7:24 AM ET Associated Press The Spanish league is joining the blockchain world by launching officially licensed digital cards of players to be sold and traded online. The league on Thursday announced a deal with fantasy football platform Sorare to launch the cards based on non-fungible tokens, known as NFTs. – Barca’s stunning new third
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6:30 AM ET The pitchforks were nearly out. Coming off two disappointing draws to open their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, the United States men’s national team went into half-time trailing 1-0 to Honduras in San Pedro Sula on Wednesday night. It was a disjointed, uninspired performance that called into question head coach Gregg Berhalter’s
12:26 AM ET Ricardo Pepi scored a goal and had three assists as the United States raced to a 4-1 win at Honduras in a World Cup qualifying match that saw Christian Pulisic hobble off with an injury. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more (U.S.)– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
Mexico leads CONCACAF World Cup qualifying with seven points, following a 1-1 draw at Panama. Despite not having their two best attackers for the first three games of World Cup qualifying, El Tri mounted a comeback after falling behind for the first time in the qualifying round, as Jesus Corona leveled for Mexico following Rolando
4:45 PM ET Poland scored a stoppage-time equaliser to bring an end to England‘s perfect start to World Cup qualification and secure an important 1-1 draw in Warsaw. Gareth Southgate’s side, who lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy on penalties in July, had won their opening five games in Group I. – UEFA WC
5:11 PM ET Italy recorded their first win since being crowned European champions as strikers Moise Kean and Giacomo Raspadori inspired a crushing 5-0 win over Lithuania to strengthen their grip on top spot in World Cup qualifying Group C. The two 21-year-olds impressed their manager by lighting up the first half, as Kean netted
2:19 PM ET Adriana Garcia Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has called on the Premier League and other European competitions to stop preventing players from joining their respective national teams during international windows. The Premier League unanimously agreed last week to not release players that had been called up for international duty if they were going
12:06 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain have hit back strongly at LaLiga chief Javier Tebas after he mocked the age of their players and the spending of the French club, saying he should deal with the debt and “mismanagement” in LaLiga. Tebas, a long-standing critic of Qatar-backed PSG’s spending, told a news conference that the French
6:41 PM ET Gareth Southgate this week warned against any sense of complacency in future England matches with their place at next year’s World Cup almost assured. Damian Szymanski’s stoppage-time equaliser to earn Poland a 1-1 draw on Wednesday should ensure it doesn’t materialise. England were on the brink of passing a significant test against
6:46 PM ET Adam Brown The summer transfer window is closed for the top leagues in Europe! After a summer full of international football, countless clubs waited until the last minute to pull off their transfers. See all the major deals here and check out how we graded the biggest signings. But just because the