6:00 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Luis Enrique was wrong. Just not the way everyone said he was wrong. “It’s ahead of time? Maybe, yeah, I won’t deny that,” Spain‘s coach had said, but it turned out it wasn’t too early at all. Pablo Paez Gavira, “Gavi,” had just turned 17, had played only 374

11:00 AM ET Newcastle United are officially under new ownership after their protracted Saudi Arabia-backed takeover was finally approved by the Premier League on Thursday, potentially putting the club on the fast track to football’s top tier. It’s reported that the Public Investment Fund (PIF) consortium has assets totalling around £320 billion, which puts Newcastle

11:00 AM ET Kevin De Bruyne played with painkilling injections at the Euros. There has to be a better solution to avoid players being worn out due to the grueling club and country schedule. Meng Dingbo/Xinhua via Getty Images Last April, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola sounded the alarm, complaining that UEFA and FIFA were “killing”

4:02 PM ET Associated Press A U.S. federal magistrate judge in Nevada is siding with Cristiano Ronaldo‘s lawyers against a woman who sued for more than the $375,000 in hush money she received in 2010 after saying the international football star raped her in Las Vegas. In a scathing recommendation to the judge hearing the

9:39 PM ET Ricardo Pepi netted two second-half goals to lead the United States to a 2-0 win over Jamaica in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying in Austin, Texas on Thursday night. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more– Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access Walker Zimmerman, Yunus Musah and Paul Arriola were

4:00 AM ET Brazil are leading the way in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying. NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images At the start of last month South America had only got through a third of its marathon 2022 World Cup qualification campaign. By the end of next week, two thirds will have been completed. The action is going

8:00 AM ET Spain went galloping into the UEFA Nations League final on Wednesday after beating Italy 2-1 in Milan on a night in which teenager Gavi announced his arrival on the international stage at the San Siro (stream the replay on ESPN+ in the U.S.). The result ended the Azzurri‘s 37-game unbeaten streak —

12:00 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer In September, when Mexico embarked on the first three games of World Cup qualifying along with the rest of the seven surviving CONCACAF nations, a largely disappointing summer coupled with a lack of key players had a sector of pundits and fans foretelling doom. There were calls for manager

Oct 5, 2021 Manchester United’s squad has a combined value of more than €1 billion in potential transfer fees, according to the CIES. Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images It may not come as a surprise that Premier League champions Manchester City and their local rivals Manchester United have the two most valuable squads in Europe,

8:07 AM ET Ricardo Pepi, 18, chose to represent the U.S. over Mexico in August. He became an instant USMNT hero weeks later when he scored one goal and set up two more to help his team to a 4-1 win over Honduras. Brent Humphreys for ESPN IN THE TUNNEL of Toyota Stadium, Ricardo Pepi poses