5:00 AM ET Kicking off on July 6, the UEFA Women’s European Championship (LIVE across ESPN networks in the U.S.) will see 16 of the strongest teams in Europe go head to head across 31 games with one of the biggest prizes in football on the line. But, before then they are also competing for
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7:33 AM ET UEFA is working directly with social media companies to ensure harmful content is removed. Craig Williamson/SNS Group UEFA is to launch a programme to combat online racist abuse of footballers by working with social media companies to remove harmful content from platforms and raising awareness, the organisation said on Sunday. Europe’s soccer governing
4:41 PM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona president Joan Laporta has insisted the club have no intention of selling Manchester United target Frenkie de Jong this summer. Sources told ESPN earlier this week that United had agreed an initial €65 million fee with Barca for the Dutch midfielder, though it was said that there were still
9:50 PM ET Dylan Teves scored his first professional goal six minutes before halftime to help the short-handed Seattle Sounders to a 2-0 victory at Toronto FC on Saturday evening. Fredy Montero added his second goal of the season for the Sounders, who were without several regulars while playing their third match in eight days.
3:53 PM ET Associated Press United States goalkeeper Ethan Horvath was loaned to Luton Town by Nottingham Forest for the coming season on Saturday. Horvath joined Nottingham Forest a year ago on a free transfer from Club Brugge, where he won three Belgian league titles. – Soccer on ESPN+: FC Daily | Futbol Americas –
2:28 PM ET Kathleen McNamee Prinz ended her glittering Germany career with victory at Euro 2009, just one memorable moment among many in the competition’s history. Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images The European Championship in England this summer promises to be a big one. Over 500,000 tickets have been sold already, which would smash the previous attendance record
2:47 PM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo has made an official request to leave Manchester United this summer so he can continue to play Champions League football next season, sources have told ESPN. The Portugal captain returned to United a year ago for a second stint at Old Trafford and scored 18 goals in 30
7:10 AM ET Nottingham Forest have signed goalkeeper Dean Henderson from Manchester United on a season-long loan, the newly promoted Premier League club said on Saturday. United academy graduate Henderson made three appearances in all competitions last season and was unable to displace David de Gea as first-choice goalkeeper at the Old Trafford club. –
11:09 PM ET Associated Press The United States qualified for its first Olympic men’s soccer tournament since 2008 when the Americans beat Honduras 3-0 at San Pedro Sula on Friday night in the semifinals of the Under-20 championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean. Paxten Aaronson of the Philadelphia Union, an 18-year-old brother
4:06 PM ET Chelsea are set to appoint former City Football Group executive and Carolina Panthers president Tom Glick to take over day-to-day running of the club, sources have told ESPN. Glick will be appointed as a club director and, while an exact job title is not yet clear, he will assume many of the