Month: October 2020

9:20 AM ET MLS commissioner Don Garber. MLS Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. Today we released the 2020 Major League Soccer Racial and Gender Report Card (MLS RGRC) in the midst of a tumultuous year for the global community and, consequently,
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7:01 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu is facing a vote of no confidence and could be ousted before the end of the year after a motion to have him removed from his position gathered more than the required 16,500 verified signatures. The Mes que una Mocio campaign was launched
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6:06 AM ET The San Jose Earthquakes and LA Galaxy have been found to be in violation of Major League Soccer’s mass confrontation policy after the two sides clashed in their game on Oct. 3. As this is the clubs’ first violations, they were issued with a warning while Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski and Galaxy
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9:50 AM ET Manchester United failed to sign any of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s priority targets during the summer transfer window, sources have told ESPN. United completed their transfer business on deadline day on Monday by sealing deals for Edinson Cavani, Alex Telles, Amad Traore and Facundo Pellistri, having secured the £40 million signing of
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5:32 AM ET Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has said that staying at the top is hard for the Premier League champions as “everyone wants to see you fall.” The side won the 2019-20 Premier League after a 30-year wait for the title but Van Dijk said it there has been “challenging times” for them
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5:53 PM ET Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Raul Jimenez has the requisites to step up and become a leader in Mexico‘s national team, said El Tri coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino ahead of the squad’s friendly against the Netherlands on Wednesday. “There are natural occurrences in football, cycles that change and that open the path for other
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5:03 PM ET Associated Press Cristiano Ronaldo‘s legal fight against a woman who accuses the international soccer star of raping her in his suite at a Las Vegas resort more than 10 years ago is heading toward a trial before a federal judge in Nevada. No date was immediately set, but U.S. District Judge Jennifer
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3:57 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Edinson Cavani says he’s ready for the “responsibility” of wearing Manchester United‘s No. 7 shirt. The striker, who signed a two-year contract at Old Trafford on Monday, will follow in the footsteps of Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo by inheriting United’s No.7 and the 33-year-old is determined to
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3:01 PM ET PSV Eindhoven are in advanced negotiations with World Cup-winner Mario Gotze, sources have told ESPN. – Eredivisie on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) Gotze, 28, was photographed earlier on Tuesday in Eindhoven, sparking interest on social media. And sources have told ESPN Eredivisie side PSV are in talks with
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1:01 PM ET Atletico Madrid are angry with Thomas Partey for the way his last-minute deadline day move to Arsenal was conducted, sources have told ESPN. Partey, 27, joined the Premier League club on Monday night after they paid his €50 million buyout clause. – Deadline Day: All the winners and losers– Stream FC Daily
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11:45 AM ET Kathleen McNamee Sales of jerseys with the names of United States stars Tobin Heath and Christen Press outsold any of Manchester United‘s men’s players for the first three days after their signing, a club spokesperson has confirmed to ESPN. Heath and Press joined United in September on one-year deals from the Portland
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9:28 AM ET France national team boss Didier Deschamps has claimed that Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann is unhappy at the club. Griezmann, 29, endured a difficult debut campaign at Camp Nou last season, only scoring nine goals in 35 La Liga appearances. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Deadline Day: Every move, as it happened–
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