6:58 AM ET December is traditionally awards season in soccer, with the Best FIFA Football Awards handed out for excellence in the sport along with the longest-running honor for men’s and women’s players, the fabled Ballon d’Or. The prize, first awarded by a French soccer magazine in 1956, is considered the most prestigious trophy in
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12:21 PM ET Robinho was at AC Milan from 2010 to 2014. Marco Luzzani/Getty Images Robinho‘s nine-year prison sentence for sexual assault has been upheld in the Milan courts following an appeal. The verdict relates back to an incident which took place on Jan. 22, 2013 involving a 22-year-old Albanian woman. – Stream LIVE games and
5:56 AM ET The fourth official whose comment was at the centre of the suspension of the Champions League clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir on Tuesday has said he is not racist. Sebastian Coltescu, from Romania, was accused by Basaksehir players and staff to have used a racial slur against the club’s assistant
9:02 AM ET Christian Pulisic‘s attempts to put his fitness issues behind him remain a “work in progress” according to Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard. The USMNT international scored his first Premier League goal of the season in last Saturday’s 3-1 win over Leeds, coming off the bench to make only his fifth appearance in
11:35 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font said he can persuade Lionel Messi to stay at Barcelona if he’s elected and says Xavi Hernandez will play a key role in getting him to sign a new deal. Messi, 33, is out of contract with Barca in June and is free
4:04 PM ET Ndombele’s resurgence in 2020-21 has been one of the stories of the Premier League season as Tottenham have mounted a credible title challenge. Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images When it comes to talking about Tanguy Ndombele and Jose Mourinho, a pair who’ve clashed at times in 2020, nothing will ever
11:37 PM ET As 2020 nears its end, one would think that United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter could rest easy a bit. In the last game of the year, his U.S. side cruised to a 6-0 win over El Salvador, this coming off a 6-2 win over Panama last month. On Wednesday
8:45 PM ET Paolo Rossi led Italy to World Cup glory in 1982. Mark Leech/Offside/Getty Images Paolo Rossi, the star of Italy‘s successful 1982 World Cup campaign, has died at the age of 64. The death of the former Juventus and AC Milan striker, who won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot in 1982 and made
5:58 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Zack Steffen kept a clean sheet as the goalkeeper became the latest United States international to make his Champions League debut in Manchester City‘s win over Marseille. Steffen got the nod to replace usual No.1 Manchester United on Saturday, and helped City to a 3-0 victory which was earned thanks
2:52 PM ET Mohamed Salah became Liverpool‘s all-time top scorer in the Champions League as they were held to a 1-1 draw away to Denmark’s FC Midtjylland on Wednesday having already secured top spot in Group D. Salah put the Premier League champions ahead in the first minute, latching on to a poor backpass and