Month: March 2023

9:00 AM ET Martin Odegaard said he believes last month’s defeat to Manchester City has made Arsenal a better team as they target Premier League and Europa League glory. Arsenal were beaten 3-1 at home by City on Feb. 15 as Pep Guardiola’s side moved to the top of the table for the first time

10:00 AM ET Ivan Toney has yet to be capped for England despite making Gareth Southgate’s squad in September. Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images Gareth Southgate has said he believes Ivan Toney “deserves his opportunity” after including the Brentford striker in his latest England squad despite awaiting the outcome of a Football Association (FA) hearing into

10:42 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez is close to signing a new contract at the club as a reward for his development, sources have told ESPN. Alvarez, 23, has only been part of Pep Guardiola’s first team squad since last summer but has impressed so much that the club are keen

10:18 AM ET Rodrigo Faez Rob Dawson Liverpool and Manchester United are closely monitoring Celta Vigo midfielder Gabri Veiga with a view to signing the 20-year-old this summer, sources have told ESPN. Veiga has impressed in LaLiga this season and has been linked with a move to Real Madrid in recent weeks. – Stream on

8:27 AM ET The Women’s World Cup is getting $150 million in prize money, a 300% increase over 2019 but still only about a third of the $440m the men got in Qatar 2022. Although the $150m fund for the first 32-team tournament is a huge boost from the $30m for the 24-team edition in

6:11 AM ET Gianni Infantino was reelected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday. Infantino stood unopposed, making his reelection as head of football’s governing body a formality, even if he is not universally popular among member associations for a range of reasons, including pushing for a failed plan to

9:12 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are meeting with the two most high-profile bidders, consortiums led by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, on Thursday and Friday ahead of what are expected to be improved offers for control of the club, sources have told ESPN. Sources said that representatives of

11:30 AM ET Visit Saudi will not be a sponsor at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand later this year, but FIFA president Gianni Infantino has not ruled out future commercial opportunities for gulf nation in women’s football. The Saudi Arabia tourism board had been touted as a potential sponsor of the

9:00 AM ET United States forward Christian Pulisic told ESPN the team does not need to make wholesale changes as it looks for a new head coach and said the controversy surrounding Gregg Berhalter and the Reyna family has been “extremely childish.” Berhalter has been allowed to remain as a candidate for the vacant U.S.