5:00 AM ET ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae dissects Borussia Dortmund without Erling Haaland: Can they make do and mend in the temporary absence of their emerging world superstar? You could almost hear the gasps and groans from BVB fans worldwide when coach Marco Rose uttered those fateful words at his news conference last
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1:38 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo announced to his 360 million Instagram followers on Thursday that he and his partner, Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez, are expecting twins. The announcement means the 36-year-old Portugal international and Manchester United star will become a father to six children — two of whom, Eva and Mateo, are also twins aged
4:33 PM ET Associated Press Christian Pulisic has resumed training with Chelsea ahead of a weekend match at winless Newcastle, the English Premier League club said Thursday. The 23-year-old Pulisic has not featured since Aug. 14, when he scored in Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Crystal Palace to open the league season. – Don’t have ESPN?
3:07 PM ET New Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney at their first press conference for the club. Getty Images WREXHAM, Wales — Nearly nine months after finalizing a takeover of Wrexham A.F.C., a team based in north Wales that plays in the fifth tier of English football, screen stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney
10:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent After hours of deliberation on Monday, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to be in the dugout when Manchester United take on Tottenham on Saturday. The pressure on Solskjaer almost reached breaking point following the 5-0 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday, but the Norwegian is limping on — for now at
7:31 AM ET Several Premier League clubs have been sounded out over their interest in signing Real Madrid‘s Eden Hazard in January, sources have told ESPN. Chelsea and Newcastle United are among a number of clubs to have been alerted to the possibility although it is unclear at this stage what level of interest there
5:08 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Joan Laporta will hold talks with Xavi Hernandez on Thursday over the managerial vacancy at Camp Nou following the dismissal of Ronald Koeman, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Koeman was fired after Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano, which left Barca ninth in LaLiga following three
9:12 AM ET Lionel Messi missed Paris Saint-Germain‘s collective training session with a muscle problem on Thursday, while Kylian Mbappe was ruled out of their Ligue 1 game at home against champions Lille on Friday. France striker Mbappe also missed the session and the club said he was suffering from an ORL (ear, nose and
7:22 AM ET Emiliano Sala and the plane’s pilot David Ibbotson died in the crash. Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images Businessman David Henderson, who organised the flight which crashed leading to the death of footballer Emiliano Sala, has been found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft by Cardiff Crown Court. Sala and pilot David Ibbotson died
6:06 AM ET Adriana Garcia LaLiga have previously acted out against racist behaviour in the league. Photo by Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images) LaLiga will report a Barcelona fan to the Spanish authorities for subjecting Real Madrid‘s Vinicius Junior to racist abuse during Sunday’s El Clasico at the Camp Nou. Vinicius, 21, started in Sunday’s 2-1