Month: June 2020

10:06 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday on their return to action after La Liga’s three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, missing out on the chance to capitalise on slip-ups by their rivals for Champions League places. Iker Muniain gave Athletic the
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6:45 AM ET Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi will face no further police action over a rape allegation in May. Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images The Metropolitan Police have said Chelsea forward Callum Hudson-Odoi will face no further action over a rape allegation. Hudson-Odoi, 19, was arrested on suspicion of rape on May 17 before
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9:41 AM ET Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has said the frantic end to the La Liga season — with matches being played every three days — is like a World Cup tournament, and that suits the big-game experience of his squad. “I like the comparison,” he said at his first news conference in over
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10:27 AM ET Borussia Dortmund squad manager Sebastian Kehl has shut down rumours linking Jadon Sancho with a move to Liverpool this summer. Dortmund want to keep Sancho, who is under contract until 2022, at the Westfalenstadion for another season. The club still have another transfer summer to cash in on him and he is
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1:44 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo said that the tenures of Edinson Cavani and Thiago Silva are “coming to the end.” Speaking with French publication Le Journal de Dimanche, Leonardo implied that the two players will depart once Champions League is done in August. “The idea is to continue playing with them until
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6:14 PM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation is projecting a loss of nearly $28 million for the 2020 fiscal year, the organization announced at Saturday’s meeting of the Board of Directors. USSF Chief Financial Officer Pinky Raina was among the Federation’s executives to make presentations at the meeting. She stated that the results for the
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2:15 PM ET Teammates and friends honored a youth soccer player killed by police in Mexico with an emotional tribute on Thursday that celebrated his love for the game. Alexander Martinez, 16, was shot in southern Mexico on Tuesday by police, when he was on his way back from buying soft drinks for a gathering
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11:21 AM ET Erling Haaland scored a last minute winner as Borussia Dortmund beat Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-0 on Saturday. The result means that Bayern Munich cannot be crowned champions if they secure a win over Borussia Monchengladbach later on Saturday. Raphael Guerreiro also had a second-half strike disallowed after VAR adjudged the ball to have
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7:05 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United midfielders Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes played together for the first time as the club played two friendlies against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford on Friday. Both players started in the opening match against the Championship side which United lost 2-1. Fernandes
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10:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City‘s priority in the next transfer window remains bringing a new centre-back to the Etihad Stadium despite monitoring Chelsea‘s pursuit of Ben Chilwell, sources have told ESPN. Pep Guardiola and director of football Txiki Begiristain will push ahead with plans to sign a centre-back after missing out on a
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Jun 11, 2020 It’s exciting and uplifting that La Liga is back, an indication that Spain is winning its battle with the coronavirus and a tantalising taste of a return to full-scale football in the months to come. Hallelujah is the right word. But we can’t begin, I’d argue, without taking account of what we’ve
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