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Beth LindopNov 6, 2025, 07:29 AM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has joked that his team have been “very consistent” in the Premier League this season — but that consistency has related to losing games.The Premier League champions lost four league games in a row before bouncing back against Aston Villa last weekend, following up that victory with a 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek.Last month’s slump means Liverpool are currently seven points behind leaders Arsenal in the table, and…
Sky has partnered with The Alessia Russo Foundation and Goals 4 Girls to launch The Alessia Cup, with a shared ambition to create lasting change by removing barriers to participation. The tournament – taking place on November 6 – aims to build confidence, resilience, and leadership beyond the pitch, while highlighting the importance of keeping girls engaged in sport during adolescence. The competition brings together 180 girls aged 12 to 14 from schools across north and east London at a crucial age when drop-off from sport participation is at its highest.The day will feature competitive matches and conclude with a…
The walk up to Downing Street in September was a long time coming for Munib al-Masri, the Palestinian tycoon and former confidante of PLO leader Yasser Arafat, now in his 90s. Masri was shot by British troops while on a protest march as a boy, in 1943. The leg injury has continued to plague him over the decades, like those countless Palestinians who have been injured, killed or displaced since the creation of Israel 77 years ago. As a boy he lived through the Nakba in 1948, in which 750,000 Palestinians were made homeless by Zionist militias. Many arrived as…
Ademola Lookman had to be separated from Ivan Juric, his Atalanta manager, after an angry exchange on Wednesday night.Former Everton winger Lookman and ex-Southampton manager Juric were visibly frustrated on the touchline.Juric substituted Lookman in the 75th minute of Atalanta’s Champions League match against Marseille.Lookman appeared to say something to his boss as he walked past him, prompting Juric to turn and grab him by the arm, while responding angrily.A member of Atalanta staff intervened to separate Lookman and Juric.Atalanta eventually beat Marseille 1-0 with an 89th-minute winner from Lazar Samardzic.Ademola Lookman exchanged angry views with Ivan Juric. GettyLookman represented Charlton…
Back then, he was a teenager in his hometown of Curitiba, Brazil, with an obsession, a dream and an ultimate goal.The obsession? Football: a passion he was gifted by, and shared with, his late father – an influential inspiration who is the guiding star of his career.The dream? To become a coach.The ultimate goal? To work in Europe – and, after being enchanted by events at the Ataturk Stadium in May 2005, for one club in particular.“I’ve been a Liverpool supporter since the ‘Miracle of Istanbul’, so I’ve always had a close relationship with the club,” the 36-year-old, who joined…
Last week saw Kylian Mbappé finally become the proud recipient of the European Golden Shoe award that he actually won months ago by finishing as the top goal scorer of the continent’s top divisions in the 2024-25 season.Having officially claimed the award back in May, the France striker was belatedly presented with his trophy before Real Madrid’s LaLiga fixture against Valencia last weekend.Mbappé scored 31 league goals last campaign to ensure that he added his name to a star-studded list of previous European Golden Shoe winners. He also became only the third Blancos player to earn the prestigious award behind…
The fall of el-Fasher – the last major city in Darfur that had been held by Sudanese state forces – marks both a military defeat and a profound human tragedy. For months, the city symbolised fragile endurance; it was a place where displaced people sought safety, and the idea of a unified Sudan still flickered. Its capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) extinguishes that hope, leaving civilians trapped amid hunger, fear and uncertainty. El-Fasher’s fall is more than a local event; it reflects the unravelling of Sudan itself, where the lines between war and survival, and victim and witness,…
If Jude Bellingham or Phil Foden are left out of Thomas Tuchel’s upcoming England squad, there are real doubts about whether they will be included for the World Cup. Foden missing out on the North American showpiece would be seismic. Bellingham being overlooked is inconceivable.The head coach will announce his latest line-up on Friday for the World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania, and this will be the final time he selects an England squad for competitive matches before the World Cup finals themselves. It will also be the final time he has the squad together before March, when two…
Tom HamiltonNov 6, 2025, 05:38 AM ETClose• Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018In case you’ve been living under a rock, Mary Earps has a new book out. Titled “All In: Football, Life and Learning to be Unapologetically Me,” the former England goalkeeper has faced criticism all week and has done a slew of interviews for some public relations damage control that has, in some cases, only added fuel to the fire.Her criticism of Hannah Hampton, who usurped her in goal,…
Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to send her home, again, without answers.That last-ditch test found the Massachusetts woman’s kidneys were failing. The culprit? Her immune system had been attacking her own body all that time and nobody caught it.“I just wish there was a better way that patients could get that diagnosis without having to go through all of the pain and all of, like, the dismissiveness and the gaslighting,” she said.Wilson…