Mikel Arteta has said Arsenal must “be like a hammer” to hunt down Liverpool in the Premier League title race. Arsenal travel to Brentford on New Year’s Day aiming to move above second-placed Nottingham Forest with a win that would take them within six points of leaders Liverpool. Arne Slot’s side have lost just one…
Dec 31, 2024, 03:51 PM ET Michail Antonio has been discharged from hospital three weeks after his involvement in a road traffic collision. West Ham United FC/West Ham United FC via Getty Images West Ham forward Michail Antonio has said he is grateful to be alive after spending three weeks in hospital recovering from the lower…
Dec 31, 2024, 04:55 AM ET Wayne Rooney has departed as manager of second-tier Plymouth Argyle after agreeing to mutually parts ways with the club after 25 games. Rooney, the Manchester United and England legend, had been hoping to kickstart his non-playing career in his fourth role in management but leaves after seven months at…
Liverpool have rejected an approach from Real Madrid to sign full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold in the January transfer window, sources told ESPN. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The England international is out of contract at Anfield in June, and sources have told ESPN that he is Madrid’s top defensive target following a long-term injury to right-back Dani…
Dec 31, 2024, 11:33 AM ET Jarrod Bowen suffered the injury during the first half of West Ham’s defeat to Liverpool on Sunday. Richard Pelham/Getty Images West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen will be sidelined for an extended period with a fractured left foot, the club said on Tuesday. The England international suffered the injury during Sunday’s…
Paolo Uggetti, ESPNDec 31, 2024, 08:00 AM ET EVERY SUNDAY DURING the football season, Spencer Danielson logs onto a Zoom call. Danielson, like many coaches, has crafted a life built around routines. It is the way the 36-year-old Boise State head coach is able to make sense of his job and still find time for…
EUGENE, Ore. — The vibe king of college football is in his natural element. He’s leaning forward in his chair inside Oregon’s quarterback room, fresh out of a Tuesday morning practice with the No. 1 team in the country. Dillon Gabriel feels right at home in this space as he picks through a takeout box…
Dec 31, 2024, 01:10 PM ET BOSTON — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team dropped its attempt to form a union on Tuesday, voluntarily ending a push to become the first college sports team to unionize in order to avoid a potentially damaging precedent from a National Labor Relations Board that soon will be controlled by…
Dec 31, 2024, 10:53 AM ET Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch will be back with the San Francisco 49ers next year after a disappointing 2024 season, according to team owner Jed York. York told The San Francisco Standard that Shanahan and Lynch “are not going anywhere,” emphasizing that the successful coach-general manager tandem will remain…
Dec 30, 2024, 08:42 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a private jet carrying the Gonzaga University men’s basketball team nearly crossed a runway as another flight was taking off Friday at Los Angeles International Airport. The plane operated by Key Lime Air was ordered by air…