10:31 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has tested positive for coronavirus, the Egypt Football Association have confirmed. The 28-year-old is asymptomatic and was the only member of the Egypt squad to return a positive test. Salah’s enforced absence will be a huge blow to Liverpool, who will
4:36 AM ET Liverpool’s troubles at the hands of VAR headlines this week’s ESPN’s Insider Notebook. PLUS: Lionel Messi is set for a huge Barcelona payday. Jump to: Messi’s bonus after trying to leave Barca | Man United track rising star defender | Spurs, Eriksen cool on reunion | FA staff reeling from Clarke chaos
7:53 AM ET Adriana Garcia Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Bolivia and Ecuador players line up before kick-off. Javier Mamani/Getty Images Interim Bolivia Football Federation (FBF) president Marcos Rodriguez was detained by police during his country’s 3-2 defeat to Ecuador in the 2022 World Cup qualifier on Thursday. The cause of his detention has not
3:10 AM ET Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has defended his goal celebrations that involve him wearing the masks of different superheroes after being criticised by Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos. Speaking on his Einfach mal Luppen podcast, Germany international Kroos said this week that he was not a fan of the former Borussia Dortmund striker’s
3:28 AM ET USMNT star Giovanni Reyna has signed a new long term contract with Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund, sources have told ESPN. Dortmund have not disclosed the length of the deal but sources said Reyna, 18 on Friday, has signed a new deal that would last until 2024. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
4:07 PM ET As we find ourselves immersed in international break No. 17 of the young European soccer season (OK, it’s No. 3), it’s a pretty good time to step back and absorb the chaos that we’ve witnessed one-fifth of the way through. The funkiness resulting from a blink-and-you-miss-it offseason, along with a loaded schedule
7:26 PM ET Harry Kettle The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the globe.
9:02 PM ET Argentina conceded a first-half penalty but recovered to secure a 1-1 draw against Paraguay in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Buenos Aires on Thursday. Angel Romero scored his third goal in three games when he coolly rolled home a penalty midway through the first half after Lucas Martinez Quarta was adjudged
6:27 PM ET United States coach Gregg Berhalter said his team showed a “ton of quality” during a 0-0 draw against Euro 2020 qualifiers Wales in Swansea on a night when Giovanni Reyna was one of six debutants for the Americans. With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting the international fixture schedule in recent months, this was
6:07 PM ET Full redemption can only come when overcoming bigger challenges but the faith Manchester United and England have shown in Harry Maguire is starting to reap dividends, as it did in England’s 3-0 win over the Republic of Ireland on Thursday. It was on this same Wembley pitch just 29 days ago that
6:36 PM ET In the 285 days since the U.S. men’s national team last played, it seemed like there was a sea change for the Americans. The U.S. now has a player at Juventus in Weston McKennie, while Sergino Dest and Konrad de la Fuente are on the first-team roster at Barcelona. That’s to go
2:33 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United chief Ed Woodward says he is “absolutely” behind manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer amid a poor start to the season that has seen the club slip to 14th in the table. Victory at Everton before the international break gave the Norwegian some breathing space and Woodward insists he remains
2:45 PM ET The United States men’s national team wore messages calling for social justice on their tracksuits prior to their international friendly with Wales on Thursday in Cardiff. The players and coaches marched out for the pregame anthems wearing jackets emblazoned with the words “Be the Change” on the front, with each displaying different
6:52 AM ET The English Football Association have pleaded with the British government to allow their final UEFA Nations League group game against Iceland to take place at Wembley next Wednesday as planned. Talks are continuing on Thursday between the FA and senior government officials in an attempt to clarify whether existing coronavirus regulations denying
8:14 AM ET Real Madrid‘s players will be asked to take another pay cut as the club deals with the ongoing losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, sources have told ESPN. The club are putting the finishing touches to this season’s budget, which will be finalised in the next few days, and will then present
4:50 AM ET The climax of the UEFA Nations League is here — stream LIVE on ESPN+ (U.S. only) — with some of the continent’s biggest teams fighting for a place in the finals in October 2021, as well as preferable seeding ahead of the World Cup 2022 qualifying draw. This year, preparations have been
5:48 AM ET Adriana Garcia Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has said he feels let down by the 80 rating he has been given in EA Sports’ “FIFA 21” game. The Portugal international, who joined Liverpool from Wolves in September for £41 million, won the inaugural ePremier League Invitational in April — beating Trent Alexander-Arnold —
7:31 AM ET Liverpool defender Joe Gomez is facing a long-term lay-off that will see him miss the majority the season after undergoing surgery to repair a damaged knee tendon. The severity of the injury has delivered a further blow to Liverpool’s defensive problems, with Virgil van Dijk already battling to play again this season
5:15 PM ET France geared up for their upcoming Nations League games with a 2-0 home defeat against Finland as their 12-match unbeaten streak came to an abrupt end on Wednesday. Marcus Forss and Onni Valakari scored in the first half to give Finland their first win against Les Bleus, having lost all their previous
4:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Louis van Gaal still says he should have seen his dismissal coming at Manchester United six months before it happened, and while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not there yet, the similarities are striking. Two managers wrestling with the suspicion they were not backed by the club when it mattered, an