Month: July 2022

11:15 PM ET The United States women’s national team is about to complete perhaps the most low-key run to World Cup qualification in its illustrious history after Thursday’s 5-0 thrashing of Jamaica at the CONCACAF W Championship. Given the U.S. women’s historic dominance in CONCACAF — where it has won 13 straight World Cup qualifiers

8:57 PM ET Sophia Smith scored twice in the opening minutes and the U.S. women’s national team edged closer to a spot in the 2023 World Cup with a 5-0 victory over Jamaica on Thursday in the CONCACAF W Championship. With two victories at the W Championship, the United States leads its group and is

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4:52 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday presented the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles and soccer star Megan Rapinoe. “Today, she adds to her medal count,” Biden said as he introduced Biles, a former foster child whose 32

5:07 PM ET Twice champions Norway crushed debutants Northern Ireland 4-1 on Thursday as both teams got their Women’s European Championship campaign underway in an entertaining match. Norway, who have twice reached the final since their most recent title in 1993, looked confident throughout the game and took the lead before the 10-minute mark through

2:47 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Spain coach Jorge Vilda has said the team felt “sadness and anger” over the “big shock” of captain Alexia Putellas’ knee injury, but backed them to rise to the challenge of competing to win Euro 2022 without the Ballon d’Or winner. Spain play Finland in their opening Group B

2:02 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Cristiano Ronaldo will not be part of the Manchester United squad which travels to Thailand on Friday to begin their preseason tour, sources have told ESPN. The Portugal forward has been granted more time to deal with a “family issue” and will not be on the flight to Bangkok, scheduled

11:04 AM ET Spain’s hopes of winning the European Championships in England this summer received a crushing setback on Tuesday, just three days before their opener against Finland in Milton Keynes on Friday (stream LIVE, 11:50 a.m. ET, on ESPN+), when Alexia Putellas was ruled out of the tournament. Putellas, 28, has been the game’s

11:33 AM ET Alejandro Pozuelo won the Landon Donovan MVP award in 2020. Angel Marchini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Inter Miami have completed the signing of former Major League Soccer MVP Alejandro Pozuelo from Toronto FC in a $150,000 deal, the club announced on Thursday. Pozuelo, who has twice been included in MLS’ team of the

5:00 AM ET MANCHESTER, England — The roads around Old Trafford were gridlocked in the buildup to kick-off, and men in hi-vis jackets were charging £20 and more for spaces on waste ground that had been turned into popup car parks for the night. This is what usually happens when Manchester United play at home,

9:25 PM ET The highly anticipated debut of Lorenzo Insigne with Toronto FC will have to wait another two weeks, as the Italian forward deals with a calf strain. Insigne, 31, reached a deal with Toronto FC in January to join the club once the Serie A season was completed. He played 11 seasons with

6:52 PM ET Georgia Stanway called on England supporters to continue bringing “the noise” to “rattle” the opposition as they look to build on their 1-0 opening night win over Austria in the 2022 European Championships. The match at Old Trafford was played out to a record crowd for a women’s Euros match, with 68,871

6:03 PM ET MANCHESTER — After the rehearsals came the real deal in front of a sold-out Old Trafford. For all the preparation, tactical switching and talk of answering the pressure of the situation, this was to-date the definitive test of Sarina Wiegman’s tenure leading England as they opened this summer’s home European Championships in