Month: February 2021

6:06 AM ET Adriana Garcia Felix Torres was the victim of racist abuse, Santos Laguna had claimed. Leopoldo Smith/Getty Images The Mexican league’s disciplinary committee has found no evidence to punish Atletico San Luis‘ German Berterame after he was accused by Santos Laguna of making racist remarks at their defender Felix Torres. An investigation was opened
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11:17 PM ET The father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Jose Becker, died in a tragic accident on Wednesday. Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images The father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker drowned in a lake near his holiday home in southern Brazil on Wednesday, local police said. Jose Becker, 57, had been swimming at a
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8:26 PM ET Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini said the referee ruined the match by sending off Remo Freuler early on in his side’s 1-0 Champions League last-16, first-leg defeat to Real Madrid on Wednesday. Freuler was sent off in the 17th minute for denying Real’s Ferland Mendy a goalscoring opportunity — the earliest red
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4:49 PM ET Manchester City players celebrate during their win against Gladbach. Getty Manchester City extended their winning run in all competitions to 19 games as they comfortably beat Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 in the Champions League round of 16 first leg. Two near-identical goals, one scored by Bernardo Silva and the other assisted by him, put
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2:07 PM ET Manchester United Treble winner Dwight Yorke has told ESPN that “taking the knee” before Premier League games has become a “token gesture” and said he understands Wilfried Zaha decision to stop participating in the pre-match initiative. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Crystal Palace forward Zaha last week described
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9:09 AM ET Bayern Munich teenager Jamal Musiala has decided to play for the Germany national team instead of England after a talk with head coach Joachim Low, he said on Wednesday. The 17-year-old attacking midfielder became the youngest English scorer in the Champions League when he netted for Bayern in Tuesday’s 4-1 win over
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1:23 PM ET Euro 2020 was postponed last year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images UEFA’s COVID-19 chief says there is no question of June’s Euro 2020 tournament being cancelled or postponed and that fans could yet be allowed to travel internationally to the games. The tournament was postponed last year
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11:54 AM ET Associated Press A player for Orlando City SC and his brother are accused of sexually assaulting a woman, sheriff’s investigators said. Jonathan Suarez-Cortes, 24, was arrested Tuesday night near Orlando, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on Twitter. The team said in a statement officials learned of its
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10:52 AM ET The Premier League youngster has not been named. Photo By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images A 16-year-old Premier League footballer has been handed a nine-month ban from the sport after the player breached an anti-doping rule for possession of a banned substance, England’s Football Association said on Wednesday. The player, whose age and
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9:28 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said he is still in touch with Erling Haaland and refused to rule out the possibility of bringing the striker to Manchester United in the future. Solskjaer, who worked with Haaland at Molde, missed out on the Norway international when he chose to sign for Borussia
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8:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City and USMNT goalkeeper Zack Steffen is backing a campaign to end systemic racism in US Soccer. The Anti-Racist Project will fund training for players, coaches, fans and executives from grassroots soccer to professional level across the United States. – Hislop: Football is ideal vehicle to drive social change
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4:59 AM ET Adriana Garcia Jose Luis Valdez had a contract with Quilmes until the summer. Ian Walton/Getty Images Quilmes’ all-time leading youth scorer Jose Luis Valdez has announced his retirement from football at the age of 22. The striker has taken the surprise decision after not being considered by Quilmes coach Facundo Sava for the
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5:43 AM ET Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka said social media abuse is killing football but that he is “not scared” to play in front of fans again despite being targeted for online abuse. The 28-year-old has endured a stormy relationship with Gunners supporters ever since arriving from Borussia Monchengladbach for £34 million in May 2016.
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