Chelsea recovered to beat their former manager Graham Potter’s side West Ham United 2-1 with a second-half strike from substitute Pedro Neto and an own goal by Aaron Wan-Bissaka lifting them to fourth place in the Premier League on Monday. Portugal international João Félix was not in the squad for Chelsea as ESPN sources report that
Month: February 2025
Adriana Garcia Feb 3, 2025, 09:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 700th career club win by scoring two goals in Al Nassr‘s 4-0 victory over Al Wasl in Monday’s Asian Champions League. The feat comes just two days before the Portugal forward celebrates his 40th birthday. The Al Nassr captain started
Open Extended Reactions Tottenham Hotspur‘s prospective deal to sign Bayern Munich forward Mathys Tel on loan includes an option to make the transfer permanent, sources have told ESPN. The move was initially expected to be a straight loan but in the final hours of the window, Spurs successfully negotiated with Bayern to insert a clause
Feb 3, 2025, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City have completed a deadline day deal with FC Porto for midfielder Nicolas González, adding the midfielder in the final hour of the midseason window. ESPN reported earlier on Monday that the two teams were engaged in negotiations over his future, with the Premier League
Sarah BarshopFeb 3, 2025, 07:52 PM ET Close Sarah Barshop covers the Los Angeles Rams for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Green Bay Packers for ESPN Milwaukee. She then moved to Houston to cover the Texans. She came to ESPN after working as a writer and editor for Sports Illustrated. You
Associated Press Feb 3, 2025, 08:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — The National Hockey League Players’ Association and Professional Hockey Players’ Association are affiliating with the AFL-CIO and joining the labor organization’s sports council, they announced Monday. Their membership brings the number of unions involved in the AFL-CIO, the biggest labor federation in
Open Extended Reactions For Europe’s biggest clubs and leagues, the time for transfers in the 2024-25 season has come and gone. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The winter window closed at 11 p.m. BST (6 p.m. ET) in England, Italy and Spain on Monday, an hour earlier in France and even earlier in Germany. It remains
Field Level Media Feb 3, 2025, 02:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Tampa Bay Rays acquired right-hander Alex Faedo from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for minor league catcher Enderson Delgado and cash on Monday. The Tigers designated Faedo, 29, for assignment last week after signing Tommy Kahnle. Faedo, a Tampa native, went 5-3
Associated Press Feb 3, 2025, 07:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Left-hander Tim Mayza and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed Monday to a $1.15 million, one-year contract. Mayza was 0-2 with a 6.33 ERA in 50 relief appearances last season for the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees. He did not allow
Associated Press Feb 3, 2025, 04:54 PM ET Rich Dauer, an infielder who played a decade in the major leagues and won a World Series as a player with Baltimore and as a coach with Houston, has died. He was 72. The Orioles announced Dauer’s death Monday. They did not announce a cause of death.