1:49 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Lionel Messi has told Barcelona that he wants to leave the club this summer, according to ESPN Argentina sources and reports out of Argentina. Messi, 33, has a contract until 2021 but has grown disappointed with events on and off the pitch at Camp Nou in recent months.
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2:42 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Kasperi Kapanen in a multiplayer trade on Tuesday with the Toronto Maple Leafs, reuniting the 24-year-old forward with the general manager who drafted him. The Penguins sent center Evan
4:26 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Indians starter Mike Clevinger will pitch Wednesday for the first time since breaking team rules and Major League Baseball coronavirus protocols and being demoted for 10 days. Clevinger will return and pitch the series finale against the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins. The right-hander last pitched on Aug.
3:16 PM ET Webb Simpson, who is ranked third in the FedEx Cup standings, has withdrawn from this week’s BMW Championship. “After playing consecutive weeks, Webb is taking the week off in order to be rested for the TOUR Championship in Atlanta,” a representative for Simpson said Tuesday. The field for this week’s playoff event
Groundstaff were busy across the country © Getty Images Rain across the country meant early finishes on the final day of the fourth round of Bob Willis Trophy games. Umpires Peter Hartley and James Middlebrook called things off at 10.30am at Headingley, where Yorkshire and Lancashire had been frustrated by rain throughout the four days.
6:30 AM ET Under every socially distanced player seat in the gyms in the NBA bubble is one of the newest pieces of league technology — and it has Kobe Bryant’s fingerprints on it. Last month, the NBA announced a partnership with Hyperice, a recovery technology company based in Orange County, California, that provides all
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was celebrating on the championship stage after Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002, he held his youngest son, Brian, in his arms. Brian was wearing a blue Patriots jersey, a good 15 years away from graduating college. Older brother Steve Belichick was there,
Renault have decided to withdraw their appeal against the verdict in Formula 1’s “copying” controversy. Racing Point were docked 15 points and fined 400,000 euros (£360,000) for illegally copying Mercedes brake ducts. Renault appealed because they felt the verdict did not make it clear the rules required originality in car design. But on Tuesday, the
1:29 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Defending champion Daniil Medvedev returned to the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Open with a 6-3, 6-3 victory Tuesday over Aljaz Bedene, who accidentally hit a ball that struck a TV cameraman in the stands between second-set points. The cameraman did not appear hurt, but an
9:05 AM ET Look big picture at Lincoln Riley’s QB résumé, and it’s close to impeccable. In each of his five seasons coaching at Oklahoma — two as a coordinator, three as head coach — his quarterbacks have finished in the top five in Heisman balloting. Of the three different starting QBs Riley has had,
Aug 24, 2020 Jeff Horn’s suggestion that he’ll “rag doll” Tim Tszyu in their super welterweight battle in Townsville, Australia, has been shrugged off by the younger fighter, who says he’s happy to “bang it out” and win ugly on Wednesday. Former WBO welterweight champion Horn meets unbeaten world-ranked super welterweight Tszyu at Queensland Country
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc says it will be “difficult” to return to Spa-Francorchamps this weekend, a year after his friend Anthoine Hubert died. Frenchman Hubert, 22, was killed in a high-speed crash during a Formula 2 race at last year’s Belgian Grand Prix. Leclerc said: “Spa-Francorchamps has a special place in my heart. “While it is
9:19 AM ET NEW YORK — Entering the grounds of the National Tennis Center through the West Gate gave way to a surreal sight at the Western & Southern Open on Saturday, the first day of the unusual tennis doubleheader currently underway in New York. Instead of the familiar, restless horde of fans attracted to
8:10 AM ET Dana White’s Contender Series has never been more important to the UFC. Through three weeks of this season, White, the UFC president, has awarded 12 contracts to winners on the show. And five of those athletes are already booked to fight in the UFC, including Impa Kasanganay, who is slated to compete
6:45 AM ET Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Kevin Pelton Close ESPN Senior Writer Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system We hear you,
7:00 AM ET The motif heading into the 60-game Major League Baseball season was straight out of a 1950s horror movie or a bad slogan for a 1980s Mariners team: Anything can happen. As we come upon the halfway point of the season, however, as much as we hoped for a crazy, unpredictable two months,
Formula 1 is to ban teams from changing engine performance levels over a Grand Prix weekend. The move, which is coming into force for the Italian Grand Prix on 4-6 September, would prevent the use of high-power modes used in qualifying. Governing body the FIA is making the change so the complex modern turbo-hybrid engines
7:12 AM ET Manchester United captain Harry Maguire‘s trial following an alleged altercation with police officers has begun on the Greek island of Syros. Maguire, who was released from custody over the weekend, was not present at the trial. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access After