Month: November 2020

4:39 AM ET When Gustavo Hamer’s 30-yard header looped over Ben Foster‘s head, the Watford goalkeeper’s first thought was “Oh s—, s— here go…” Then came the self-loathing, analysis, acceptance and refocus. “Even as I’m diving for it, I can still remember thinking ‘I should be saving this’ and I just didn’t, for whatever reason,
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9:01 AM ET Tom HamiltonSenior Writer Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Romelu Lukaku has told ESPN that Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford deserves
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11:45 AM ET Agents in football are nothing like Jerry Maguire. It’s not that they don’t develop heartfelt bonds with their representatives: Mino Raiola, who represents Paul Pogba, Erling Haaland and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, famously has no written contracts tying him to his clients, but relies on handshakes instead. No, the difference is that in Maguire’s
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10:31 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has tested positive for coronavirus, the Egypt Football Association have confirmed. The 28-year-old is asymptomatic and was the only member of the Egypt squad to return a positive test. Salah’s enforced absence will be a huge blow to Liverpool, who will
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3:45 PM ET MLS president and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott said that the league is aiming to start the 2021 season in early March. A report from the Sports Business Journal previously stated that the league was considering an April start date due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, because of the crowded
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12:26 PM ET The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will host a meeting with English football’s leading administrators and key figures on Tuesday in an attempt to define the future of the game post-COVID-19, sources have told ESPN. Secretary of State Oliver Dowden has identified the power vacuum left by Greg Clarke’s
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10:11 AM ET Exequiel Palacios is taken to hospital following his injury. Marcelo Endelli/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios fractured a bone in his spine during the 1-1 draw with Paraguay in Thursday’s World Cup qualifier and is expected be out for three months, his club Bayer Leverkusen confirmed on Friday. Palacios sustained the
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7:53 AM ET Adriana Garcia Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Bolivia and Ecuador players line up before kick-off. Javier Mamani/Getty Images Interim Bolivia Football Federation (FBF) president Marcos Rodriguez was detained by police during his country’s 3-2 defeat to Ecuador in the 2022 World Cup qualifier on Thursday. The cause of his detention has not
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5:53 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will elect a new president on Jan. 24, 88 days after Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned from the role, sources have told ESPN. The managing committee overseeing the running of the club had to call the election within 90 days of Bartomeu stepping down and eventually agreed on
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5:44 AM ET Adriana Garcia Inter Milan have branded Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda’s remarks that the Italian club has not looked after Alexis Sanchez as it should as “unacceptable, offensive and inaccurate.” Sanchez, Chile’s all-time goalscorer, did not complete Thursday’s training session and is doubtful for Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Peru in Santiago due
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3:28 AM ET USMNT star Giovanni Reyna has signed a new long term contract with Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund, sources have told ESPN. Dortmund have not disclosed the length of the deal but sources said Reyna, 18 on Friday, has signed a new deal that would last until 2024. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
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4:30 AM ET Joe Bryant, with Hertha Berlin’s mascot Herthinho, presented his Lego model of the club’s Olympiastadion to the club’s fans With soccer matches in Germany‘s Bundesliga back behind closed doors, one talented 12-year-old is still allowing us to experience the thrill of a stadium atmosphere — even if it is in miniature form.
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