Aug 31, 2024, 06:16 PM ETMason Greenwood scored twice in one minute to launch Marseille to a 3-1 win over Toulouse in the French Ligue 1on Saturday.Greenwood scored in the 16th minute from a sharp angle and in the 17th from in front.The former Manchester United forward has five goals from the first three Ligue 1 matches, matching the record of Mario Balotelli in 2016 with Nice.The result was inevitable […]

Aug 31, 2024, 04:43 PM ETManchester City manager Pep Guardiola labelled Erling Haaland "unstoppable" after the striker scored a second straight hat trick to set a new record for most goals through three games of a Premier League season.After a treble in a 4-1 win over Ipswich Town a week ago, Haaland was at it again with all three City goals in their 3-1 victory at West Ham on Saturday […]

Aug 31, 2024, 08:04 PM ETFormer Ivory Coast defender Sol Bamba has died aged 39, Turkish club Adanaspor, where he was technical director, announced on Saturday.Bamba played for Cardiff City, Leeds United and Leicester City. He also had spells with Italian side Palermo, Scottish clubs Dunfermline Athletic and Hibernian, and Turkish side Trabzonspor.He made 46 appearances for his country, scoring one goal. He retired from football in January 2023 and […]

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2024, 03:19 AM ETCloseCovers the Big 12Joined ESPN in 2012Graduate of the University of NebraskaArizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan kicked off his highly anticipated junior season with a record-setting night.The preseason All-American and projected first-round draft pick set a new school record with 304 receiving yards and four touchdowns on 10 catches in the No. 21 Wildcats' 61-39 win over visiting New Mexico.The 6-foot-5, […]

Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2024, 06:00 AM ETCloseMichael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow DiRocco on Twitter at @ESPNdirocco.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Josh Hines-Allen was on the EverBank […]

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:10 AM ETClose College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.THE ANNOUNCEMENTS CAME 37 hours apart in November 2021, two coaching hires -- and abrupt departures -- that rocked college football and would forever bind USC's Lincoln Riley and LSU's Brian Kelly.Riley and Kelly left two programs that nobody leaves, Oklahoma and Notre Dame, respectively, for the chance to pursue […]

Aug 24, 2024, 07:01 PM ETUnited States star Christian Pulisic has given his full approval to the potential hiring of Mauricio Pochettino as new USMNT coach, adding that the time is right for a change.ESPN reported last week that Pochettino, a former coach of Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain ant Tottenham, has agreed to replace Gregg Berhalter, who was fired following the USMNT's group-stage exit from this summer's Copa América."I think it's […]

Aug 24, 2024, 07:04 PM ETNEW YORK -- Novak Djokovic gets why some tennis players question whether there's a double-standard in the sport after Jannik Sinner was not suspended despite twice testing positive for steroids, and said Saturday that he agrees that there is "a lack of consistency."Sinner tested positive twice in March for an anabolic steroid, but the International Tennis Integrity Agency determined the banned performance-enhancer entered his system […]

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 24, 2024, 08:11 PM ETCloseEli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Jonah Williams, the top outside linebacker in the 2025 class, committed to Texas on Saturday night in a major late-summer recruiting victory for Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns.Williams, a five-star recruit and the No. 8 […]