3:17 PM ET The Premier League on Tuesday set in motion an action plan to eradicate racial prejudice and create more opportunities for minority ethnic groups in football. – Hislop: Football is ideal vehicle to drive social change – Stream Show Racism The Red Card on ESPN+ It builds on the existing actions taken by
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12:29 PM ET These days, the career path for young American players seems straightforward: Get your butt to Europe as early and as quickly as possible, and then progress from there. It’s an approach that, in the last six months alone, has seen the likes of Bryan Reynolds (FC Dallas to Roma), Mark McKenzie (Philadelphia
12:41 PM ET With the news that the members of the MLS Players Association and MLS both ratified a revised Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on Monday, MLS has guaranteed itself labor peace, at least for this season. It wasn’t easy. The just-concluded talks marked the third time in roughly a year that the two sides
7:30 AM ET Real Madrid are favourites to sign Bayern Munich‘s David Alaba with Chelsea unwilling to meet the defender’s wage demands, sources have told ESPN. The 28-year-old is out of contract this summer and rejected Bayern’s offer of a new five-year deal worth around £250,000-a-week including bonuses. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+
8:54 AM ET The top two teams in the Premier League table, Manchester City and Manchester United, are no strangers to splashing out on player transfers but a new report has laid bare the extent of their big spending. The two bitter rivals have registered the two largest net transfer deficits across all of Europe’s
9:21 AM ET There is an inescapable sense of deja vu about Manchester City right now and, if it proves to be correct, they will end the season having achieved another domestic treble. Sunday’s 4-1 victory at Liverpool in the Premier League sent City five points clear at the top of table, with a game
5:35 AM ET Two nurses and a psychologist have been added to the investigation into the death of Diego Maradona. Maradona died at the age of 60 of a heart attack on Nov. 25, two weeks after being released from a hospital in Buenos Aires following successful brain surgery. – Marcotti: Maradona soccer’s ultimate flawed
5:35 AM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Hellas Verona youth player Andrea Gresele is in intensive care after coming into contact with train lines, the club confirmed to ESPN. The incident happened on Saturday when the 18-year-old had been with friends. Gresele climbed on top of a train at the Porta Vescovo station and was struck
7:08 AM ET Adriana Garcia Sebastian Abreu joins his 30th career club aged 44. Oscar Meza/Jam Media/Getty Images Former Uruguay international striker Sebastian “El Loco” Abreu has been unveiled at Brazilian outfit Athletic Club MG, the 30th club of his career. Abreu, 44, made his senior debut with Uruguay’s Defensor Sporting in 1994 and set a
8:55 AM ET William Saliba has again been critical of Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after leaving the club on loan. Saliba joined Arsenal from Saint-Etienne for €30 million in 2019 when Unai Emery was in charge but failed to play a single minute for the club, spending last season back at St Etienne on loan.