Month: February 2021

2:17 PM ET Godoy Cruz and Uruguay footballer Santiago Garcia was found dead in Mendoza. Getty Images South American football united on Saturday to lament the death of Uruguayan footballer Santiago “Morro” Garcia, which was earlier confirmed by his club Godoy Cruz in a statement. The Argentine and Uruguayan football associations, as well as South American
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6:40 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — When referee Jon Moss blew the final whistle on Saturday, Victor Lindelof picked up the ball and punted it into the empty Old Trafford stands: The action summed up Manchester United‘s night. Having led 2-0 and then 3-2 with seconds remaining, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side managed to
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11:10 AM ET Mikel Arteta’s sense of injustice was palpable at full-time, but the greater concern for the Arsenal manager will be how his team are slipping back into bad habits. The Spaniard was uncharacteristically confrontational with referee Chris Kavanagh and his two assistants as the players left the field following Aston Villa‘s impressive 1-0
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8:28 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Gerard Pique has thrown a spanner in Victor Font’s campaign to become the next Barcelona president by demanding he remove a tweet featuring a short video from an interview the defender did this week. Font linked a quote from Pique which said Barca must “look to the future
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7:39 AM ET Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Everton have joined forces to condemn the racial abuse suffered by players, officials and supporters on social media. United’s Marcus Rashford, Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial, Chelsea defender Reece James, West Bromwich Albion‘s Romaine Sawyers and Southampton‘s Alex Jankewitz are among those to have received racist
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6:46 AM ET Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos will undergo knee surgery this weekend, sources have confirmed to ESPN, and is expected to be out for at least six weeks. The Madrid captain took the decision to repair the meniscus in his left knee on the recommendation of the club’s medical team and will certainly
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7:05 AM ET A dog who repeatedly invaded the pitch during a friendly match between Serbia’s second-tier teams Radnicki 1923 Kragujevac and Kolubara Lazarevac was sent off after play had been stopped several times in bizarre fashion on Friday. Belgrade daily Sportski Zurnal published a photograph on its website of referee Marko Ivkovic flashing a
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he has held showdown talks with Paul Pogba about the midfielder’s future but has refused to be drawn on whether he will sign a new contract at Old Trafford. – Nine amazing things about United’s 9-0 win over Saints– Stream LIVE games and
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2:48 PM ET FC Cincinnati has signed striker Brenner from Sao Paulo, the Brazilian club announced. Sources told ESPN that the deal is worth around $13 million plus an additional $2m if incentives are met. If the final payout is $15m that would tie the previous record signing in MLS, when Ezequiel Barco moved from
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9:56 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has hit back at Jurgen Klopp’s claim that Manchester City had a “two-week break” because of a COVID-19 outbreak at the club by saying the Liverpool boss “knows it’s not true.” Ahead of their meeting at Anfield, Klopp suggested City’s good run of form has been helped by
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5:58 PM ET New Manchester United signing Amad Diallo produced a goal and three assists in the under-23 side’s 6-4 victory over Blackburn Rovers on Friday. – Karlsen: What the scouting world thinks of Amad Diallo– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) United stormed back from a 4-2 deficit to seal the win
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1:42 PM ET Lewis Holman Manchester United women’s manager Casey Stoney has said that a move to League One or League Two is not a step-up from the WSL and there is a lack of respect for women managers. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Stoney’s comments follow Chelsea women’s manager Emma
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