3:08 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Teofimo Lopez and Jose Pedraza are in the process of finalizing a deal for a Dec. 10 junior welterweight fight in New York, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The bout will be Lopez’s second at 140 pounds following a 135-pound campaign that included a victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko to capture
Month: October 2022
7:56 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Luis Rubiales has been in his role since 2018. Photo by Oscar J. Barroso / AFP7 / Europa Press Sports via Getty Images LaLiga sides Sevilla, Valencia and Villarreal have demanded an apology from the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after he said they were the
7:32 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Harry Maguire is confident he will prove his fitness before England‘s World Cup squad announcement, sources have told ESPN. Maguire hasn’t been available for Manchester United since suffering a thigh injury playing for England against Germany during the international break. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) He
8:38 AM ET Celtic wore black armbands in the match following Queen Elizabeth II’s death. Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images Celtic have been fined €15,000 by UEFA for displaying a provocative banner following Queen Elizabeth’s death during their Champions League draw against Shakhtar Donetsk, Europe’s football governing body said on Tuesday. Last month’s match in
9:00 AM ET A million-dollar, winner-take-all prize will be on the line next summer in a new 7-on-7 soccer tournament to be held in North Carolina. The tournament — known simply as The Soccer Tournament — will be run by TBT Enterprises, the group that founded The Basketball Tournament roughly a decade ago. That event
3:29 PM ET Liverpool winger Luis Diaz will be out for up to two months and teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold could be missing for two weeks after manager Jurgen Klopp gave injury updates on two of his key players on Tuesday. Both players were hurt in the first half of Liverpool’s 3-2 loss at Arsenal in
12:08 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said it would be a huge disappointment if his side were to be knocked out of the Champions League group stage for the second consecutive season this week. Barca will be eliminated from the competition if they lose to Inter Milan at Camp Nou
2:39 PM ET Manchester City dropped their first Champions League points of the season as they were held to a 0-0 stalemate with FC Copenhagen at the Parken Stadium on Tuesday. City were made to play with 10 men for much of the affair after Sergio Gomez was shown a red card 30 minutes in.
12:33 PM ET Merritt Paulson, the owner of the NWSL’s Portland Thorns and MLS’s Portland Timbers, announced he is stepping down as CEO of both clubs “effective immediately.” The announcement follows the release of the Yates Report, which detailed systemic emotional and verbal abuse, as well as sexual misconduct in the NWSL, including within the
12:29 PM ET ESPN News Services Houston Astros reliever Phil Maton will not pitch again this postseason after breaking a bone in a finger on his pitching hand while punching his locker last week, he said Tuesday. Maton, who had a 3.84 ERA in 67 games this season, on Tuesday told reporters that he had