Month: January 2021

10:43 AM ET Frank Lampard has said he finds managing Chelsea more “exciting” when the team is underperforming despite mounting speculation over his future. The 42-year-old is under pressure after a run of four defeats from six Premier League games ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup third-round visit of League Two promotion hopefuls Morecambe (Stream live
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5:47 AM ET Players have been reminded by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) to be careful when celebrating goals as the number of COVID-19 cases in England continues to grow. The Premier League, Women’s Super League, English Football League and FA Cup — both men’s and women’s — have all had games postponed this season
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10:13 AM ET Associated Press Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema will face trial for his alleged involvement in blackmailing former France teammate Matthieu Valbuena in a “sex tape” scandal, the Versailles prosecutor’s office said Thursday. Benzema is suspected of having pressured his former national team teammate to pay blackmailers who threatened to reveal an intimate
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11:19 AM ET Arsenal have borrowed £120 million from the Bank of England to help the club’s cashflow through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The loan is repayable by the end of May and is principally designed to help offset the ongoing absence of matchday revenue for the season. – Why have Arsenal sent Saliba on
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10:16 AM ET Aston Villa‘s FA Cup third round clash with Liverpool on Friday will be called off if manager Dean Smith is unable to field 14 fit players after the club reported a “significant coronavirus outbreak” at their training ground. Villa, who beat Liverpool 7-2 at Villa Park in the Premier League earlier this
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4:11 PM ET Premier League teams should be vaccinated against COVID-19 so the money saved from twice-weekly testing can be invested in the country’s National Health Service (NHS) instead, Burnley manager Sean Dyche said on Thursday. Top-flight clubs’ players and staff are being tested twice a week after a highly infectious variant of the virus
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9:31 AM ET United States men’s national team and Philadelphia Union defender Mark McKenzie has signed with Belgian side Genk, the Union announced on Thursday. While the exact terms of the deal were not disclosed, the transfer fee is reportedly $6 million which, when combined with performance based incentives, could make the transfer the highest
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9:25 AM ET Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani was banned for three games and fined £100,000 by the English Football Association, despite a three-man Regulatory Commission finding “no intent on the part of the player to be discriminatory or offensive in any way” while posting a message to a friend on social media. Uruguay international
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4:59 AM ET Adriana Garcia Brazilian club Santos have said their team bus was stoned after Wednesday’s 0-0 draw with Boca Juniors in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semifinal. Santos said the attack occurred when the bus that was carrying their players arrived at the team’s hotel in Buenos Aires. They posted a
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9:17 AM ET Diego Alonso has left his job as Inter Miami coach. Michael Reaves/Getty Images Inter Miami have moved a step closer to the appointment of Phil Neville as their coach after announcing that Diego Alonso has left the club. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– ESPN+ viewer’s guide: Bundesliga, Serie A,
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5:00 AM ET The Bundesliga’s Friday fixture is an eye catcher, as Borussia Monchengladbach host champions Bayern Munich (2:20 p.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+). ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae believes Gladbach’s return to prominence in recent years represents a true feelgood story in German football. People familiar with this commentator will know that
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7:04 AM ET Antwerp’s Didier Lamkel Ze has issued a public apology after he turned up to training in an Anderlecht shirt. Photo by Jef Matthee/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Antwerp forward Didier Lamkel Ze has apologised after he arrived to training wearing the shirt of the club’s fiercest rivals Anderlecht. Lamkel Ze was denied entry
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