2:26 PM ET Graham HaysESPN.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. Japan Women’s World Cup winner Yuki Nagasato is joining men’s club Hayabusa Eleven of the Kanagawa Prefecture League in Japan. She will be the only woman playing on a men’s club in
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1:19 PM ET MLS expansion side Nashville SC have a new Designated Player, with the club announcing they acquired striker Jhonder Cadiz on loan from Portuguese giants Benfica. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Stream MLS LIVE on ESPN and ESPN app (U.S. only) The Venezuela international, 25, spent last season on
12:03 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United‘s hopes of having fans back at Old Trafford for the start of the new season have been dented after the UK government and the Premier League both urged caution over test events. Talks have taken place over permission to use United’s game against Crystal Palace on Sept. 19
6:00 AM ET Just 48 days after the end of the last campaign, the 2020-21 Premier League season will get underway on Sept. 12. 2 Related If that short recess makes it difficult to tell one season from the next, don’t worry: we have a fresh batch of kits, with teams releasing their new home,
4:41 AM ET RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann has told ESPN that centre-back Dayot Upamecano will stay at the Bundesliga club for the 2020-21 season, despite interest from Manchester United. Upamecano, 21, impressed during Leipzig’s run to the Champions League semifinals in Lisbon last month and recently signed an extension to his contract until June
5:26 AM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo is setting his sights on becoming the all-time leading scorer in men’s international football after passing the 100th goal mark with Portugal. The Juventus forward scored twice in Portugal’s 2-0 Nations League victory against Sweden on Tuesday and needs eight goals to equal the record of 109 scored
12:58 AM ET Portland Timbers star Sebastian Blanco will miss the remainder of the MLS season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament, the club confirmed on Tuesday. The midfielder suffered the injury in the Timbers’ 2-1 win over rivals the Seattle Sounders on Sunday and will undergo surgery on Sept. 14 to fix the tear
1:40 AM ET Lee Nguyen, who played six seasons for the New England Revolution, is headed back to his old club. The 33-year-old midfielder was dealt from expansion Inter Miami CF to New England on Tuesday in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2021 draft and up to $50,000 in general allocation money. “His
7:07 PM ET Harry Kettle The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open and close here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Click here to check out all the latest major completed transfers across Europe. Roma go
5:24 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo was never going to break the 100-international-goal barrier with a scruffy tap-in from three yards. If his previous achievements have taught us anything about the Portugal captain, it is that the spectacular is always preferable to the mundane. So it was fitting that he became only the second men’s player