The NWSL has positioned itself as the most competitive women’s soccer league in the world, pointing to its unpredictable results on a weekly basis. This has been the league’s chief value proposition since its inception in late 2012: chaos is entertaining. Commissioner Jessica Berman even refers to this parity as one of the league’s “superpowers.” […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland looks at an exhibit titled the Faces of Gun Violence while on a tour led by Steve Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, at ATF headquarters on April 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The display has now been taken down. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle […]
It’s Monday, and another week of NWSL action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings. Who’s climbing the table? Who’s in free fall? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 7 to come up with this week’s order of all 14 teams in the league. Let’s dive in. Previous […]
Peter Hoskins Business reporter Getty Images US President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade disputes with nations around the world. Trump said he was authorising the US Department of Commerce and Trade Representative to start the process to impose the levy because […]
Real Madrid are preparing a big bid to lure William Saliba from Arsenal to LaLiga this summer, while Manchester United will battle Newcastle United for Bryan Mbeumo’s signature. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s January grades […]
A failure to fix England’s social care system is costing the country in financial and human terms, cross-party MPs have warned. Doing nothing to reform social care for older and disabled adults is an “active” and “untenable” decision, according to a report from Health and Social Care Select Committee. It says successive governments have put […]
Major science groups said Friday that they would publish work for the country’s flagship report on climate change, a project that the Trump administration threw into limbo by dismissing hundreds of scientists who had been working on it. The American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society said they would publish work originally meant for […]
Bayern Munich clinched their 33rd Bundesliga title on Sunday, and in doing so ended Harry Kane’s long wait for the first major trophy of his senior career. Kane, 31, could have earned his first winner’s medal on Saturday had Bayern won at RB Leipzig in the striker’s absence; he watched on from the stands as […]
Zhao Xintong holds an 11-6 overnight lead after three-time winner Mark Williams steadied the ship on day one of the World Championship final at the Crucible Theatre. The 28-year-old dominated the opening session to open up a 7-1 advantage but Williams, who is the oldest Crucible finalist, took five of the nine frames on offer […]
It’s over. It’s finally over! Bayern Munich have secured the 2024-25 Bundesliga title — courtesy of Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-2 draw at SC Freiburg on Sunday — and with it Harry Kane’s agonizing, career-long curse has at long last been broken. The England captain left boyhood club Tottenham Hotspur for Bayern in 2023 in a marquee […]