1:00 PM ET USL Championship side Louisville City FC will open its new venue, Lynn Family Stadium, on July 12 with a match against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and fans in the stands, sources have told ESPN. The second tier USL Championship has been shut down since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Along with
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2:05 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Bayern Munich have agreed a deal to sign Leroy Sane from Manchester City, sources have told ESPN. The agreement includes a 10% sell-on clause for City, according to the sources. Sane, who is expected to be in Germany for a medical on Wednesday, won’t be eligible to play for Bayern
10:10 AM ET Napoli are confident they have won the race to sign Lille duo Victor Osimhen and Gabriel for a combined price of €100 million, sources have told ESPN. Osimhen, a 21-year-old forward and Gabriel, a 22-year-old defender, travelled from Lille, where they have resumed training, to Italy on Tuesday to start talks with
6:02 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona youngster Marc Jurado has confirmed his departure from the Catalan club after running down his contract ahead of a move to Manchester United this summer. ESPN revealed in May that Jurado, who has been at Barca for almost a decade, had turned down several offers to stay
4:46 AM ET Commentators on games in the Premier League were among those analysed. VISIONHAUS Television commentators praise players with lighter skin as more intelligent and hardworking than those with darker skin, a study by Danish firm RunRepeat in association with the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) showed. The study analysed 2,073 statements from English-speaking commentators in
11:58 AM ET Next January’s Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon have been postponed by one year and will now take place in 2022, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) decided on Tuesday. The COVID-19 health crisis has suspended football across most of the continent since March and left little time to complete the
11:37 AM ET Schalke 04 head of board Clemens Tonnies has stepped down after weeks of fan pressure due a host of off-field issues including racist comments, which had led to his suspension. Tonnies, 64, had been the head of the Schalke supervisory board since 2001, but this season came under increasing pressure following racist
9:13 AM ET Frank Lampard has said new signings Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech could train away from the Chelsea first-team squad to ensure they peak for the start of next season. Ziyech and Werner officially join on Wednesday from Ajax and RB Leipzig respectively but are ineligible for the rest of the campaign due
5:49 AM ET Former Liverpool player Danny Murphy has said it is “nonsense” for Manchester City to give the newly crowned Premier League champions a guard of honour. Liverpool secured their first league title in 30 years last week and City boss Pep Guardiola said his players will pay tribute to them when the two
3:06 AM ET Zinedine Zidane once told Vogue, during his dalliance with modelling: “It’s not that I’m doing something different — it’s a continuation.” And he was right: the elegant playmaker would not look out of place on the catwalk wearing the tricolore France jersey in which he won the World Cup, or the classic