Month: December 2020

10:21 AM ET Tottenham’s home clash against Fulham has been postponed due to COVID-19, the Premier League announced on Wednesday. The match at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium was put in doubt on Tuesday after Fulham returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests earlier this week. The match was scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m.
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7:57 AM ET Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho will be out for several months after suffering a meniscus injury in his left knee during Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Eibar. Coutinho, 28, will have an operation this week, after which the club will confirm exactly how long he will be out of action. The Brazil international has
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6:52 AM ET Liverpool have filled their newly-created role of head of recovery and performance with Dr. Andreas Schlumberger, one of Jurgen Klopp’s former colleagues, joining their backroom staff. Schlumberger worked with Klopp at Borussia Dortmund from 2011 through to 2015 and joins from Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. The role sees him bolster their
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12:12 PM ET Swedish league champions Kopparbergs/Goteborg FC have announced they are going to fold their senior squad just one month after they won their first league title. The announcement means that all players, including nine internationals, will be released from their contracts. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ The side recently lost to Manchester
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2:48 PM ET The Premier League does not have a plan in place for a curtailment of the 2020-21 season if an escalation in positive COVID-19 tests leads to the campaign being halted, sources have told ESPN — a situation described as ’embarrassing’ by a source at one top-flight club. Concern is growing within the
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6:11 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been keen to play down Manchester United‘s chances of challenging for the title but he will know better than most that it is results like this scrappy 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers that mark out teams capable of winning championships. Having won six
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2:51 PM ET Super substitute Alexandre Lacazette provided the only goal of the game as Arsenal beat Brighton 1-0 on Tuesday to create more space between them and the relegation zone. Lacazette was the only casualty from the squad that beat Chelsea 3-1 on Dec. 26, with the France international making way for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang,
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3:04 PM ET Barcelona were held to a disappointing draw with Eibar in La Liga on Tuesday as Lionel Messi watched from the stands at the Camp Nou. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Ronald Koeman’s side went into the game without the services of Messi, who was granted an extended holiday
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9:14 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur forward Gareth Bale will miss the next “few weeks” after he sustained a calf injury in their League Cup quarter-final win against Stoke City last week, manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed. Bale, who is on loan from Real Madrid, started and scored in the 3-1 win but was withdrawn at
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7:32 AM ET Alex Kirkland Diego Costa has left Atletico Madrid after the striker’s contract was terminated by mutual consent. The club announced on Tuesday that Costa’s deal — which only had six months left to run, until June 2021 — had been rescinded. – Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ (U.S. only) It
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4:08 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed that manager Thomas Tuchel has left the club after a poor start to the season. Sources told ESPN on Dec. 24 that PSG decided to sack Tuchel on Christmas Eve and former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is set to replace him. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+
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11:01 AM ET Manchester City‘s visit to Goodison Park to face Everton in the Premier League on Monday has been postponed due to COVID-19, the clubs have confirmed. City also confirmed their training ground will close for an “indeterminate period,” with further testing required before players would be cleared to train. The match against Everton
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