7:42 AM ET Black Lives Matter UK have supported the claim made by Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha that taking a knee before each football match is losing its impact. Players across all divisions in England have taken a knee since football’s return post-coronavirus lockdown in an attempt to show solidarity with the fight against
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9:33 AM ET Lionel Messi is one of the best to ever play the game, and he has three clubs to choose from when his contract expires this summer. ESPN Illustration Lionel Messi needs little introduction: he’ll go down in history as one of the best to ever play soccer, with six Ballons d’Ors to his
3:40 AM ET Jose Mourinho could be spared until the end of the season, as Tottenham Hotspur ponder his future — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Why Man United passed on Dayot Upamecano. Jump to: Man United passed on Upamecano | Alaba to Madrid not certain | Lazio to face relegation over COVID?
3:05 AM ET The U.S. women’s national team beat Canada 1-0 in its opening match of the SheBelieves Cup, but there wasn’t much satisfaction with the U.S. performance as manager Vlatko Andonovski said he was “disappointed” with the display. The U.S. had the better of the play for much of the match, but was still
5:09 AM ET Adriana Garcia Felix Torres was sent off for an incident involving a ball boy. Photo by Leopoldo Smith/Getty Images Santos Laguna defender Felix Torres said he was racially abused by a ball boy during his team’s 1-0 defeat at Atletico San Luis in Mexico’s Liga MX game on Thursday. Torres, 24, was sent
5:23 AM ET Brentford‘s Ivan Toney has said he believes players are being “used as puppets” in taking a knee and that the gesture allows “people at the top” to rest on the subject. The Championship side announced in a statement on Feb. 13 that they would no longer take the knee before games started
3:20 PM ET Manchester United put one foot in the Europa League round of 16 with a comprehensive 4-0 away victory over Real Sociedad in their round-of-32 first leg on Thursday. Due to travel restrictions in Spain, this tie took place in Turin, meaning La Real lost the advantage of playing in their home stadium.
9:02 PM ET The United States women struggled to score in a 1-0 win over Canada in the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday night in Orlando, with substitute Rose Lavelle netting the winner late in the second half. Megan Rapinoe was back in the U.S. lineup and despite her team having the better of the opening
2:45 PM ET Son Heung-Min, Gareth Bale, and Lucas Moura scored in the first half while Carlos Vinicius added a late goal as Tottenham Hotspur cruised to a 4-1 win over Wolfsberger in Europa League round-of-32 action on Thursday. Due to travel restrictions in Austria, the match was moved from Wolfsberger’s home stadium to Puskas
4:53 PM ET Bukayo Saka‘s goal gave Arsenal a useful away goal in a 1-1 draw against Benfica in their Europa League round of 32 first leg on Thursday. Due to travel restrictions due to COVID-19, this match took place in Rome though the Portuguese side were the designated hosts. – Arsenal ratings: 8/10 Saka