6:32 AM ET Soccer had already begun to change when Roman Abramovich became the controlling owner of Chelsea in the summer of 2003. The Champions League had grown enough in stature that virtually every major soccer player in the world wanted to play in it. The Bosman ruling of 1995 and the UEFA’s discontinuation of
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11:38 PM ET Associated Press Lionel Messi says he will reconsider his future in soccer later this year but said it’s likely “many things will change” after the World Cup in November and December in Qatar. Messi’s comments came after Argentina beat Venezuela 3-0 on Friday in the remaining match of the penultimate round of
7:30 PM ET Mexico manager Gerardo “Tata” Martino will miss his side’s World Cup qualifying match on Sunday at Honduras as he recovers from a retinal detachment procedure on his right eye. The Mexican Football Federation made the announced on Friday, saying that assistant Jorge Theiler will coach El Tri for the match in San
5:37 PM ET Mohamed Salah got the better of his club mate Sadio Mane as Egypt edged Senegal 1-0 in the first leg of their World Cup playoff on Friday to take a slender lead to Dakar for Tuesday’s return. The rematch between the two Liverpool greats, six weeks after Senegal beat Egypt on penalties
6:55 PM ET Luke Thrower The 2022 January transfer window is closed, but there’s still plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Salah may leave Liverpool for Spain Barcelona have begun their rebuild under
9:16 AM ET Adrian Simon Gill, a United States youth international, first joined Barca’s La Masia academy in 2018. Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images United States youth international Adrian Simon Gill has signed a new three-year contract with Barcelona, the club announced on Friday. Gill, 16, first joined Barca’s La Masia academy in 2018 and
11:50 AM ET Gareth Southgate has questioned the benefits of England boycotting the World Cup finals in Qatar over the country’s human rights record. Concerns over the treatment of migrant workers and members of the LGBTQ+ community have prompted Southgate and his players to consider taking some sort of action to highlight the issues. Southgate
12:53 PM ET Adriana Garcia Real Madrid forward Eden Hazard will undergo surgery to remove a metal plate in his right ankle, which will see him miss the stretch run of the season. Los Blancos did not confirm how long Hazard will be sidelined but sources have told ESPN it is hoped he will return
8:46 AM ET It’s like the old joke about buses: you wait hours for one, and then two come along at once. Except in reverse. Italy went 60 years without missing a World Cup and now, after Thursday’s 1-0 playoff defeat to North Macedonia, they’ve missed the last two buses to the biggest show on
1:22 AM ET MEXICO CITY — It didn’t get the historic win it was looking for, but the United States national team picked up an important point at the Estadio Azteca, taking a significant step toward World Cup qualification in a 0-0 draw with Mexico. Coupled with Panama‘s 1-1 draw with Honduras, the United States