5:35 PM ET Germany beat Portugal to win the Under-21 European Championship on Sunday night. Lukas Nmecha of Manchester City scored the only goal of the game to help the Germans to a third U21 Euro title in the history of the tournament. – Euro 2020 on ESPN: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)
Month: June 2021
11:53 PM ET The CONCACAF Nations League final match between the United States and Mexico was briefly halted due to fans using an anti-gay chant during the match. The pause occurred the final moments of the second half before it into extra-time. Play resumed after three minutes as players on both sides pleaded to the
1:59 PM ET Memphis Depay, Wout Weghorst and teenager Ryan Gravenberch scored for the Netherlands on Sunday as they beat Georgia 3-0 in Enschede to record a morale-boosting victory ahead of the European Championship. Depay tucked away a 10th-minute penalty but Georgia finished the first half stronger as they had more shots on goal and
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5:05 PM ET (adds quotes) BRUSSELS, June 6 (Reuters) – Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku underlined his status as one of the world’s top strikers with his 60th international goal to secure a 1-0 win over Croatia in their Euro 2020 warm-up on Sunday. Lukaku struck from a goalmouth scramble in the 38th minute to win the
4:25 PM ET Adriana Garcia Famous Italian singer-songwriter Enrico Ruggeri made his debut for fourth division club ASD Sona at the age of 64 on Sunday. Ruggeri started in his team’s 1-0 league home loss to Tritium Calcio 1908. He wore the No.10 jersey and played nine minutes before leaving the pitch. – Euro 2020
3:48 PM ET MIDDLESBROUGH, England — It took a while for Gareth Southgate to be convinced of Jack Grealish‘s worth in the England national team, but the Aston Villa midfielder now looks primed to get his chance at Euro 2020. England’s two warm-up games have effectively been an exercise in damage limitation, with several players
1:40 PM ET England captain Marcus Rashford converted a penalty to secure Gareth Southgate’s side a 1-0 win against Romania ahead of their first Euro 2020 fixture in a week’s time. Despite Southgate slamming fans who booed his players taking the knee at a news conference on Saturday, some supporters still chose to boo the
10:30 AM ET With most of the major European seasons now complete, the rumour mill has been sent into overdrive as clubs ponder their moves ahead of what will be a busy transfer window. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Dortmund lower Sancho transfer price Borussia Dortmund
10:08 AM ET Mark Ogden James Tyler Close Senior Editor, ESPN FC James Tyler is an ESPN editor for soccer. Liverpool ended a turbulent defence of their first-ever Premier League title by securing Champions League qualification on the final weekend of the season — an achievement that will make a crucial difference to the club’s
7:35 AM ET Adriana Garcia UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin still feels betrayed by Juventus president Andrea Agnelli because of his involvement in the European Super League and said that, in his eyes, “he doesn’t exist anymore.” Juventus were one of the 12 founding clubs that announced the breakaway league on April 18 and have yet
8:03 PM ET United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter said that midfielder Tyler Adams is “recovered and ready to go” for Sunday’s CONCACAF Nations League final against Mexico after recuperating from a back injury. Adams missed the last three league games of RB Leipzig‘s Bundesliga season, as well as the DFB Pokal final
4:00 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Eric Gomez It has been almost two years since CONCACAF giants U.S. and Mexico met in a competitive fixture, when El Tri triumphed 1-0 in the Gold Cup final, but they renew their rivalry
11:50 AM ET Gareth Southgate has confirmed England will continue to take the knee throughout Euro 2020 despite accepting the move could create an “adverse reaction” towards his own team. England return to Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium on Sunday for their final warm-up friendly against Romania, four days after facing Austria in front of around 7,000
9:23 AM ET Kevin De Bruyne has had minor surgery on the eye socket he injured in the Champions League final and will join the Belgium squad on Monday as they complete their preparations for Euro 2020. There had been fears that key midfielder De Bruyne could miss part or all of the finals, but
6:59 AM ET Manchester City defender Ruben Dias was named the Premier League Player of the Season on Saturday, becoming the second Portuguese to receive the honour after former Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo. City boss Pep Guardiola was named Manager of the Season for a third time. Dias was named England‘s Footballer of the
4:00 AM ET One of the perks of writing for ESPN is the set of tools you have at your disposal. Our TruMedia soccer dashboard pulls in StatsPerform data from most of the world’s major leagues, plus a lot of club friendlies and basically every international match from the past decade-plus. (It also has World
7:20 PM ET With most of the major European seasons now complete, the rumour mill has been sent into overdrive as clubs ponder their moves ahead of what will be a busy transfer window. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Spurs, Conte deal off over transfer budget
3:10 PM ET LA Galaxy defender Derrick Williams been suspended five additional matches and fined an undisclosed amount for his hard foul on Andy Polo that left the Portland Timbers forward with a season-ending injury. Williams was shown a red card for the tackle on Polo in the first half of Timbers’ 3-0 win against
3:00 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Paris Saint-Germain are trying to hijack Barcelona‘s attempt to sign Georginio Wijnaldum on a free transfer, multiple sources have told ESPN. Wijnaldum, 30, is set to leave Liverpool at the end of the month when his contract expires at Anfield. – Summer transfer preview: Mbappe to Madrid? Messi