Month: December 2020

2:03 PM ET German third-tier side Dynamo Dresden said they sold more than 72,000 “ghost” tickets for the cup match at home to Darmstadt on Tuesday, even though the match was played in an empty stadium. With fans barred from attending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dresden decided to put tickets on sale at €5
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3:06 PM ET United States midfielder Becky Sauerbrunn said the USWNT had failed its Black players by not taking a stand against racial injustice sooner. The U.S. women displayed their support before a 2-0 friendly defeat of the Netherlands in late November, with the players wearing warm-up jackets with the words “Black Lives Matter” emblazoned
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8:53 AM ET Atletico Madrid and England defender Kieran Trippier has been suspended for 10 weeks and fined £70,000 following a breach of betting rules, the English Football Association (FA) said on Wednesday. Trippier, 30, denied seven alleged breaches of FA Rule E8, which were said to occur in July 2019, and requested a personal
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3:25 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told ESPN that the Manchester United squad can play their part to convince Paul Pogba to stay by showing him he can win trophies at Old Trafford. Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola has said publicly the midfielder wants to leave United, either next summer or at the
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5:22 AM ET Adriana Garcia Diego Maradona’s autopsy has revealed that the Argentina legend had no alcohol or narcotic drugs in his body at the time of his death. Maradona died at the age of 60 on Nov. 25, two weeks after being released from a hospital in Buenos Aires following brain surgery. – Marcotti:
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12:25 AM ET . Andrew Bershaw/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Andre-Pierre Gignac scored the tie-breaking goal in the 84th minute as Tigres UANL edged LAFC 2-1 on Tuesday at Orlando to win their first CONCACAF Champions League title. Tigres, from San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico, had lost in the CONCACAF Champions League final in 2016,
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4:56 PM ET Holders Manchester City advanced to the Carabao Cup semifinals by defeating 4-1 Arsenal at the Emirates on Tuesday. – Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The game was even at the break thanks to a third-minute goal from Gabriel Jesus and an Alexandre Lacazette strike just after the half-hour
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11:52 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his Manchester United team have the belief they can win trophies after the disappointment of losing three semifinals last season. United were knocked out in the last four of the Carabao Cup, FA Cup and Europa League last season but have the chance to reach another
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1:49 PM ET Liga MX giant Cruz Azul‘s shortlist for its vacant head coach position has been reduced to San Jose Earthquakes manager Matias Almeyda or Mexico legend Hugo Sanchez, according to ESPN Mexico sources. – MLS 2020 season review: Crew SC were worth saving– MLS: All the latest news, features and results La Maquina
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5:32 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona presidential hopeful Agusti Benedito says he will knock down Camp Nou and build a new stadium if he’s elected in January. Plans are already in place to renovate Camp Nou as part of the Espai Barca project, which will also see the regeneration of the area around
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11:00 AM ET Borussia Dortmund midfielder Giovanni Reyna has been voted U.S. Soccer’s Young Male Player of the Year for 2020. Reyna, 18, burst onto the international scene with the German giants in 2020 and capped the year by making his first appearance for the United States in a 0-0 draw with Wales back in
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