12:56 PM ET Associated Press Gareth Bale could be representing Wales under a different name. Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Wales‘ international football team are considering a name change after the World Cup. The Welsh football federation wants to call its teams “Cymru” — the Welsh name for Wales — at international level to reflect what
3:35 PM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona coach Xavi admits his team was not up to standard after being placed in “the worst Champions League group in years.” Barca head into Tuesday’s game against Viktoria Plzen with no chance of progressing from the group stages for a second straight season, with Bayern Munich and Internazionale having
2:55 PM ET Associated Press The Ukrainian football federation urged FIFA on Monday to remove Iran from the World Cup next month, alleging human rights violations and supplying the Russian military with weapons. The call was made three weeks before Iran are due to face England in the first Group B game in Qatar. The
5:16 PM ET Tottenham assistant head coach Cristian Stellini has said it will be a “totally different world” without Antonio Conte on the touchline against Marseille but urged players and staff to “fill the gap” to avoid crashing out of the Champions League. Spurs face a make-or-break Group D decider in southern France needing a
4:37 PM ET Luis Suarez celebrates after winning the Uruguayan Championship with his boyhood club Nacional. Getty Images Luis Suarez thanked Nacional and their fans after scoring twice in a final game for his boyhood club who beat fellow Montevideo side Liverpool 4-1 to lift the Uruguayan Championship on Sunday. Suarez, 35, returned home to join
2:00 PM ET San Diego Wave forward Alex Morgan, the Chicago Red Stars forward Mallory Pugh and NWSL MVP Sophia Smith of the Portland Thorns headline United States national team 24-player roster for a pair of friendlies against Germany next month. Morgan, who missed last month’s European tour alongside Pugh, has 198 international caps and
12:54 PM ET France midfielder Paul Pogba will miss the World Cup in Qatar after failing to recover from knee surgery, his agent said on Monday. Pogba underwent an operation in September, but his agent said that, after a medical review, the midfielder would not yet return to the Juventus squad or join up with
3:44 PM ET Jamison Hensley Close ESPN Staff Writer University of Maryland graduate Lives in the Baltimore area with his wife and son Courtney Cronin Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the 49ers, Raiders and Warriors for the San Jose Mercury News. She joined ESPN in 2017. OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens filled the
4:09 PM ET Justin Turner, who has spent his entire stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers fervidly giving back to the community where he grew up, has been named recipient of the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award, which annually honors players for their philanthropic efforts. Turner, the Dodgers’ Clemente Award nominee in five of the past
3:59 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jamie Drysdale has a torn labrum in his left shoulder, possibly sidelining him for the rest of the season. Drysdale injured the shoulder during the Ducks’ loss at Vegas this past Friday, and he will have surgery soon, the team announced Monday. He is