mbappe has been ruled out of France‘s World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Finland after sustaining a calf injury in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw against Bosnia, the French federation said on Thursday. “Kylian Mbappe felt a pain in his right calf at the end of the match against Bosnia in Strasbourg on
10:39 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo is on course to make his second Manchester United debut against Newcastle United on Sept. 11 after being released from the Portugal squad six days earlier than originally scheduled following his world record goals against Republic of Ireland on Wednesday. Ronaldo, who completed a €15 million transfer from Juventus to
3:30 PM ET Manchester United confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo will wear the No. 7 shirt after he re-joined the club from Juventus. The Old Trafford side announced Ronaldo had officially signed on Monday after posting confirmation of an agreement with the player to make the move the previous Friday. – How Man Utd persuaded Ronaldo to
2:48 PM ET The ACC has hired Karina Tovar as its first on-field female football official in one of several changes announced Thursday to its officiating program. Tovar served the past two years as a Conference USA official. In addition, the league has enhanced and upgraded the technology available to officials during games. For every
News The batter had been omitted from the Caribbean and Bangladesh tours because of failed fitness tests Avishka Fernando, long considered one of Sri Lanka’s finest limited-overs batting prospects, was left out of the squad entirely for Sri Lanka’s first two limited-overs assignments this year (in the Caribbean, and in Bangladesh). The omission wasn’t down
4:00 AM ET The transfer window closed on Aug. 31, with Europe’s top clubs spending plenty of money to enhance their squads even amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the financial constraints that has brought. 2 Related Manchester United splashed more than €120m on Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, while also bringing back Cristiano Ronaldo;
2:52 PM ET Phil Mickelson took another shot at the United States Golf Association on Thursday, reiterating in a three-minute Twitter video that the governing body is wrong to limit the length of driver shafts as a way to combat some of the issues in the game. Mickelson, who did not qualify for this week’s
2:23 PM ET Montreal Canadiens first-round pick Logan Mailloux has been suspended indefinitely by the Ontario Hockey League stemming from the defenseman’s 2020 conduct that got him fined for an offense of a sexual nature in Sweden. The Ontario Hockey League announced Thursday that Mailloux could apply for reinstatement starting Jan. 1 and that his