Month: May 2021

6:14 PM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation and Soccer United Marketing — the marketing arm of Major League Soccer — announced on Sunday that they will not renew their commercial rights partnership when the current deal expires at the end of 2022. The Sports Business Journal was the first to report the news. – MLS
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12:56 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur‘s Harry Kane has won the 2020-21 Premier League Golden Boot after scoring 23 goals over the course of the season. Kane, who according to ESPN sources has told Spurs he wants to leave this summer, beat Liverpool‘s Mohamed Salah to the prize. The Egypt international finished the season with 22
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1:57 PM ET A fan has been arrested for racially abusing former Manchester United and England player Rio Ferdinand as he watched Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side win 2-1 at the Molineux Stadium against Wolves on Sunday. Fans at the Molineux booed as players took the knee before the game started, and Ferdinand tweeted after the
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4:45 PM ET Lille have ended Paris Saint-Germain‘s dominance to win the Ligue 1 title after beating Angers 2-1 on Sunday. Les Dogues become French champions for the fifth time in their history — their last title came in 2011 when Eden Hazard was part of the squad. The club also won the league in
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4:47 PM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has finished the 2020-21 campaign as Serie A top scorer to become the only player to achieve the feat in the Premier League and La Liga as well as Italy’s top flight. The 36-year-old scored 29 goals as the Bianconeri finished the season in fourth
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2:14 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo has been benched by Juventus ahead of their match against Bologna as the Turin-based side seeks to clinch a Champions League spot. Juventus sit on fifth place in the Serie A standings going into Sunday’s season finale. With 75 points, they need to win and hope that third-place AC Milan
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12:09 PM ET Serie A champions Internazionale ended their triumphant season with a 5-1 thrashing of Udinese on Sunday as thousands of fans gathered outside San Siro to celebrate. Antonio Conte’s side sealed their first league crown in 11 years with four games to spare on May 2, but had to wait until the final
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7:26 AM ET Xabi Alonso has steered Real Sociedad‘s B team back into the second tier of Spanish football for the first time in almost 50 years. Alonso, 39, has achieved the feat in just his second season in management following a storied career that saw him represent Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. –
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4:08 PM ET Alex Kirkland Zinedine Zidane has said he’ll hold talks with Real Madrid “in the next few days” over his future as coach after missing out on the La Liga title, adding, “we’ll see what happens.” Zidane’s side finished two points behind La Liga champions Atletico Madrid, with a total of 84, following
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