10:16 AM ET Associated Press Noel Le Graet has been French football federation president since 2011. Lionel Hahn/Getty Images Noel Le Graet agreed to step back from his duties as president of the French football federation on Wednesday following an emergency executive committee meeting into his behavior. The 81-year-old Le Graet has faced claims of sexual
Month: January 2023
6:29 AM ET Adriana Garcia Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has said he believes Lionel Messi can play at the 2026 World Cup. Messi, 35, led Argentina to glory in Qatar last month and repeatedly said throughout the tournament that it was going to be his last World Cup. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more
7:03 AM ET Chelsea have completed the signing of forward Joao Felix on loan from Atletico Madrid, the club announced on Wednesday. Sources told ESPN the deal’s initial loan fee is in the region of £11 million. Arsenal and Manchester United were both offered Felix but were unwilling to meet Atletico’s financial demands. – Stream
9:32 AM ET Christian Pulisic is expected to be out for up to two months with a knee injury, Chelsea head coach Graham Potter confirmed on Wednesday. The United States international limped out of last week’s Premier League home defeat to Manchester City and has since undergone a series of tests to determine the extent
9:57 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson on Wednesday revealed his rebranded NASCAR team and said he will drive the No. 84 — the reverse of his longtime No. 48 — when the seven-time champion competes for Legacy Motor Club. Legacy Motor Club replaces Petty GMS, the name the two-car Cup team
3:24 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic was drilling big fourth-quarter shots in the midst of yet another 40-point explosion against the LA Clippers. But Kawhi Leonard made sure the Clippers’ longest losing streak of his era with Paul George didn’t continue. Leonard answered two long 3-pointers by Doncic with a
9:21 AM ET With the UFC returning to action this weekend with its first card of 2023, it’s time once again for ESPN’s annual MMA rank. A two-step voting process involving ESPN’s MMA team set out to project which 30 fighters will have the best 2023. The final list features fighters across multiple promotions —
8:20 AM ET With holiday breaks and midseason tournaments in the rearview mirror, college hockey season is about to hit its stride. Focus turns to the conference races, and in the not-too-distant future, the NCAA tournament. A good number of the traditional powers sit at the top of the college hockey heap, including defending national
Kemar Roach, the West Indies fast bowler, will be returning to Surrey for the first six games of the LV=Insurance County Championship season. Roach, 34, is coming back to the club for a third season after successful spells in 2021 and in the title-winning 2022 season. In his time at Surrey so far, he has
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff From the early heroics of the Fun Belt to Tennessee‘s resurgence to a 200-1 long shot making the College Football Playoff National Championship, this college football season had it all. USC reemerged as a threat from the West Coast behind Caleb Williams‘ Heisman-worthy season before falling to upstart Tulane in