7:10 PM ET Danny Lewis 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.

12:26 PM ET The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will host a meeting with English football’s leading administrators and key figures on Tuesday in an attempt to define the future of the game post-COVID-19, sources have told ESPN. Secretary of State Oliver Dowden has identified the power vacuum left by Greg Clarke’s

5:21 AM ET Brazil kept up their winning run in CONMEBOL qualifying.”> On the way to winning the Copa America on home soil last year, Brazil were held to a 0-0 draw by Venezuela and had three goals disallowed for narrow VAR decisions. This time, in a South American World Cup qualifier, Brazil managed to

2:52 PM ET Didier Deschamps’ weekends have become really tricky in 2020. The France head coach wants to watch as many of his players featuring for their clubs every Saturday or Sunday, but the problem is that there are too many contenders now to make the squad that he and his assistants are struggling to

6:07 PM ET Full redemption can only come when overcoming bigger challenges but the faith Manchester United and England have shown in Harry Maguire is starting to reap dividends, as it did in England’s 3-0 win over the Republic of Ireland on Thursday. It was on this same Wembley pitch just 29 days ago that

12:30 PM ET Cologne’s latest carnival kit was unveiled by a lone clown using the slogan: ‘We are celebrating alone, together’. 1.FC Köln Bundesliga club FC Cologne have unveiled their special Karneval kit for 2020, not with any of their players but instead by enlisting one lonely clown to give fans an uplifting message of hope

7:26 PM ET Harry Kettle 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.

4:00 AM ET Penalty taking has never been more important than it is in 2020. The introduction of VAR across Europe’s top leagues, combined with revisions to the handball law, have contributed to a dramatic increase in the number of spot kicks awarded throughout the game. 2 Related There have been 41 penalties in 78

8:30 AM ET Ronaldo, Pele, Zidane and Messi are all legends, but are they the greatest from their own countries? ESPN Illustration Lionel Messi or Diego Maradona? Is Pele the undisputed best from Brazil? Clint Dempsey or Landon Donovan? What about the No. 1 from England? After asking our writers to nominate the most iconic players

7:32 PM ET Danny Lewis 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.