Month: January 2021

2:54 PM ET Bernardo Silva‘s controversial first Premier League goal of the season helped earn Manchester City a hard-fought 2-0 against Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. City knew that victory would see them go to the top of the Premier League — at least temporarily — while Villa’s first team was playing
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5:10 AM ET AS Roma manager Paulo Fonseca said he was unaware of a substitutions mix-up in Tuesday’s Coppa Italia defeat by Spezia after making six changes when only five were allowed. The sixth change came in extra time when Fonseca introduced defender Ibanez for former Chelsea winger Pedro, having already made five substitutions in
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5:52 AM ET Adriana Garcia Mexican football is in mourning following the death of Santos Laguna’s women coach Martin Perez Padron from complications of COVID-19. Perez Padron was 57 and had contracted the coronavirus earlier this year in an outbreak that had seen 11 members of his team, including 10 players, infected. “The Santos Laguna
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5:51 PM ET Associated Press The United States men’s soccer team will open its 2021 schedule with an exhibition against Trinidad and Tobago on Jan. 31 at Orlando, Florida. A roster missing all Europe-based regulars has been working out in preparation for the match, which is not on a FIFA international match date. 1 Related
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6:53 AM ET AC Milan have signed former Juventus forward Mario Mandzukic on six-month contract until the end of the season. The Croatian spent four years in Turin, where he won the Serie A title in each season as well as the Coppa Italia three times, before moving to Qatari side Al-Duhail SC in 2019.
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1:57 PM ET The Portland Timbers completed the transfer of Chilean forward Felipe Mora from the Liga MX club Pumas UNAM and signed him to a new contract, the club announced Tuesday. – MLS and 2021: What does force majeure mean for CBA– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Originally acquired by the
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6:32 PM ET Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said he is “worried” about his side’s drastic dip in form following a 2-0 loss at Leicester City on Tuesday. The pressure is on Lampard after his expensively assembled team fell to eighth place in the Premier League. Lampard conceded that Leicester, who went top of the table
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9:52 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has said it will be the job of the players already in his squad to score enough goals to guide Manchester City to the title after ruling out a bid for a striker in January. City are well-placed ahead of Wednesday’s clash with Aston Villa following a run
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