Month: February 2021

1:29 PM ET Red Star Belgrade apologised for ethnic abuse aimed at AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic during their Europa League clash on Thursday. The two sides met in the Serbian capital and Ibrahimovic, who is a Swedish national of Bosnian origin, was the victim of abuse from the sections of the home crowd. A
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8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told Manchester City they haven’t won anything yet despite opening up a 10-point lead in the Premier League title race. Buoyed by an impressive 4-0 win over Real Sociedad in the Europa League on Thursday, Solskjaer said Manchester United are ready to push Pep Guardiola’s team
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7:42 AM ET Black Lives Matter UK have supported the claim made by Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha that taking a knee before each match is losing its impact. Players across all divisions in England have taken a knee since football return post coronavirus lockdown in an attempt to show solidarity with the fight against
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5:09 AM ET Adriana Garcia Felix Torres was sent off for an incident involving a ball boy. Photo by Leopoldo Smith/Getty Images Santos Laguna defender Felix Torres said he was racially abused by a ball boy during his team’s 1-0 defeat at Atletico San Luis in Mexico’s Liga MX game on Thursday. Torres, 24, was sent
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3:20 PM ET Manchester United put one foot in the Europa League round of 16 with a comprehensive 4-0 away victory over Real Sociedad in their round-of-32 first leg on Thursday. Due to travel restrictions in Spain, this tie took place in Turin, meaning La Real lost the advantage of playing in their home stadium.
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4:29 AM ET Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said UEFA’s proposed changes to the Champions League do not respect the “sporting merit” of Europe’s elite club competition. UEFA’s plans would see a “single table” with 36 teams replace the group stage format, which features eight groups of four. The changes mean there would be 225
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2:45 PM ET Gareth Bale scored one goal and created another as Tottenham Hotspur enjoyed a 4-1 win in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 clash with Austrian side Wolfsberger on Thursday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– ESPN+ viewer’s guide: Bundesliga, Serie A, MLS, FA Cup and more The
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9:52 AM ET Adriana Garcia Pablo Solari scored the only goal of the game. Photo by DRAGOMIR YANKOVIC/PHOTOSPORT/AFP via Getty Images Chilean side Colo-Colo avoided being relegated for the first time in the club’s 96-year history with a 1-0 win at Universidad Concepcion. Teenager Pablo Solari, who joined Colo-Colo on loan from Argentinian side Talleres in
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5:22 AM ET Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has said that taking a knee before every game is “degrading” and called for tangible change instead of being used to “tick boxes.” Zaha, who has been targeted by online racial abuse, told the On The Judy podcast that action needs to come from the social media
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