Month: March 2022

4:28 AM ET Mauricio Pochettino, one of the contenders for the Manchester United job, is in limbo as PSG plan an overhaul — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: PR firms’ Maradona heart stunt | Rashford the ‘ghost’ looks to battle back | US crypto keen on Barca link-up | Mbappe’s row with

5:46 AM ET The consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers and LA Lakers part-owner Todd Boehly has made the shortlist to buy Chelsea, sources have told ESPN. The New York-based merchant bank Raine Group, appointed to handle the sale of the club by outgoing owner Roman Abramovich, are in the process of identifying preferred bidders

6:04 AM ET Adriana Garcia Italian Football Federation president Gabriele Gravina has said he wants Roberto Mancini to remain in charge of the national team despite the country’s failure to reach the 2022 World Cup. Gravina said changes are needed following the Azzurri’s 1-0 loss to North Macedonia in Thursday’s playoff semifinal in Palermo but

1:22 AM ET MEXICO CITY — It didn’t get the historic win it was looking for, but the United States national team picked up an important point at the Estadio Azteca, taking a significant step toward World Cup qualification in a 0-0 draw with Mexico. Coupled with Panama‘s 1-1 draw with Honduras, the United States

5:00 AM ET MEXICO CITY — The number of times that the United States men’s national team has walked out of Estadio Azteca seething, on the wrong end of a scoreline, are too many to count. Usually it was because the visitors had been subjected to death by 1,000 passes, no match for Mexico‘s methodical