Month: November 2021

4:03 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Lionel Messi says it was inappropriate for Barcelona president Joan Laporta to say he could have played for free but has suggested he would have been willing to accept a bigger pay cut to stay at Camp Nou. Messi, 34, accepted a salary reduction of 50% in the

8:54 AM ET An Argentine football coach was shot in the shoulder and players fled the pitch on Sunday as Huracan Las Heras fans fought among themselves during a third-tier match in Mendoza province. Videos showed players from Huracan and opponents Ferro de General Pico running for cover and fans hiding behind walls as shots

10:46 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has urged his Manchester United players to put the team before themselves to ensure they build on their impressive victory against Tottenham Hotspur. United face Atalanta in Bergamo on Tuesday having bounced back from their 5-0 defeat to Liverpool with a comprehensive 3-0 win at the Tottenham

11:54 AM ET Pat Onstad had a long and distinguished MLS career. Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images The Houston Dynamo hired Pat Onstad, a two-time MLS Cup winner with the team, to be its next general manager, it was announced on Monday. Onstad, 53, spent the last eight seasons in the Columbus Crew organization, first as

1:03 PM ET Associated Press Mexico will have to play in an empty stadium for its next two home games in World Cup qualifying because of persistent anti-gay chants by fans, FIFA said on Monday. The Mexico football federation was also fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($110,000) for charges of “discriminatory behavior by supporters.” It’s the

11:47 AM ET Christian Pulisic is set to make his first Chelsea appearance since Aug. 14 after manager Thomas Tuchel said the United States international is in the squad for Tuesday’s Champions League trip to Malmo. Pulisic, 23, has been struggling to recover from an ankle injury sustained while on international duty in a World

7:53 AM ET Tottenham are in advanced talks to appoint Antonio Conte as their new manager after sacking Nuno Espirito Santo on Monday morning, sources have told ESPN. Nuno was removed after just 17 games in charge following talks involving chairman Daniel Levy, managing director of football Fabio Paratici and other members of the club’s

10:50 AM ET The time for talking is over — let the battle commence! It’s time for our managers to pit their teams representing the Premier League, LaLiga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, Major League Soccer and Liga MX against each other for global supremacy in ESPN’s Battle of the Leagues, presented by EA