4:14 AM ET Are you ready for a football marathon of unprecedented length and difficulty? The next year promises a run of fixtures and the longest period of competitive action that the game has ever seen after the Premier League returns from its coronavirus shutdown on Wednesday. It also promises to challenge elite players, both
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6:43 PM ET The coronavirus pandemic has made the summer transfer window uncertain, but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. TOP STORY: Man United, Spurs, Barca chase for Watford‘s Estupinan Watford defender Pervis Estupinan is in demand, and though Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are reported to have joined
1:16 PM ET Another week has come and gone, with one high-profile transfer nearing its conclusion, the Bundesliga title fight looking all but over, the Black Lives Matter movement receiving more support and much more. It’s Monday, and Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in the sport of football from the past week. Jump
2:06 PM ET Real Madrid left-back Marcelo has called for change a day after taking a knee and raising a fist to celebrate his goal in the Spanish giants’ 3-1 La Liga victory over Eibar on Sunday. “Happy to be back with @realmadrid! Happy to have scored a goal!. But even happier to see all
5:26 PM ET Associated Press The Champions League final is heading to Lisbon, with UEFA planning an Aug. 23 final to cap seven broadcast nights in a 12-day span of elite European teams playing knockout soccer. The widely reported UEFA wish to hold an eight-team knockout bracket in two empty stadiums in Portugal’s capital was
3:08 PM ET Liga MX players returned to training in club facilities on Monday, three months after the last game in Mexico’s first division and despite rising numbers of coronavirus cases in clubs and the country as a whole. The return comes with the number of confirmed cases of the virus in Liga MX approaching
10:18 AM ET The group stage is over, and ESPN’s League vs. League tournament moves on to the semifinals. La Liga, Serie A, Major League Soccer and the Brasilian league are no longer with us, leaving the Premier League, Liga MX, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 as the competition’s final four. The semifinals will pit
8:29 AM ET Associated Press FIFA appealed on Monday for “tolerance, mutual respect and common sense” after U.S. President Donald Trump denounced the annulment of a policy that required football players to stand during the national anthem. “I won’t be watching much anymore!” Trump tweeted on Saturday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
11:00 AM ET There was a moment in December when Jay Sugarman became convinced that Kevin Durant was precisely the man he wanted to join the Philadelphia Union’s ownership group. Durant was paying a visit to the Union’s campus in Chester, Pennsylvania, and naturally, the NBA superstar’s presence created a stir in the team’s offices.
11:00 AM ET Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant officially joined the ranks of sports team owners on Monday with the announcement that he purchased a stake in the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer. Durant acquired 5% of the Union, with an option to purchase an additional 5% at a later date. He joins the