Month: December 2020

10:12 AM ET Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 have terminated their contract with Mediapro, the company who hold most of the TV rights for the next four seasons, sources have told ESPN. Mediapro failed to make their last two payments to the league, €172.3 million on Oct. 5 and €152.5m on Dec. 5. Quoting the
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9:24 PM ET Columbus Crew SC‘s hopes of winning a second MLS Cup final suffered an immense blow on Thursday night when the team announced that midfielders Darlington Nagbe and Pedro Santos have been deemed “medically not cleared to play.” The Crew are scheduled to play the Seattle Sounders FC in the MLS Cup final
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9:12 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said it is not the time “to push the panic button” after exiting the Champions League and his team is still on the right track. United welcome Manchester City to Old Trafford on Saturday, four days after defeat to RB Leipzig meant Solskjaer’s side
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8:28 AM ET Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said rivals Atletico Madrid are favourites to win La Liga in a bid to increase the pressure on Diego Simeone’s team ahead of Saturday’s derby. Table-topping Atleti — who are unbeaten in the league this season — go into the match six points ahead of their
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6:46 PM ET Bob Foose, the executive director of the MLS Players Association, said that “almost 20%” of MLS players contracted COVID-19 over the course of the season, and that the players surrendered close to $150 million in potential earnings due to the renegotiated collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that was agreed to in June. Speaking
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5:18 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens A court has ruled that Santos must pay Barcelona €2.9 million for violating an agreement the two clubs had relating to Gabriel “Gabigol” Barbosa, sources have told ESPN. As part of the deal to sign Neymar in 2013, Barca also secured a preferential option on three other Santos
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7:42 PM ET Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur may be flying high in all competitions but the Portuguese coach conceded that he is unable to keep all of his players happy with England forward Dele Alli not getting any minutes in their Europa League win on Thursday. – Europa League: Who is in, when is the
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12:17 AM ET Tom Marshall Substitute Emmanuel Gigliotti rescued a late 1-1 draw for ten-man Leon against Pumas UNAM in the first leg of Thursday’s “Guard1anes 2020” Liga MX final. – Liga MX coverage on ESPN Deportes– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ A second half goal from Paraguayan Carlos Gonzalez had handed home side
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4:01 PM ET The United States women’s national team will participate in newly created Nations League tournament as CONCACAF announced its international women’s calendar for 2021 to 2024, which includes the qualifying format for the 2023 World Cup. The Women’s CONCACAF Nations League is part of a new initiative to double the number of official
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4:11 PM ET Associated Press Barcelona and France forward Antoine Griezmann ended his affiliation with Huawei on Thursday, saying there are “strong suspicions” that the Chinese tech giant has contributed to the repression of the mostly Muslim minority Uighurs. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The 29-year-old Barcelona forward’s announcement followed media
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12:21 PM ET Robinho was at AC Milan from 2010 to 2014. Marco Luzzani/Getty Images Robinho‘s nine-year prison sentence for sexual assault has been upheld in the Milan courts following an appeal. The verdict relates back to an incident which took place on Jan. 22, 2013 involving a 22-year-old Albanian woman. – Stream LIVE games and
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2:47 PM ET Arsenal capped a perfect run through the Europa League group stage with a 4-2 victory at Dundalk on Thursday. Edward Nketiah saw his hard work pay off on 12 minutes when the forward chased down a defender and intercepted an attempted clearance before before dinking over the keeper from inside the box.
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5:56 AM ET The fourth official whose comment was at the centre of the suspension of the Champions League clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir on Tuesday has said he is not racist. Sebastian Coltescu, from Romania, was accused by Basaksehir players and staff to have used a racial slur against the club’s assistant
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