3:49 PM ET Barcelona settled for a 1-1 draw against minnows Olot at the Estadi Municipal on Wednesday. Getty Images Barcelona began their preseason with a 1-1 draw against fellow Catalonian side Olot on Wednesday. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put the visitors in front of their fifth-tier opponents in the 29th minute, before Eloi equalised for Olot from
Month: July 2022
4:51 PM ET Danielle van de Donk’s superb strike gave the Netherlands a 3-2 win over Portugal on Wednesday to move the defending champions top of the Women’s Euro 2022 Group C table. Damaris Egurrola gave the Dutch a seventh-minute lead with a fine angled header from a corner and they looked to be on
2:22 PM ET Cesar Hernandez The Mexico Football Federation (FMF) has officially fired general sporting director Gerardo Torrado, sporting director of national teams Ignacio Hierro, and men’s Under-20 team coach Luis Perez. Through a restructuring of the FMF, women’s senior national team coach Monica Vergara will be evaluated by new management. – Futbol Americas on
12:07 PM ET Chelsea have signed Raheem Sterling from Premier League rivals Manchester City, it was announced on Wednesday. The 27-year-old announced his departure from City earlier on Wednesday and has now signed a five-year contract at Stamford Bridge. Sources have told ESPN that Sterling joins Chelsea in a £47.5 million deal rising to £50m
10:55 AM ET Before the pandemic screeched global travel to a halt, Gareth Bale had developed something of a summer ritual. For anywhere from two to four weeks, the then-Real Madrid star would bring his family to Los Angeles and soak in all the city had to offer. One year they might rent a house
3:36 PM ET Winger Juraj Slafkovsky and center Shane Wright, the first and fourth overall picks in last week’s NHL draft, signed their entry-level contracts Wednesday. Slafkovsky, selected first overall by the Montreal Canadiens, signed a three-year entry-level contract. The 18-year-old, who played in 38 games for TPS Turku in the Liiga in Finland last
3:14 PM ET Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy offered advice — “jokingly,” he said — to new Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark on Wednesday: Don’t let the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners continue to participate in the league’s business meetings. Gundy, who has been Oklahoma State coach since 2005, said he’s surprised that the
2:59 PM ET Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder’s attorney rejected the House Oversight committee’s reasoning for wanting him to testify under a subpoena later this month, reiterating that he would do so voluntarily. In a letter, attorney Karen Patton Seymour called the committee’s concerns that her client would withhold information if not testifying under a
1:57 PM ET Rory McIlroy is the consensus favorite to win The Open and the only golfer with odds in the single digits at the majority of sportsbooks, but bettors in the U.S. and abroad can’t resist backing long shot Tiger Woods. At Caesars Sportsbook, McIlroy is 9-1 to win this week at St. Andrews.
11:37 AM ET After a trade deadline deal led to a Stanley Cup, defenseman Josh Manson and the Colorado Avalanche have decided to continue the partnership. ESPN has confirmed multiple reports that he gets a four-year deal with an average annual value of $4.5 million. “Josh was a huge addition to our back end down