Month: November 2020

1:30 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Dani Ceballos has dismissed a report that he was involved in a training ground bust-up with Arsenal teammate David Luiz. The Athletic reported on Thursday that Luiz “took exception” to a challenge by the Span international at the end of a training ground match last
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5:38 PM ET Associated Press Angel City FC, the new Los Angeles entry in the National Women’s Soccer League, will play its home games at Banc of California Stadium starting in spring 2022. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) The club will share the stadium south of downtown Los Angeles
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12:58 PM ET Derby County’s Wayne Rooney says he hopes to follow in the footsteps of former England teammate Frank Lampard and take charge of the Championship club on a permanent basis. Rooney is part of a four-man coaching team including Liam Rosenior, Justin Walker and Shay Given that will lead Derby for Saturday’s league
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11:34 AM ET Bayern Munich’s dominance in Germany is only going to get stronger over time. MARTIN MEISSNER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Last week, we took a look at the stats behind the Premier League’s odd start. The other leagues among Europe’s Big Five haven’t been quite as strange by comparison: Bayern and PSG are still leading
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6:08 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are sweating on the fitness of first-choice centre-back pair Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof ahead of West Brom‘s visit to Old Trafford on Saturday, sources have told ESPN. Maguire was able to complete 90 minutes for England against Iceland on Wednesday but afterwards reported bruising to his foot
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10:17 AM ET Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has said the club are “still searching” for the best way to improve Christian Pulisic‘s fitness record after the USMNT international was ruled out of Saturday’s trip to Newcastle United through injury. Pulisic is continuing to struggle with complications arising from the hamstring problem he sustained in the
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11:00 AM ET Former USMNT international Charlie Davies announced on Thursday that he has joined a prospective ownership group aiming to bring a USL League One team to the state of New Hampshire ahead of the 2022 season. “I could not be more excited about the prospect of bringing a League One club to my
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4:59 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho has dubbed himself “The Experienced One,” a riff on his self-described “A Special One” moniker. When Mourinho arrived at Chelsea from Porto as a Champions League winner in 2004 he famously described himself as “A Special One” and the nickname has stuck throughout his coaching career. Speaking
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6:14 AM ET FIFA are set to implement new rules to protect the rights of female footballers. Harold Cunningham/Getty Images FIFA announced on Thursday that it is to introduce new regulations to protect the rights of female players including mandatory maternity leave. The reforms have been put forward by FIFA’s Football Stakeholders Committee (FSC) and will
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4:30 AM ET Manchester City‘s players arranged a Secret Santa session last Christmas, with each member of Pep Guardiola’s squad tasked with buying an appropriate gift for a teammate. Scott Carson, the club’s third-choice goalkeeper, was on the receiving end of a particularly brutal piece of dressing-room humour. “My Secret Santa was a tour of
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