5:38 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email France striker Christopher Nkunku will miss the 2022 World Cup after suffering an injury in training on Tuesday, the French federation have confirmed. The RB Leipzig star suffered a sprain of his left knee and won’t be able to return to take part as France
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8:20 PM ET New York City officials have reached an agreement to build the city’s first professional soccer stadium in Queens, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. The 25,000-seat stadium will be home for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club and is set to be completed in 2027. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
6:10 PM ET Barcelona president Joan Laporta said on Tuesday that the club may not be able to sign players in the January transfer window due to LaLiga’s financial fair play rules. Barca’s accounts are “healthy” again, Laporta said, with an expected income this season of €1.23 billion ($1.27 billion) and a budgeted profit of
3:35 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Mexico striker Raul Jimenez has been out since September after picking up a groin injury with Wolves. Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images Mexico striker Raul Jimenez is set to return to the pitch for the first time since the end of August in a pre-World Cup friendly against Sweden, said manager
10:17 AM ET Mark Ogden Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Nearly 12 years later, it stands as a moment that defies logic. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter stood at a podium in Zurich, Switzerland, and prepped the convened dignitaries for the second World
8:26 AM ET SherShah Atif Coaches, players, fans and migrant workers tell us about their experiences in Qatar. Illustration by ESPN With the European leagues now on break until Christmas, all eyes are naturally on Qatar, where the World Cup will kick off on Sunday. Over a decade since it won the bid to host the
9:20 AM ET AL-RAYYAN, Qatar — The preparations involved in getting a team ready for the World Cup are always complicated. In some cases, they can make or break a tournament. Germany‘s hideaway in Brazil in 2014 was widely hailed as being key to their eventual title. Conversely, the United States men’s national team’s decision
12:50 PM ET DOHA, Qatar — Midfielder Kellyn Acosta said he and his United States teammates will need to get physical to stop his LAFC colleague Gareth Bale when they open their 2022 World Cup campaign against Wales next week. Acosta has been besieged with questions about Bale since the Welsh superstar’s dramatic header saved
2:28 PM ET Iran‘s players are free to join in the protests sweeping their country over women’s rights while they are playing at the World Cup in Qatar but must do so within the rules of the tournament, national team coach Carlos Queiroz said on Tuesday. The rights activist HRANA news agency said 344 people
11:55 AM ET Associated Press Senegal forward Sadio Mane will miss his team’s “first games” at the World Cup because of a leg injury, a Senegal football federation board member said Tuesday. Abdoulaye Sow said Senegal will have to cope without their best player for the start of the tournament and “not whine too much.”