India will host the U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020, FIFA confirmed on Friday. “We have decided that India will host the next U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said after the FIFA Council met in Miami. This will be the second FIFA tournament that India will host, after hosting the
Beasley’s not notable simply for playing 20 years of pro soccer but because of how consistent, how passionate and how reliable he’s been along the way. HOUSTON, Texas — DaMarcus Beasley is a suit guy now. When he first joined the Houston Dynamo in 2014, he wasn’t into wearing them on game days. It was
MANCHESTER, England — Michael Carrick has said Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s audition to become Manchester United’s next permanent manager could not have gone better. The Norwegian has won 14 of his 18 games as caretaker boss to propel United back into the race for the Premier League top four and progress to the quarterfinals of both
shares Tamim Iqbal plays a drive © Getty Images The Bangladesh team escaped from their bus after it had gone to a mosque near the Hagley Oval where police are responding to reports of shots fired in central Christchurch. Bangladesh team escaped from a mosque near Hagley Park where there were active shooters. They
12:38 AM ET The wife of former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson filed a temporary restraining order against him Wednesday in Orange County (Calif.) Superior Court. MMA Junkie first reported that Cristina Ferguson filed the temporary restraining order. Records were not immediately available to ESPN detailing the parameters of the order. Court records show
1:54 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — The fight between welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr. and Mikey Garcia, which matches two of boxing’s elite pound-for-pound fighters, will be the maiden voyage for both as headliners on pay-per-view, and both said they are hopeful the event will be a success and lead to more. “I don’t
1:36 AM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Corey Seager played shortstop in a game for the first time since April 29, logging three innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a minor league exhibition. The 2016 NL Rookie of the Year had surgery May 4 to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his
2:04 AM BST ESPN staff Rugby Australia, New Zealand Rugby and SANZAAR have all voiced their support for World Rugby’s updated Nations Championship concept but the proposal continues to hang on the will of Six Nations officials. World Rugby was bullish in its assessment of discussions that took place overnight [AEDT] in Dublin, after pitching
The draw for the Champions League quarterfinals has thrown up some classic ties as Europe’s biggest clubs attempt to reach this season’s final in Madrid. Tottenham face Manchester City in an all-Premier League tie, while there are two heavyweight clashes between multiple winners with Ajax, conquerors of Real Madrid, facing Juventus and Manchester United taking
Europe’s top clubs have said they will boycott FIFA’s proposed new Club World Cup in a major blow to Gianni Infantino’s plans to revamp the competition. The FIFA president had hoped to get backing for a “pilot” edition of the new 24-team tournament in 2021 alongside a new worldwide Nations League for national teams. FIFA