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May 21, 2025, 03:10 AM ET On Wednesday, Athletic Club‘s wonderful San Mamés stadium in Bilbao will serve as host for this season’s Europa League final, and for the third time, it will be an all-English final as Tottenham Hotspur face Manchester United. Despite the fact that the Premier League can feel a sense of…
May 20, 2025, 12:40 PM ET Former Sporting Kansas City midfielder Gadi Kinda died, his club Maccabi Haifa FC announced on Tuesday. He was 31. Kinda was hospitalized while “going through a complex medical battle in recent weeks,” Maccabi Haifa announced two weeks ago. The Israeli international last played in a match for Maccabi Haifa…
May 20, 2025, 07:09 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Pep Guardiola said he would rather leave Manchester City than have to work with a bloated squad next season. The City manager has begun to rebuild his team after the club’s first trophyless campaign since 2017. Editor’s Picks 2 Related But he said Tuesday he had…
CNN — Aryna Sabalenka showed why she’s one of the favorites to win this year’s US Open after producing a dominant performance against Zheng Qinwen on Wednesday to reach the semifinals. The world No. 2 breezed past the Chinese 20-year-old, winning 6-1 6-4 inside the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Zheng was no match for Sabalenka’s big…
BILBAO, Spain — Ruben Amorim said it’s “hard to explain” why he is not under the same pressure at Manchester United as his Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou ahead of the Europa League final despite both teams suffering similarly miserable Premier League campaigns. United and Spurs sit 16th and 17th in the Premier League, respectively, as…
CNN — Daniil Medvedev beat compatriot Andrey Rublev to reach the US Open semifinals on Wednesday, but warned that a player might “die” in what he called “brutal” conditions at the tournament. Medvedev triumphed over Rublev in straight sets, 6-4 6-3 6-4, but both players could be seen struggling with the heat inside the Arthur…
May 20, 2025, 08:42 AM ET The NBA season has reached the conference finals, and each of the remaining four teams has had a unique road through the playoffs. The No. 1 seed Oklahoma City Thunder advanced to the Western Conference finals after a hard-fought seven games against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. It…
Michael VoepelMay 20, 2025, 11:13 PM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. INDIANAPOLIS — Stephanie White knew how to beat the Indiana Fever last season as coach of…
Mexican second division clubs from the Liga de Expansión have filed a lawsuit against the top flight Liga MX and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) regarding the return of promotion of relegation, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Athletic first reported on Tuesday that the case was filed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)…
David SchoenfieldMay 20, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 We’ve inched past the quarter mark of the 2025 MLB season and, in many ways, the season has gone as expected: The American League looks to have a crowded playoff race, the…
