7:33 AM ET UEFA is working directly with social media companies to ensure harmful content is removed. Craig Williamson/SNS Group UEFA is to launch a programme to combat online racist abuse of footballers by working with social media companies to remove harmful content from platforms and raising awareness, the organisation said on Sunday. Europe’s soccer governing
Month: July 2022
7:56 AM ET England are hoping to break through at the 2022 Euros after two consecutive semifinals appearances. Lynne Cameron – The FA/The FA via Getty Images In Sarina Wiegman’s first news conference as England manager in August 2020, after she was introduced as a “one of the best coaches in the world” and a “winner”
9:50 PM ET Dylan Teves scored his first professional goal six minutes before halftime to help the short-handed Seattle Sounders to a 2-0 victory at Toronto FC on Saturday evening. Fredy Montero added his second goal of the season for the Sounders, who were without several regulars while playing their third match in eight days.
4:41 PM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona president Joan Laporta has insisted the club have no intention of selling Manchester United target Frenkie de Jong this summer. Sources told ESPN earlier this week that United had agreed an initial €65 million fee with Barca for the Dutch midfielder, though it was said that there were still
2:47 PM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo has made an official request to leave Manchester United this summer so he can continue to play Champions League football next season, sources have told ESPN. The Portugal captain returned to United a year ago for a second stint at Old Trafford and scored 18 goals in 30
3:53 PM ET Associated Press United States goalkeeper Ethan Horvath was loaned to Luton Town by Nottingham Forest for the coming season on Saturday. Horvath joined Nottingham Forest a year ago on a free transfer from Club Brugge, where he won three Belgian league titles. – Soccer on ESPN+: FC Daily | Futbol Americas –
2:28 PM ET Kathleen McNamee Prinz ended her glittering Germany career with victory at Euro 2009, just one memorable moment among many in the competition’s history. Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images The European Championship in England this summer promises to be a big one. Over 500,000 tickets have been sold already, which would smash the previous attendance record
VICARIO VICINO ALLA FUMATA BIANCA 02/07/2022 16:29 Manca poco all’inizio del ritiro per la squadra di Sarri, che si ritrova ancora senza portieri. Dopo che la trattativa per Marco Carnesecchi è entrata in una fase di stallo vista la richiesta economica dell’Atalanta, la dirigenza si è indirizzata su Gugliemo Vicario. L’Empoli chiede 12 milioni per
7:10 AM ET Nottingham Forest have signed goalkeeper Dean Henderson from Manchester United on a season-long loan, the newly promoted Premier League club said on Saturday. United academy graduate Henderson made three appearances in all competitions last season and was unable to displace David de Gea as first-choice goalkeeper at the Old Trafford club. –
11:09 PM ET Associated Press The United States qualified for its first Olympic men’s soccer tournament since 2008 when the Americans beat Honduras 3-0 at San Pedro Sula on Friday night in the semifinals of the Under-20 championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean. Paxten Aaronson of the Philadelphia Union, an 18-year-old brother
6:46 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona hope selling another 15% of their domestic television rights will give them a €200 million transfer kitty this summer, sources have told ESPN. Barca sold 10% of their rights to Sixth Street on Thursday for €207.5m to ensure they did not end the 2021-22 season with losses,
5:55 PM ET Vera Pauw said that she was sexually assaulted by three men employed within Dutch football. Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile Former Netherlands international Vera Pauw said on Friday she was sexually abused by three men employed within Dutch football when she was a player, which she has recently reported to the police feeling that she got
4:06 PM ET Chelsea are set to appoint former City Football Group executive and Carolina Panthers president Tom Glick to take over day-to-day running of the club, sources have told ESPN. Glick will be appointed as a club director and, while an exact job title is not yet clear, he will assume many of the
2:26 PM ET Derbyshire-based property group Clowes Developments has completed the takeover of Derby County, the League One club announced on Friday as the sale ended a period of nine months in administration. The developer, headed by lifelong Derby fan David Clowes, stepped in after U.S. businessman Chris Kirchner’s proposed acquisition of the third-tier club
11:33 AM ET Michelle Cross, left, Joey Martin, center, and Catarina Guimaraes, right, celebrating a goal scored in the match against Japan. Javier Luengo for ESPN SALOU, Spain — With the 2022 World Cup final heading to extra time, coach Tricia Taliaferro put Annie Wickett in goal. Wickett, an outfield player, had scored one of the
11:47 AM ET The UEFA Women’s European Championship tournament will draw a record attendance in England this summer with 500,000 tickets already sold, UEFA said on Friday. The tournament, postponed last year due to COVID-19, is expected to draw an audience from at least 99 countries, with 20% of the purchases coming from outside England.
11:44 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United remain confident of signing Tyrell Malacia from Feyenoord despite a hold up caused by an issue surrounding the defender’s representation, sources have told ESPN. United have agreed a £13 million fee for 22-year-old left-back, matching a bid which had been made by Lyon. – Notebook: Ten Hag briefed
11:22 AM ET ESPN News Services Gymnast Simone Biles and U.S. women’s national team star Megan Rapinoe will be presented with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by Joe Biden in a ceremony next week, the White House announced Friday. Biles is the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history, winning 32
11:13 AM ET Mohamed Salah has signed a new long-term deal to extend his stay at Liverpool, the club announced on Friday. Salah’s contract was due to expire next summer, and, the forward announced before the Champions League final that he would remain at Anfield next season. – ESPN’s Notebook: The inside stories from around
4:00 AM ET FIFA has spent the past three years testing its new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT.) It has now been approved for use at the World Cup in Qatar in November, but bar a fleeting appearance at the Club World Cup in February no one really knew what to expect. The