Month: July 2020

1:11 PM ET This weekend’s north London derby is precisely the type of occasion the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was built for. It is a £1.2 billion ($1.5bn) bricks-and-mortar manifestation of the club’s decades-long struggle to emerge from Arsenal‘s shadow, something they achieved to an extent under Mauricio Pochettino on the pitch and are now attempting
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9:53 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Pep Guardiola has said he is “so confident” Manchester City will overturn their Champions League ban. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is due to deliver its verdict on July 13 after City lodged an appeal having been found guilty by UEFA of
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7:56 AM ET Manchester United face a potential Europa League final against Inter Milan following Friday’s draw. Ole Gunnar’s Solskjaer’s side take a commanding 5-0 lead over Austrian side LASK into the second leg of their round-of-16 tie. Progression to the quarterfinals would mean United face the winners of the clash between FC Copenhagen and
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11:22 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have agreed personal terms with Lautaro Martinez for the Inter Milan striker to join the club next season but the signing could depend on selling Philippe Coutinho, sources have told ESPN. While Martinez, 22, has reached a verbal agreement to move to Camp Nou, any move remains
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9:18 AM ET Jose Mourinho has said he will not watch the new Amazon documentary of Tottenham’s 2019-20 season and admitted his frustration at the intrusion from cameras during filming. The 22-second trailer for “All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur” was released on Friday, focusing on Mourinho’s arrival at the club last November to succeed Mauricio
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7:16 AM ET Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has been named the Premier League player of the month for the second consecutive time. Fernandes, 25, becomes the seventh player in history to win back-to-back awards alongside Portugal teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah, Jamie Vardy, Harry Kane, Dennis Bergkamp and Robbie Fowler. – FC TV: Stream
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5:30 AM ET The draw to determine the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Champions League will take place in Nyon, Switzerland at 11 a.m. BST (6 a.m. ET/12 p.m. CET). Due the unprecedented stoppage brought upon by the global coronavirus crisis, the tournament will be formed of one-off matches in Lisbon from the quarterfinal stage
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3:01 PM ET Relegation-threatened AFC Bournemouth had a late goal disallowed by VAR as they had to settle for a 0-0 draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Thursday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+– What did you miss? The latest from Europe’s top leagues Callum Wilson thought he had
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5:55 AM ET Borussia Dortmund are preparing for life without Jadon Sancho, the club’s sporting director Michael Zorc has said. The Bundesliga club would like Sancho to stay at the club for another season but Manchester United have expressed a keen interest in signing the England international. – FC TV: Stream FC Daily on ESPN+–
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11:56 PM ET Montreal Impact head coach and France legend Thierry Henry took a knee for the first eight minutes and 46 seconds of his team’s MLS is Back Tournament opener against the New England Revolution on Thursday in memory of George Floyd, who was killed in police custody in Minnesota in May, causing mass
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1:22 PM ET Manchester City will play the second leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie against Real Madrid at the Etihad after UEFA cleared the game to take place in England, the governing body confirmed on Thursday. UEFA had been concerned about the viability of playing round-of-16 games in different countries, before the winners
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4:58 PM ET San Jose Earthquakes forward Danny Hoesen said he recently received a racist message over social media. “A few days back I even received myself on Instagram a racist message,” Hoesen, whose father is Moroccan and mother is Dutch, said on a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. “And I was able to
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