2:56 PM ET All signs point to the tournament hosts being the runaway favorites to win it all, but we’ve said that before about England. Will this year be different? Marc Atkins/Getty Images The summer’s major European tournament is upon us. The UEFA Women’s Euro, a 16-team affair featuring four former champions, one debutant, 30 of
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1:54 AM ET Gabriel Jesus hit the ground running when he joined Manchester City. Still a teenager at the start of 2017, the striker made such an impression that for a while he was in the starting lineup and City legend Sergio Aguero was on the bench. Five and a half years later, it is
6:22 AM ET Associated Press Carson Pickett started for the United States women’s national team in their 2-0 win over Colombia on Tuesday, becoming the first player with a limb difference to appear for the country. A defender who plays for the North Carolina Courage in the NWSL, Pickett was born without a left hand
6:33 AM ET Organisers have sold 1.8 million tickets for the World Cup in Qatar, world football governing body FIFA said on Wednesday ahead of the next round of ticket sales that opens on Tuesday. There is a special category of tickets available only to residents of the host nation, and fans in the Gulf
9:16 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Antoine Griezmann is on a two-year loan at Atletico Madrid from Barcelona. Maria Jose Segovia/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Atletico Madrid expect Antoine Griezmann to stay at the club next season, sources have told ESPN, despite the financial squeeze which has seen them struggling to meet their LaLiga-imposed salary
5:26 AM ET Adriana Garcia Thiago Silva believes Brazil teammate Neymar should join him at Chelsea this summer. Uncertainty over Neymar’s future at Paris Saint-Germain has grown in recent weeks, with reports claiming that the French giants are willing to sell him in this transfer window. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)–
5:47 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Former Mexico international Rafael Marquez is set to replace Sergi Barjuan as coach of Barcelona‘s second team, Barca Atletic, sources have told ESPN. Barca announced on Tuesday that Barjuan would not remain in the role after missing out on promotion into the second-tier of Spanish football last season.
12:47 AM ET The United States women’s national team made hard work out of its 2-0 friendly win over Colombia at Rio Tinto Stadium on Tuesday that included an hour-long delay due to lightning and severe weather in Sandy, Utah. Vlatko Andonovski’s side had already beaten Colombia 3-0 on Saturday and was playing its last
5:00 AM ET Kathleen McNamee Manchester City have announced the signing of young Australia forward Mary Fowler on a four-year deal. Fowler, 19, has spent the last two-and-a-half seasons at Montpellier in Division 1 Feminine and has attracted a lot of attention for her exploits with her club and country. Make picks throughout the Women’s
5:33 PM ET Associated Press Scott Vermillion, who died in 2020, is the first player in MLS history to be diagnosed with CTE. Getty Images Researchers have diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a Major League Soccer player for the first time, saying Tuesday that former Sporting Kansas City defender Scott Vermillion had the degenerative brain disease.