Ronald Koeman said VAR was "destroying" football after England were handed a route back into their 2-1 Euro 2024 semifinal win against the Netherlands with a controversial first-half penalty.England will play Spain in Sunday's final in Berlin after Harry Kane's penalty and a 91st-minute winner from Ollie Watkins secured victory for Gareth Southgate's side after Xavi Simons had given the Dutch a seventh-minute lead in Dortmund.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe game turned […]

DORTMUND, Germany -- Ollie Watkins lived the dream in a split-second in Dortmund, the one that all schoolkids repeat day after day in the playground. A winning goal in stoppage time, which sends your country into a major final, after coming off the bench as a substitute. Beat that.And what a goal it was. With his back to goal and Netherlands defender Stefan de Vrij marking him tightly on the […]

Jeff Passan, ESPNJul 3, 2024, 09:46 AM ETCloseESPN MLB insiderAuthor of "The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports"The Milwaukee Brewers acquired right-hander Aaron Civale from the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday, adding the veteran to a thin starting rotation in hopes of holding onto first place in the National League Central.Tampa Bay will receive infield prospect Gregory Barrios.Civale, 29, was dealt to the Rays […]

Alexa PhilippouCloseAlexa PhilippouESPNCovers women's college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati EnquirerMichael VoepelCloseMichael VoepelESPN.comMichael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.Jul 3, 2024, […]