We’re both big NBA fans, and the draft is a special day for those who love the league. Football is an entirely different sport, with youngsters joining top clubs via entirely different pathways, but we couldn’t resist the challenge of our own draft. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Following last year’s version, when we chose players born in the year 2000, the only eligibility requirement for this…
Manchester United fans were given a sneak peek of the club’s new home kit for the 2023-24 season when rapper Aitch wore it on stage during his set at Glastonbury on Saturday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The club themselves had already teased supporters on social media with a post offering a glimpse of a jersey and the date June 27. The caption also featured an emoji…
The images of Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior and Manchester City defender Kyle Walker greeting each other after the first leg of their Champions League semifinal went viral last month. The moment was one of mutual respect between two elite athletes after an evening of tough competition. For Vinicius, it was also an opportunity to speak some of the English he had recently been practicing with Oklahoma City Thunder star…
Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets will join former teammate Lionel Messi at Inter Miami CF this summer. The MLS side has announced the arrival of the ex-Spain international on its social media accounts. Busquets’ contract with Barca expires at the end of June and, after announcing his decision to end his 18-year stay at Spotify Camp Nou, he has been mulling over offers from the United States and Saudi Arabia. Sources…
MADRID — Diego Maradona’s Argentina shirt from the 1986 World Cup final; Alfredo Di Stefano’s shirt from Real Madrid’s 7-3 European Cup win over Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960; the Santos shirts worn by Pele as he lifted two Copa Libertadores in 1962 and 1963; Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas’ shirt from the 2010 World Cup final, the biggest game in the country’s history. But where are they now? Were they kept…
Gareth Bale said Lionel Messi will have less pressure to win in Major League Soccer because clubs “accept losing a lot better over there.” Earlier this month, Messi announced that he intends to join MLS club Inter Miami following his departure from Paris Saint-Germain, although a deal is yet to be finalised. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The 2022 World Cup winner was linked with a return…
WIGAN, England — Charlie Wyke’s game-day experience starts at dawn. He wakes up, opens an app on his phone and sends his overnight heart rhythms to his cardiologist in Liverpool. His new routine continues when he reaches the stadium. Wyke, a striker for Wigan in England’s Championship last season, slips on a padded vest that sits under his jersey and protects the defibrillator in his chest. In the prematch warmup,…
Wrexham have learned their schedule for the upcoming 2023-24 campaign in League Two after securing promotion back to the English Football League (EFL) last season. The Welsh club, owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, will start their EFL campaign with a home game against Milton Keynes Dons on Aug. 5. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Wrexham will then face a three-game stretch in a…
Roma head coach Jose Mourinho has been banned for the team’s next four European games by UEFA for verbally abusing the referee after the Italian club lost in the Europa League final to Sevilla on May 31. Footage circulated of the Roma coach approaching English referee Anthony Taylor in the stadium garage after the game in Budapest, Hungary, and calling him a “disgrace” with an expletive. Roma lost a penalty…
In early January, roughly a week after Gregg Berhalter’s contract as the United States men’s soccer coach expired, Zinedine Zidane rejected an approach from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) to be the next coach. His lack of interest wasn’t surprising given his résumé, but the USSF’s pursuit felt instructive. It was a big swing. A World Cup winner with France as a player, Zidane doesn’t need much of an…