9:24 AM ET UEFA’s executive committee has approved new “sustainability regulations” to replace the previous Financial Fair Play system, president Aleksander Ceferin said on Thursday. A new “squad cost rule” will limit spending on wages, transfers and agent fees to 70% of a club’s revenue — with that figure reached after a three-year gradual change.
Month: April 2022
5:15 AM ET Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has warned his players that the Champions League tie against Real Madrid could be over if they play as badly as they did in their 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. Madrid striker Karim Benzema scored two headers in three first-half minutes before adding a third goal
5:55 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said a victory for his team at Manchester City on Sunday would not mean the Premier League title is theirs and that the club must focus on winning all of their remaining games to ensure success. The match in Manchester is being billed by many as a
9:30 AM ET Laura Ricketts has insisted it is her “life’s work to fight against discrimination” after acknowledging the family’s proposed takeover of Chelsea will not win over all fans “right away” amid ongoing opposition to their offer for the club. The Ricketts family investment group, led by Joe Ricketts’ children Tom, Todd and Laura
6:00 AM ET It seems almost unthinkable now. The stuff of football legend, a Sasquatch story folks with gray around the temples tell once in a while and they simply swear it is true no matter what you’ve heard before. In 1996, no quarterback was selected in the first round of the NFL draft. It
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. For months, the top two spots in the Eastern Conference have seemed like foregone conclusions: the Florida Panthers have been the cream of the Atlantic Division crop, while the Carolina Hurricanes have maintained
7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gennadiy Golovkin stormed through the red, white and blue ropes encompassing the ring in disgust and made a beeline for his dressing room. He wasn’t interested in sticking around at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the customary postfight interview. What was left to be said? Golovkin firmly believed he
6:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — With free agency winding down and Todd Bowles replacing Bruce Arians as head coach, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have addressed a number of key needs, including re-signing wide receivers Chris Godwin and Breshad Perriman, center Ryan Jensen, cornerback Carlton Davis, running backs Leonard Fournette and Giovani Bernard, defensive lineman
6:35 AM ET NFL NationESPN Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf isn’t going to be traded this offseason — right? General manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll have said that they “intend for him to be with us,” but they also said similar things before dealing superstar quarterback Russell Wilson to the Broncos last
3:13 AM BST SANZAAR has dished out 16 weeks’ worth of suspensions for the five red cards that were issued in Round 7 of Super Rugby Pacific, after Caleb Clarke was on Wednesday night handed a three-week ban for an incident that continues to divide opinion. The wider issue of foul play remains the hot