Month: November 2020

3:38 PM ET The United States women’s national team showed their support for racial justice before the their 2-0 friendly defeat of the Netherlands on Friday. The U.S. walked out for the match wearing warm-up jackets with the words “Black Lives Matter” emblazoned on the front, and nearly every member of the team took a
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7:05 PM ET The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the globe. TOP STORY:
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11:29 AM ET Adriana Garcia Diego Maradona’s coaching staff at Argentinian club side Gimnasia y La Plata has resigned following the death of the football legend. Maradona passed away on Wednesday at the age of 60 after a heart attack, two weeks after being released from a hospital in Buenos Aires following brain surgery. –
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1:37 PM ET Derby County’s Wayne Rooney is prepared to call time on his playing career if asked to fill the position of manager left vacant following Phillip Cocu’s sacking, the former England captain said on Friday. Player-coach Rooney has been assisted by Liam Rosenior, Shay Given and Justin Walker following Cocu’s departure this month
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8:58 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said Paul Pogba will not be available to face Southampton on Sunday after failing to shake off an ankle injury. It will be the third consecutive absence for Pogba, who missed wins over West Brom and Istanbul Basaksehir after picking up the problem
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3:23 AM ET Mark OgdenSenior Writer, ESPN FC Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool will play their final Champions League Group D game against FC Midtjylland in Herning, Denmark, after UEFA confirmed to ESPN that Danish coronavirus restrictions will no longer force the fixture to be moved to a neutral venue. Dortmund had been
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4:00 AM ET Soccer clubs including Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Manchester City, RB Leipzig and Real Madrid are selling all kinds branded merchandise. ESPN.com Illustration The arrival of Thanksgiving and the Black Friday sales herald the start of the holiday season, and soccer clubs have a mind-boggling array of branded products available in the run-up to
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12:50 AM ET Liverpool will play their final Champions League group match against FC Midtjylland at Borussia Dortmund‘s Westfalenstadion, the German club confirmed on Thursday. The match had to be moved to another country because of travel restrictions for those returning to the United Kingdom from Denmark. • Police, mourners clash at Maradona’s wake• No
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10:36 PM ET LA Galaxy’s dual Mexico–United States nationals Efrain Alvarez and Julian Araujo will be in the USMNT camp next week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, sources have told ESPN. The news 18-year-old Alvarez will be attending camp under head coach Gregg Berhalter was first reported by the Scuffed Podcast. East L.A. native Alvarez has
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2:46 PM ET Arsenal turned in an impressive second-half display to beat Molde 3-0 in their Group B Europa League match in Norway on Thursday night to book a spot in the knockout rounds. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) A scoreless first half ended with few chances for either side and
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5:19 PM ET Napoli overcame Croatian side Rijeka 2-0 on Thursday in their first match since the death of Diego Maradona, the Italian club’s greatest and most popular player. On an emotionally charged evening, the Napoli team took the field for the Europa League game wearing No. 10 shirts with Maradona’s name emblazoned on the
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1:26 PM ET Super-agent Mino Raiola doesn’t see a long-term future for FIFA and would like a new system to govern football, citing how Major League Soccer brought new ideas to the table when it was founded in the 1990s. Speaking at the World Football Summit, Raiola slammed the way FIFA currently runs the global
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10:27 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona presidential candidate Emili Rousaud has said he would hold a referendum to rename the club’s stadium “Camp Nou Leo Messi” if he wins the elections on Jan. 24, he announced on Thursday. The 54-year-old said: “Regardless of the fact that [Messi’s] contract expires at the end of this season,
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