Football

6:13 AM ET The Premier League announced new rules that could see club owners removed for human rights abuses. Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images Human rights groups have challenged the Premier League to robustly enforce new rules aimed at tightening club ownership by ensuring abusers and nation states are banned from controlling teams in England. At a

3:16 PM ET Bayern Munich‘s reign in the Bundesliga is threatened. They just panic-fired their manager with two months left in the season. They’re facing more uncertainty than they have in quite a while. They remain as Bayern as ever, though: still prolific, still the betting favorite (and the No. 2 favorite in the Champions

4:00 AM ET Only two outcomes await Arsenal from their position atop the Premier League table: agony or ecstasy. The club’s supporters lurch helplessly between the two extremes, contemplating the glory of a first title since 2003-04’s “Invincibles” and the ignominy of losing the eight-point lead they will hold on April 1. This roller coaster

12:12 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Maguire is stuck in a tough position: indispensable for England, but a bench player for Man United. What should he do from here? Michael Regan – The FA/The FA via Getty Images After playing every minute of England‘s two Euro qualifiers during the international break, Harry Maguire will face a familiar

11:16 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are planning to step up contract talks with Marcus Rashford before the end of the season, sources have told ESPN. United triggered a one-year option in Rashford’s contract in December which will keep him at Old Trafford until 2024 but the club are keen to agree a long-term

7:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The world’s best male players are getting younger, but is it finally time to crown successors to the legendary Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo? For the fifth straight year (read 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 here), ESPN brings you our list of the game’s next top young stars aged 21

4:30 AM ET Two seismic events over the weekend have made those of us who love having Carlo Ancelotti in LaLiga shiver with anticipation of impending change. They are: Brazil being embarrassed 2-1 by Morocco and then declaring their intention to appoint Ancelotti, plus, by Sunday, Tottenham Hotspur and Antonio Conte parting ways. Brazil have

4:13 PM ET In its first competitive matches since the World Cup, the United States men’s national team beat Grenada (7-1) and El Salvador (1-0) to advance to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Nations League in June in Las Vegas. Given the sizable talent discrepancy in both matches, two wins was the overwhelming expectation, but

11:30 AM ET Julie Ertz last featured for the United States in 2021. Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images The returns of Julie Ertz and NWSL MVP Sophia Smith highlight the United States women’s 26-player roster for a pair of upcoming friendlies against Ireland. Ertz last played for the U.S. at the 2021 Olympics, and gave

4:30 AM ET Tottenham‘s marriage of convenience with manager Antonio Conte is over. The story of his 16 months as head coach is one of perpetual internal tension, an awkward alliance founded on a mutual desire to win silverware urgently yet never in agreement about how to actually achieve it. Spurs thought they knew what

7:00 PM ET The United States men’s national team finishes up this international break with a CONCACAF Nations League contest against El Salvador in Orlando. The U.S. lead Monday night’s guests in Group D with seven points from three matches, giving Anthony Hudson’s team a two-point advantage over El Salvador heading into the match. Don’t

6:27 AM ET Daniel Levy has appointed 11 full-time managers at Tottenham Hotspur and fired every single one of them, with Antonio Conte the latest through the exit door after the club confirmed his inevitable departure on Sunday night. Conte is simply the latest high-profile coach to be the fall guy for the longest-serving chairman

4:06 PM ET CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla. — Interim United States coach Anthony Hudson said he hasn’t given any thought to whether he’d be interested in taking on the job full-time. Hudson has been serving as interim manager since predecessor Gregg Berhalter’s contract expired at the end of last year. Since then he’s overseen a 2-1 loss

5:31 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte is leaving the club by mutual consent following a postmatch rant on March 18 in which he criticised the club’s players, owner and winning mentality. In their statement, Tottenham said that Cristian Stellini would oversee the team in an interim role for the remainder of the season.

8:12 AM ET Adriana Garcia Lionel Messi has been honoured by the Argentina Football Association who have renamed the national team’s headquarters after him. Messi, who captained Argentina to as they lifted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, has made 173 appearances for the Albiceleste since making his debut in 2005. – Stream on ESPN+:

6:00 AM ET Harry Kane has eclipsed Wayne Rooney to become England‘s all-time top goal scorer, but he is still battling to avoid the same fate as his predecessor. Rooney was among the first to congratulate the 29-year-old striker after his record-breaking 54th goal in Thursday’s 2-1 win over Italy, a moment that has been

12:30 PM ET It’s been almost two months since the U.S. Soccer Federation announced that Earnie Stewart and Brian McBride were resigning their positions as sporting director and men’s team general manager, respectively. The consulting firm Sportsology was brought in to lead the search and analyze the structure of the USSF’s sporting department. And since

9:30 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 7.5% of his 120 international goals for Portugal against Luxembourg. No opponent has been on the receiving end of Ronaldo’s ruthless finishing more than the European football minnows, so it’s safe to assume he will be anticipating Sunday’s Euro 2024 qualifier in Stade de Luxembourg with relish. Ronaldo,