6:50 PM ET Sophie Lawson BRENTFORD, England — For the third time in their last five matches, Spain conceded within the first three minutes, leaving them with no route back into their group game against Germany, a 2-0 loss on Tuesday. While Germany emphatically punched their spot into the quarterfinals, Spain’s future at the 2022
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6:30 AM ET Liverpool are famed for embodying manager Jurgen Klopp’s philosophy of “heavy metal football,” but they will be bringing the spirit of house music to the Premier League with their new 2022-23 away kit. 2 Related The Reds have used their new alternate jersey to pay homage to the city’s famous music scene
3:00 AM ET Matthijs de Ligt is on the radar of several clubs including Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and Chelsea. Sportinfoto/vi/DeFodi Images via Getty Images 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
3:00 PM ET ESPN staff Bend it like … Dad? Romeo Beckham, the 19-year-old son of England and Manchester United legend David Beckham, scored his first goal of the season for Inter Miami CF II on a free kick that looked awfully familiar. In the 84th minute against Orlando City B, Romeo snuck the ball
6:00 AM ET Paul Pogba is back at Juventus. The France midfielder left Manchester United on a free transfer this summer, just six years after his then-world-record £89.3 million move, and has returned to Turin to kickstart his career. At 29, Pogba is at the peak of his powers, but came in for criticism during
8:10 PM ET New England Revolution coach Bruce Arena was critical of the field surface, timing of the match and officiating after New York City FC was awarded a Major League Soccer record three penalty kicks in the first half and won 4-2 to stop the Revolution’s 10-game league unbeaten streak. Valentin Castellanos scored twice
10:00 AM ET N’Golo Kante and Ruben Loftus-Cheek will not travel with Chelsea for their preseason tour of the United States due to their Covid vaccination status. Entry rules for the U.S. say that all visitors over 18, barring American citizens and other limited exceptions, must be double vaccinated against the virus. The club confirmed
5:00 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Andreas Christensen, left, was unveiled by Barcelona this week even though he’s not yet eligible to actually register as a LaLiga player. Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images Barcelona president Joan Laporta was back eating at his favourite restaurant on Thursday night, joined by Chelsea‘s new co-owner, Behdad Eghbali (the co-chairman of
6:06 PM ET Kathleen McNamee SHEFFIELD, England — The stage for Saturday’s heavyweight Euro 2022 clash between reigning champions Netherlands and Sweden couldn’t have been set better. The Dutch had beaten the Swedes in both the 2017 quarterfinal and the 2019 World Cup semifinal. But, since their talismanic coach Sarina Wiegman went to England, there
1:51 PM ET Portugal came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Switzerland thanks to an inspired second-half comeback in their opening Group C match at the women’s European Championship on Saturday. Switzerland had the perfect start when Coumba Sow pounced on a poor defensive clearance in the second minute to fire home