Matildas’ head coach Alen Stajcic believes the Women’s World Cup is one of the most open it has been with a number of teams having a good chance of winning the tournament. Matildas coach Alen Stajcic has described the inaugural Cup of Nations as the “perfect” preparation for next year’s World Cup. The Matildas will
Dec 17, 2018 Scott Johnson has been appointed Director of Rugby to oversee coach Michael Cheika, as part of a restructure aimed at boosting the struggling Wallabies going into the 2019 World Cup. Cheika will report to Johnson, who will return home in mid-March after a decade working in the USA and Europe, most recently
Fans from all over the world converged on Madrid to watch the Copa Libertadores final. Here’s the best of the best from a historic day of football. River Plate players expressed that it felt weird playing their home leg of the Copa Libertadores final in Real Madrid’s Bernabeu after they beat Boca Juniors 5-3 on
Fans from all over the world converged on Madrid to watch the Copa Libertadores final. Here’s the best of the best from a historic day of football. Riot police clashed with fans throwing glass bottles and objects after River Plate won the Copa Libertadores final against rivals Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires. River Plate players
Dec 17, 2018 Greg GrowdenESPN Rugby Close After more than 30 years with The Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Media in Australia, Greg Growden now writes exclusively online for ESPN. Never afraid to step on toes, you can expect plenty of compelling insight from one of Australia’s most renowned writers. Sure, it was one small
2:57 AM ET ESPN News Services Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse’s frustration boiled over after a 95-86 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, with the coach directing his ire at officials for not calling fouls made against star Kawhi Leonard. Nurse was particularly alarmed that Leonard had only four free throws in the loss
Atlanta United head coach Tata Martino shares his thoughts on Gregg Berhalter’s fit for the USMNT and hints at what his managerial future might hold. MEXICO CITY — Gerardo “Tata” Martino is set to return to Atlanta ahead of the Gold Cup as Mexico coach this June, according to sources consulted by ESPN FC. Martino
Edu Bedia (L) celebrates Goa’s second goal against NorthEast. In the end, the score read FC Goa 5 – 1 NorthEast United FC, but it could have been anything, really. It could have been a badminton score if the winners had taken the three simple chances they’d had when the score was at 0-0 in
12:43 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball LOS ANGELES — Jared Goff asserted himself as an MVP candidate, and the Los Angeles Rams made a prime-time statement that they were Super Bowl favorites. That
8:52 PM ET Here’s the latest on all the major injuries from our NFL Nation reporters, including the prognosis on each player for the rest of the season: Jones left in the second quarter with a knee injury and did not return. It’s not believed to be serious, although with only two games to play,