4:30 PM ET Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has confirmed he wants David Luiz to stay at the club next season after describing the centre-back as a “role model” for the first-team squad. Luiz is out of contract at the end of this month having signed an initial 12-month deal when joining from Chelsea in
5:00 PM ET Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has said that efforts to improve diversity in English football’s top flight do not include plans to adopt the Rooney Rule after insisting it is “not on the agenda.” Named after Dan Rooney, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Rooney Rule was established in
5:40 PM ET Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian said that the club wants to surpass 100 points on the season in route to their first ever Premier League championship and first league crown in 30 years. – Insider Notebook: Barca stun Madrid with wonderkid move – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Premier League play
5:57 PM ET Lionel Messi scored his 699th career goal as Barcelona extended their lead atop the La Liga table with a 2-0 victory over Leganes on Tuesday. The win gives the Blaugrana 64 points from 29 matches, five points ahead of Real Madrid who have yet to play this round. – Stream ESPN FC
4:26 PM ET Stephan Uersfeld Bayern Munich secured their eighth consecutive Bundesliga title with a 1-0 win against Werder Bremen on Tuesday. The victory opened a 10-point gap between Bayern and second-placed Borussia Dortmund who, despite having three games in hand, cannot catch the champions. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Insider
6:37 PM ET Coming off a season in which they led the NFL with 21 players on injured reserve, the New York Jets have replaced longtime head athletic trainer John Mellody, a source told ESPN. The Jets filled the position by staying in-house, promoting former assistant Dave Zuffelato, who joined the organization in 2006 and
6:30 PM ET Oklahoma State Cowboys coach Mike Gundy apologized Tuesday for the “pain and discomfort” he caused his players and others over a T-shirt he was photographed wearing, vowing positive changes for his football program. The apology came one day after running back Chuba Hubbard took to social media to call out Gundy for
3:42 PM ET GLEN BURNIE, Md. — Baltimore’s sports teams showed their support by attending a 14-year-old superfan’s eighth-grade graduation parade on Tuesday morning after getting word that his cancer has spread. Mo Gaba, who is battling cancer for the fourth time, gained renown in 2019 by becoming the first person to announce an NFL
4:22 PM ET If the Hall of Fame Game happens, it likely will be without fans in attendance, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday. The game is scheduled for Aug. 6 in Canton, Ohio, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys as a part of the enshrinement weekend at the Pro Football Hall of
3:34 PM ET Lamar Jackson admitted that the Baltimore Ravens underestimated the Tennessee Titans ahead of their shocking divisional-round loss last season. The reigning NFL MVP said Tuesday on Complex’s “Load Management” podcast that he wants to focus on “not peeking ahead” this season, as that mentality got the Ravens in trouble against the Titans.