Month: June 2020

5:12 PM ET Barcelona forward Lionel Messi scored his 700th career goal on Tuesday, scoring from the penalty spot to put his team ahead against Atletico Madrid in a home match at Camp Nou. Messi has now scored 630 goals for Barca in 724 appearances in all competitions and another 70 for Argentina in 138
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3:05 AM ET With additional reporting by Antonio Chamorro, Rob Dawson, Mark Ogden and Julien Laurens. It’s not just the support Richarlison misses but the adulation. “We are used to having fans shouting, asking for pictures, singing our songs,” the Everton forward told ESPN Brasil. “It is a little weird, but we have to get
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9:00 AM ET Liverpool are now confirmed as Premier League champions, as Jurgen Klopp’s team sealed the title with seven games left to play, but the 2019-20 season is still on course for a dramatic race in pursuit of Champions League qualification. 2 Related Unless Manchester City are successful in their bid to overturn a
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6:05 PM ET Associated Press Matt Miazga has made 18 appearances for the United States. Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports United States defender Matt Miazga will be suspended for Reading’s next three matches after getting into a fight with Derby’s Tom Lawrence following a 2-1 loss on Saturday. What did you miss? The latest from Europe’s top
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3:06 AM ET Zinedine Zidane once told Vogue, during his dalliance with modelling: “It’s not that I’m doing something different — it’s a continuation.” And he was right: the elegant playmaker would not look out of place on the catwalk wearing the tricolore France jersey in which he won the World Cup, or the classic
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7:31 PM ET Graham HaysESPN.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. Players in the NWSL Challenge Cup now have the option of remaining in the locker room during the national anthem, the league announced in a statement Monday. The change comes after the
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11:06 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona midfielder Arthur has joined Juventus in a transfer worth up to €82 million, the two clubs announced on Monday, with Miralem Pjanic set to move in the other direction. Pjanic’s move to Barca will be announced soon, sources have told ESPN, with the Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has warned Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial they will have to continue improving to keep their places at Old Trafford. Rashford and Martial have both scored 19 times this season — the best individual tallies of their careers — but Solskjaer insists their form
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7:02 PM ET Derby County defender Andre Wisdom is currently in hospital after being stabbed during a robbery in Liverpool, the English second-tier club said on Monday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) “Andre Wisdom has been the victim of an unprovoked assault and robbery. He sustained injuries which resulted in him
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1:47 PM ET Adriana Garcia Portugal’s health secretary on Monday stated that no fans will be at the upcoming Champions League games in the country “under the current pandemic situation.” UEFA decided on June 17 that the final stages of the 2019-20 Champions League will be held in the Lisbon from Aug. 12-23, rather than
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2:52 PM ET We have a confirmed Premier League title champion, Barcelona and Juventus have completed their long-awaited midfielder swap and we had some drama in the FA Cup quarterfinals. It’s Monday, and Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in the sport of football from the past week. Jump to: Liverpool should relax a
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5:55 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said he is expecting midfielder Angel Gomes to leave the club. The United boss had been hopeful Gomes would sign a new contract but with no update on the situation and the 19-year-old’s deal due to expire on Tuesday, he now looks set
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