7:27 AM ET Rebekah Vardy, the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, has lost her libel trial against Coleen Rooney. Phil Lewis/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Rebekah Vardy has lost her “Wagatha Christie” libel trial against Coleen Rooney over a viral social media post. Vardy, the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, took Rooney,

8:56 AM ET D.C. United have signed goalkeeper David Ochoa from Real Salt Lake in exchange for an undisclosed amount of allocation, sources have confirmed to ESPN. The Washington Post was the first to report the news. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games, replays (U.S.)– Soccer on ESPN+: FC Daily | Futbol Americas– Don’t

5:54 AM ET Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk; two world-class goalkeepers in Ederson and Alisson; and arguably the two leading coaches in the game in Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. With so much A-list talent and winning pedigree between Manchester City and Liverpool, Saturday’s Community Shield clash (stream live

11:16 AM ET As the question was asked, you could start to see the amused look creep across the face of Austin FC head coach Josh Wolff. Austin FC was just days away from the season opener against FC Cincinnati and a local reporter noted that the oddsmakers in Las Vegas had the Texan capital

3:59 AM ET Technically, the 2022-23 Bundesliga race does not begin when RB Leipzig hosts Bayern Munich in Saturday’s DFL-Supercup (stream LIVE, 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+, US only). But symbolically, it kind of does. Let’s review. Bayern, the 10-time defending league champion, has managed to bring in major talent in this transfer window, but they

5:00 AM ET Because he’s the second-most expensive transfer for a footballer over the age of 33, and because Barcelona are essentially mortgaging their future to crash-build a competitive squad, the questions so far have focused on: Is Robert Lewandowski capable of giving the Blaugrana value for their money? The doubters have also carped: Is

3:24 PM ET The summer transfer window is here, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Neymar to Man Utd if Ronaldo bolts? Manchester United have already gathered a shortlist of replacements

Jul 26, 2022 Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has said Lionel Messi returning to the team is “impossible” at the moment, but he has not definitively closed the door on bringing him back in the future. Barca president Joan Laporta told ESPN last week that he considers it his responsibility to ensure

4:49 PM ET Beth Mead and Lucy Bronze each had an assist and a goal as England overcame a nervy start to thrash Sweden 4-0 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on Tuesday night and advance to the final of the 2022 Women’s European Championship. Sarina Wiegman’s England side came into the match as favourites in

8:21 PM ET Associated Press Former United States women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo pleaded guilty Monday to driving while impaired, almost four months after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside. Solo also was charged with misdemeanor child abuse and resisting a