5:00 AM ET Games have ploughed ahead in South America in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic — only one event, the death of Diego Maradona, could stop the show. The Copa Libertadores clash between Internacional of Brazil and Argentina’s Boca Juniors was postponed after confirmation of the news that Boca legend Maradona had passed

3:51 AM ET Why does the Bundesliga’s worst team ever want to keep their record? ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the answer: PLUS: The handball law is changing. Jump to: How the handball law will be changed | Barca’s new president faces uphill struggle | Man United’s Wan-Bissaka issue | England vs. Argentina Bundesliga losers hope

6:56 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer 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

10:36 PM ET LA Galaxy’s dual Mexico–United States nationals Efrain Alvarez and Julian Araujo will be in the USMNT camp next week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, sources have told ESPN. The news 18-year-old Alvarez will be attending camp under head coach Gregg Berhalter was first reported by the Scuffed Podcast. East L.A. native Alvarez has

3:00 AM ET 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. TOP STORY:

10:27 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona presidential candidate Emili Rousaud has said he would hold a referendum to rename the club’s stadium “Camp Nou Leo Messi” if he wins the elections on Jan. 24, he announced on Thursday. The 54-year-old said: “Regardless of the fact that [Messi’s] contract expires at the end of this season,

4:35 PM ET It was four minutes in a rich and fully lived life that spanned six decades, ending on Wednesday as news of the death of Diego Maradona filtered around the world. But, if you can begin to understand them, perhaps you’ll understand why Maradona meant so much to so many. And why, as

Nov 21, 2020 Not long after Leeds United established themselves as one of English football’s powerhouses in the early 1970s, then-manager Don Revie engaged in a public relations drive to change the club’s image. In an effort to rid themselves of the tag “Dirty Leeds,” which followed the club due to their combative and confrontational

9:37 AM ET For American soccer players competing overseas, like RB Leipzig‘s Tyler Adams, Manchester City goalkeeper Zack Steffen and Haji Wright, this Thanksgiving is shaping up to be unlike any other. During most seasons spent abroad, the Thanksgiving holiday serves as a reminder of just how far away a player’s loved ones are. The

10:00 AM ET This week is now over the halfway point of the Champions League group stage, and matchday four has plenty of big games — and big implications — to cover. You may have seen these fixtures before in matchday three, but it’s now the reverse as the away side is at home this