Soccer

12:36 PM ET Neymar took his first major step toward a secondary career on the professional poker circuit when the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward made his first in-person appearance at a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in the US. The 30-year-old, who became the world’s most expensive signing ever when he joined PSG

11:43 AM ET The Premier League has finally approved the use of five substitutions per game, but will this ultimately hurt competitive balance? Visionhaus/Getty Images Somewhere in the slipstream of wider debates about the future of football, a conversation over the use of five substitutes in the Premier League has rumbled on for some time. English

5:00 AM ET Erling Haaland has completed his move to Premier League champions Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund, the club announced. The 21-year-old has put pen to paper on a five-year deal at the Etihad Stadium. – Dawson: The inside story of how Man City signed Haaland– Marcotti: Why Haaland is a perfect fit for

9:24 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Gennaro Gattuso, right, was announced as the new Valencia manager on Thursday, the 15th appointment since Peter Lim bought the club in 2014. JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images Gennaro Gattuso turned to his left, put his fist on his hip and his eyes on the translator. On the pad in

2:04 PM ET Erling Haaland scored two goals and made another as Norway thumped neighbours Sweden 3-2 in their Nations League Group B4 clash at the Ullevaal Stadium on Sunday, taking his total to 20 international goals and four in two games against the Swedes. The 21-year-old stooped to head home Fredrik Bjorkan’s chipped pass

6:27 PM ET The summer transfer window is approaching, 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 course, done deals! TOP STORY: Arsenal join race for Madrid’s wantaway Asensio Marco Asensio‘s future at Real Madrid remains unclear, but

4:59 PM ET The summer transfer window is approaching, 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 course, done deals! TOP STORY: Inter reject PSG offer for Skriniar Paris Saint-Germain have had their first transfer offer of €50

1:06 PM ET Associated Press Cristiano Ronaldo was alleged to have raped a women in Las Vegas in 2009. Getty Images A Nevada woman has lost her bid in a U.S. court to force Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the $375,000 in hush money she received after alleging he raped her in

2:07 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas — For a team in dire need of a striker to emerge in the lead up to the World Cup, Jesus Ferreira‘s four-goal performance in the United States men’s national team’s 5-0 win against Grenada on Friday was certainly a welcome development. It took some time to break the deadlock,

4:24 PM ET Cameron Carter-Vickers was part of a Celtic team that won the league and cup double in 2021-22. Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images Celtic has acquired defender Cameron Carter-Vickers from Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, the club announced on Friday. The United States international had spent the previous season with the Bhoys on

12:43 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will listen to offers worth €100 million for midfielder Frenkie de Jong after holding formal talks with Manchester United over a transfer, sources close to the negotiations have told ESPN. Barca are prepared to let De Jong leave this summer to help balance the books amid an

3:27 AM ET Adriana Garcia Liverpool are in advanced talks with Benfica over the signing of Darwin Nunez, sources told ESPN. Nunez, 22, is set to break Liverpool’s transfer record, with the deal expected to be worth around €80 million plus €20m in add-ons. The agreement between the clubs has yet to be completed but

1:54 PM ET Lewandowski has mastered both shot quality and shot quantity, which is why he’s so sought-after in the transfer market. Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images Because I know you visited ESPN.com this morning to do some math, here is a list of numbers for you: 0.29, 0.29, 0.16, 0.16, 0.15, 0.13, 0.13, 0.12, 0.1, 0.09, 0.07,

11:58 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Austin Lindberg With greats like Claudio Reyna, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey and now Christian Pulisic, who’s the best to ever play for the U.S. men’s national team? Illustration by ESPN With the United States men’s national

3:26 AM ET Losing a top player on a free transfer was once identified as pure mismanagement: a boardroom-level failure of planning, negotiation and foresight triggering ire among fans. Arsenal are one club to face heavy criticism in this way, so much so that in October 2018, the club’s then-newly installed director of football, Raul

1:00 PM ET In the end, it was the goalkeeper who got him. During a postmatch TV interview, Milan Borjan snuck up and doused Canada manager John Herdman with champagne. That he’d stayed dry for so long was a minor miracle considering the occasion. With a 4-0 victory over Jamaica on March 27 in the

12:56 PM ET The summer transfer window is about to open, so let’s look at the 10 most expensive transfers by position — goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards — through 2021. I awarded a (highly subjective) grade out of five based on what we know now. In other words, with the benefit of hindsight and

4:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Every summer, Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak uses the club’s in-house television channel to address the fans. It’s usually a review of the previous season, but this year’s address also included a warning for the Premier League and the rest of Europe. Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland, one of