12:15 AM ET Germany‘s World Cup-winning midfielder Sami Khedira said he will retire following his club Hertha Berlin‘s final match of the Bundesliga season against Hoffenheim on Saturday. Khedira, 34, began his career at VfB Stuttgart and helped them win the league title in the 2006-07 season before moving to Real Madrid, where he won
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7:40 PM ET Ted Segal, the founder and president of real estate development and financing company EJS Group, is close to acquiring a controlling stake in Houston Dynamo FC and the Houston Dash for around $400 million, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Houston TV outlet Fox26 and Sportico were the first to report the news.
6:35 PM ET Adam Brown The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Arsenal, Man Utd join Camavinga chase Stade Rennes
4:44 PM ET LONDON — A club’s fanbase doesn’t usually side with their star striker when he asks to leave, but this is precisely the mess Tottenham have got themselves into now. Harry Kane had to wait just over 70 seconds into this 2-1 home defeat to Aston Villa to hear the 10,000 fans assembled
6:17 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent BURNLEY, Lancashire — It wasn’t a Premier League title decider or the Champions League final, but the way Jurgen Klopp celebrated Wednesday night’s 3-0 win over Burnley you wouldn’t have known it. Eighth in the table after defeat to Fulham in March, Liverpool head into the final weekend of the
1:56 PM ET Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer will directly engage with supporters for the first time at a fans’ forum on June 4, the club said in a statement on Wednesday. The announcement followed recent protests against the Glazer family at Old Trafford, with supporters reigniting their campaign against the owners after their failed
5:06 PM ET Liverpool moved into the Champions League qualifying spots after a 3-0 win at Burnley on Wednesday took them above Leicester City and into fourth place with one round of Premier League matches remaining. – Premier League VAR rulings: How they’ve affected every team– Top-four race: Liverpool, Chelsea or Leicester to miss out?
2:58 PM ET Tottenham lost to Aston Villa in a match that saw Sergio Reguilon score an unbelievable own goal. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur‘s European hopes were dealt a huge blow as their final Premier League home game of the season ended in a dispiriting 2-1 defeat by Aston Villa on Wednesday. Striker
10:45 AM ET Barcelona, Lyon, the Houston Dash and the Portland Thorns will take part in the 2021 Women’s International Champions Cup (WICC) to be held Aug. 18-21 at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon. All of the teams taking part won trophies in 2020. Barcelona claimed the 2020 Primera Division and were recently crowned the
5:35 PM ET Sam Allardyce will step down as West Bromwich Albion manager at the end of the season, the club said after Wednesday’s 3-1 home defeat by West Ham United in the Premier League. Allardyce took charge in December after Slaven Bilic was sacked but was unable to save the Midlands club from an