Month: October 2020

5:46 PM ET LONDON — Jack Grealish and Dominic Calvert-Lewin will soon be asking some awkward questions of Gareth Southgate if they continue performing like this. England were meandering through a pedestrian first half at Wembley as Wales grew in confidence and looked more purposeful in the opening 26 minutes before Grealish suddenly produce a
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1:28 PM ET England’s Under-19 match against Scotland at St George’s Park on Thursday was abandoned during the first half because of coronavirus concerns, both teams said. British media reported that a member of the backroom staff of one of the teams tested positive for COVID-19, prompting authorities to call off the game at the
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12:30 PM ET Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has withdrawn from their squad for their three internationals over the next week because of a hip injury, the Belgian football association said on Thursday. The Real Madrid man’s withdrawal has plunged the team into a goalkeeping crisis ahead of their friendly against the Ivory Coast in Brussels
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1:28 AM ET Felipe Mora and Jeremy Ebobisse scored two goals each, and Larrys Mabiala and captain Diego Valeri added goals for the Portland Timbers, who exploded for a 6-3 rout of the LA Galaxy on Wednesday night in Carson, Calif. The Timbers took three two-goal leads only to have the Galaxy cut the first
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5:33 AM ET Mesut Ozil and Sokratis Papastathopoulos have been left out of Arsenal‘s squad for the Europa League group stage. The decision to omit Ozil is the latest setback in the 31-year-old’s attempt to revive his career at the club and the clearest indication yet he is no longer part of manager Mikel Arteta’s
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6:39 PM ET Brazil striker Neymar left Wednesday’s training session early with back pains, which could force him to miss Friday’s opening World Cup qualifier against Bolivia. Brazil’s team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar told journalists at the training ground in Teresopolis that Neymar had already started getting treatment but that it was too soon to say
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4:32 AM ET Women in Football chair Ebru Koksal. Photo by Stuart Franklin – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images Two-thirds of women working in football have experienced discrimination but only 12% reported it to the relevant authorities, according to a study conducted by Women in Football. The network revealed the findings of its largest-ever survey on Thursday
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2:25 PM ET Gareth Southgate has warned his players that off-field issues could “derail” England at major tournaments. England will be without Jadon Sancho, Tammy Abraham and Ben Chilwell for Thursday’s friendly against Wales at Wembley after the trio breached government guidelines relating to COVID-19. The three players in question attended a party organised to
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6:48 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United have sought clarification on UK government quarantine rules before they can determine when new signing Edinson Cavani can make his debut and train with his new teammates, sources have told ESPN. The 33-year-old is one of four players who joined the club
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1:27 PM ET Czech footballer Antonin Panenka is in intensive care at a hospital after contracting COVID-19, his former club Bohemians 1905 said on Wednesday. Panenka, 71, scored a unique winning penalty against Germany in the 1976 European Championship, which has been copied by some of the game’s greatest players, to win the tournament for
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