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Jeff CarlisleCloseJeff CarlisleU.S. soccer correspondentJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.Cesar HernandezJun 24, 2025, 07:22 AM ETHeading into the Gold Cup, the big question surrounding the U.S. men’s national team was: Which players from this young roster will step up and deliver the kind of performances that will make manager Mauricio Pochettino sit up and take notice? Given the number of first-choice players missing from the roster, and with the FIFA World Cup just a year away, it’s a question that takes on a bit more urgency than it otherwise might.To be clear, there have…
Middlesbrough have appointed Rob Edwards as their new head coach on a three-year deal.The 42-year-old, who left Luton in January, replaces Michael Carrick, who departed the Riverside Stadium earlier this summer after nearly three years in charge. Edwards is believed to have turned down advances from other clubs, including Bristol City.Edwards told the club’s website: “It’s a real privilege to be given the opportunity to be head coach of this great football club. It’s something that’s not lost on me, how big this is, how important this is, and what it means to people. There is an amazing fanbase. Twitter…
Ryan O’HanlonJun 24, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”Here is what we’ve learned from the Club World Cup thus far:The Bundesliga is a lot better than the Northern League of New Zealand. The Portuguese league is also better than New Zealand’s league, but not by as much — and it’s also worse than MLS. But MLS is worse than the Tunisian league. And the Tunisian league is worse than the Brazilian league, but that’s nothing to worry about because the Brazilian league…
After 12 days of war, US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran that would bring to an end the most dramatic, direct conflict between the two nations in decades. Israel and Iran both agreed to adhere to the ceasefire, though they said they would respond with force to any breach. If the ceasefire holds – a big if – the key question will be whether this signals the start of lasting peace, or merely a brief pause before renewed conflict. As contemporary war studies show, peace tends to endure under one of two conditions: either…
CNN — The 13 franchises of the WNBA increased in value by an average of 180% over the last year, according to research by Sportico, which is more than “double the previous biggest year-over-year gain for a major sports league.” According to Sportico, the teams are collectively worth $3.5 billion and on average, each franchise is worth $269 million, vastly more than the $96 million the average team was worth in 2024. The previous biggest year gain was seen by the NBA in 2014 after Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers. TV ratings, merchandise sales, attendance and revenue increases…
London/Hong Kong CNN — Oil prices fell sharply Tuesday, returning to levels last seen before the Iran-Israel conflict, as investors cheered news of a ceasefire, albeit fragile, between the two countries. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading 4.4% lower on the day Tuesday mid-morning ET at $68.24 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude, the US oil benchmark, was also trading 4.7% down at $65.41 a barrel. These levels are broadly comparable to the closing prices before Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13. That assault triggered a 12-day conflict that has led…
Far from abating or slowing down, the mass slaughter, displacement and engineered starvation of the besieged Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip has continued at full throttle since Israel began attacking Iran two weeks ago. But instead of this issue taking centre stage – even as we witnessed, for the first time in our lives, Israeli cities and towns coming under bombardment – the deliberate destruction of Gaza has been reduced, at best, to a passing statistic tallying daily deaths. At worst, it has been ignored altogether. Overnight on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced that Iran and Israel have…
AP — At least 120 children have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique in recent days, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday, warning of a rise in abductions in the country’s troubled Cabo Delgado province. The children are reportedly being used by an Islamic State–linked group known locally as al-Shabab to transport looted goods, perform forced labor, and in some cases serve as child soldiers or be forced into marriage. Mozambique has been battling the Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado since 2017. Government forces have struggled to contain the violence, relying on support from troops sent by Rwanda,…
Nottingham Forest will begin their 2025/26 Premier League campaign at home to Brentford on Sunday August 17, live on Sky Sports.Nuno Espirito Santo’s side then face a trip to Crystal Palace before closing out the opening month of the season by hosting West Ham. If that feels like a relatively kind start, the final month is anything but, with trips to Chelsea and Man Utd either side of a home meeting with Newcastle, before a final-day fixture against Bournemouth on May 24. Datawrapper This content is provided by Datawrapper, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you…
Graham HunterJun 24, 2025, 05:00 AM ETCloseGraham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team.With Jude Bellingham, it’s all about solutions.Popping up with legendary goal-saving tackles, appearing in the other penalty area with equally legendary goal contributions — he’s a regular Winston Wolf from “Pulp Fiction.” He solves problems.But he also represents one. A sizable one. (And, no, not the shoulder injury that he is finally going to resolve with a minor operation as soon as this Club World Cup finishes.)The very fact that Bellingham is an ultra-privileged footballer in…