1:16 PM ET Ansu Fati seized his chance to impress Spain manager Luis Enrique as the Barcelona youngster scored in his side’s 3-1 victory over Jordan in a World Cup warm-up on Thursday. The 20-year-old was handed a start and needed only 13 minutes to make his mark in a sold-out Amman International Stadium, converting
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2:28 PM ET Senegal and Bayern Munich striker Sadio Mane will not take part in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, his country’s federation announced on Thursday. Mane, 30, picked up the injury in Bayern’s 6-1 win over Werder Bremen on Nov. 8. He was substituted on 20 minutes with the team describing it the
3:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Cristiano Ronaldo has suggested his relationship with Erik ten Hag is broken after feeling “provoked” by the Manchester United manager to walk out during the game against Tottenham Hotspur. In the second part of his interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, aired in the UK on Thursday, Ronaldo said he
2:10 PM ET Adriana Garcia The national teams of Argentina and Uruguay have each taken 2,000 pounds of meat (900 kilos) with them to the World Cup so players and staff can have a taste of home during the tournament in Qatar. In the case of Uruguay, the country’s National Institute of Meat (INAC) reached
3:53 PM ET The Philadelphia Union agreed to transfer homegrown midfielder Paxten Aaronson to Eintracht Frankfurt of the Bundesliga on Thursday for a multimillion-dollar transfer fee. The Union will also retain a percentage of any future transfer fees for Aaronson, who will join Frankfurt in January. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) “Paxten
10:52 AM ET Adam Snavely There’s plenty to be excited about for this World Cup, from up-and-coming stars and rivalry matchups to records under threat and air-conditioned stadiums. Illustration by ESPN The biggest sporting event in the world, the FIFA World Cup, is upon us, with play set to kick off in Qatar on Nov. 20
4:30 AM ET Qatar 2022 is going to be unlike any previous World Cup. Even though it will be the first World Cup played in a northern hemisphere winter of November and December, due to the searing heat in the Persian Gulf during the tournament’s usual slot of June and July, the matchday temperatures experienced
7:49 AM ET A new documentary promises to go inside Lionel Messi‘s initial request to leave Barcelona, his final season at Camp Nou and his eventual departure, the Catalan club revealed on Thursday. The documentary will also feature behind-the-scenes footage from Barca’s 8-2 Champions League collapse against Bayern Munich, the sacking of Quique Setien, Luis
5:53 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have denied Cristiano Ronaldo‘s account of his proposed move to the Etihad Stadium with sources telling ESPN that the striker’s claim that the move was “close” is false. Ronaldo joined Manchester United for a second spell after leaving Juventus in 2021 but not before speculation linking the Portugal
6:20 AM ET Adriana Garcia Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has said young players, including at his own club, lack the same drive and commitment of previous generations. Ronaldo made a number of explosive comments in the first part of an interview with Piers Morgan for TalkTV which aired on Wednesday, including that he was