Month: January 2021

6:25 AM ET Auckland City FC have withdrawn from the 2020 Club World Cup due to quarantine measures required by New Zealand authorities, FIFA confirmed in a statement on Friday. The competition will now be contested by Al-Duhail SC, Al Ahly SC, FC Bayern Munich, Ulsan Hyundai FC, Tigres UANL and the winners of the
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4:57 PM ET Paul Scholes knows all about winning Premier League titles. He won 11 with Manchester United including the club’s 20th, and last, league championship in 2013. Eight years on, he believes they can finally win it again this season if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team clear the psychological hurdle of beating Liverpool at Anfield
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4:57 PM ET Defending champions Real Madrid crashed out in the Spanish Supercopa semifinals with a 2-1 defeat to Athletic Bilbao on Thursday. Zinedine Zidane’s men were two goals down by the 38th minute after a Raul Garcia brace. Karim Benzema pulled a goal back in the 73rd but the Spanish champions could not complete
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2:30 PM ET Associated Press Reinaldo Rueda, right, replaces Carlos Queiroz as Colombia boss. Photo by Koji Watanabe/Getty Images Colombia hired Reinaldo Rueda as its national team coach on Thursday, luring him away from Chile in the hopes that he can turn around its World Cup qualifying campaign. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
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12:16 PM ET The Montreal Impact announced their new branding on Thursday, shedding the Impact moniker it has had for the past 28 years across multiple leagues and replacing it with Club de Foot Montreal. “It’s hard to let go of things that you love, but here’s the reality: To make an impact, we needed
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8:43 PM ET The Washington Spirit selected U.S. U20 international Trinity Rodman with the No. 2 pick of the NWSL draft. Getty Images Racing Louisville selected University of North Carolina defender Emily Fox at No. 1 in Wednesday’s NWSL draft, while the Washington Spirit selected Trinity Rodman with the second pick. U.S. U20 forward Rodman is
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8:03 AM ET Arsenal have appointed Richard Garlick as their new Director of Football. Garlick holds a similar post at the Premier League but will leave the organisation later this year. His start date at the Emirates stadium is yet to be finalised. – Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The move
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7:57 AM ET Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola’s claims that players cannot help hugging each other during goal celebrations has been labelled as “ridiculous” by a leading United Kingdom politician. Julian Knight, chairman of the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), has criticised Guardiola and his players after the team became the latest
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3:52 AM ET Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has called Jurgen Klopp a “hypocrite” over his penalty jibe and said Liverpool players were also guilty of diving. After Liverpool’s 1-0 loss at Southampton last week, Klopp said his team should have been awarded two penalties and suggested Manchester United may have been more likely
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5:59 AM ET On-loan Manchester United forward Odion Ighalo has told ESPN he would be interested in playing Major League Soccer before he retires. The former Nigeria international, who is contracted to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua, is expected to leave Old Trafford at the end of this month when his loan deal ends.
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8:43 PM ET The Washington Spirit selected U.S. U20 international Trinity Rodman with the No. 2 pick of the NWSL draft. Getty Images Racing Louisville selected University of North Carolina defender Emily Fox went No. 1 in Wednesday’s NWSL Draft, while the Washington Spirit selected Trinity Rodman with its second pick. U.S. U20 forward Rodman is
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