Associated Press May 31, 2023, 08:18 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo‘s first season in Saudi Arabia came to an end on Wednesday, although the star forward was absent as Al-Nassr beat Al-Fateh 3-0 to finish in second place in the league. Ronaldo, who signed for the Riyadh club in December before scoring 14 goals in 16
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May 30, 2023, 11:54 AM ET Italy scored a late penalty to beat England 2-1 in the round of 16 at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday and set up a meeting with Colombia in the quarterfinals. Cesare Casadei, who plays in England for Chelsea, struck the winning goal from the spot to settle
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 31, 2023, 09:08 AM ET Harry Maguire will hold talks with Erik ten Hag to discuss his Manchester United future after the end of the season, sources have told ESPN. Maguire has endured a frustrating campaign at Old Trafford, making just 16 starts in all competitions and only eight in the Premier
May 31, 2023, 09:05 AM ET Beth Mead has not recovered from injury to make the England squad for the Women’s World Cup but there is a recall for Beth England as head coach Sarina Wiegman named her 23-player squad on Wednesday. Mead suffered an ACL injury in December and in March, Wiegman said it
May 31, 2023, 11:07 AM ET The sports ministers of Europe’s top football nations on Wednesday urged FIFA and broadcasters to work together and “find a common path” over broadcasting rights for this year’s Women’s World Cup. The rights are being sold separately from the men’s World Cup for the first time and FIFA president
May 31, 2023, 02:57 PM ET Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer, who was carried off after collapsing on the pitch in the club’s promotion-winning game against Coventry, is ready to return home from hospital. Lockyer, 28, has been undergoing tests at London’s Cavendish Clinic since the incident in the early stages of Saturday’s Championship playoff
Caitlin Murray May 31, 2023, 09:35 AM ET USWNT players lift the Women’s World Cup trophy on July 7, 2019 at Stade de Lyon in Lyon, France. Naomi Baker/FIFA via Getty Images We are now officially 50 days away from the 2023 Women’s World Cup and this is poised to be the biggest edition ever. The
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 09:26 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Sports broadcaster Gary Lineker once famously said, “Football is a simple game: Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end, the Germans always win.” That isn’t particularly true at the international level
Ian Darke, ESPN.com writerMay 30, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most