Month: April 2021

8:01 AM ET Liverpool fan group Spion Kop 1906 have announced that they and other groups involved in decorating Anfield’s iconic Kop will remove their flags as a protest against the club’s involvement in the European Super League. The stand has had flags that acted as tributes to iconic players, managers and seasons since the
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6:25 PM ET LEEDS, England — On a night when fans set a Liverpool shirt alight in protest at the club’s involvement in plans for a European Super League, the persistence of a saxophonist outside Elland Road, who played Abba’s “Money, Money, Money” throughout Leeds United‘s 1-1 draw against last season’s Premier League champions, provided
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6:01 AM ET Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich have opted to proceed with Champions League reforms rather than participate in the new controversial European Super League, according to Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke. Bayern have yet to comment on the proposed league but Watzke said in his statement that both clubs were in agreement
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9:00 AM ET UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has accused the 12 clubs behind a proposed European Super League (ESL) of “spitting in the face of football lovers” and dismissed the plan to launch a rival to the Champions League as “disgraceful and self-serving.” Ceferin, who has overseen the re-modelling of the Champions League from 32
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7:17 AM ET It would be something of an understatement to suggest that those driving the plan to launch a European Super League (ESL) involving the game’s biggest clubs spectacularly misread the room before unveiling their self-styled “strategic vision” for the “benefit of the entire European football pyramid.” Those around the table, led by Real
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6:26 AM ET UEFA’s Executive Committee has responded to the threat of a breakaway European Super League (ESL) by unanimously voting to sanction the new-look 36-team Champions League, sources have told ESPN. In a vote in Montreux, Switzerland, on Monday, the Executive Committee passed a resolution to expand the Champions League from its present format
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3:22 AM ET Associated Press The 12 European clubs pursuing a Super League have told the leaders at FIFA and UEFA that legal action is already being pursued to stop them from action intended to thwart the launch of the breakaway competition, according to a letter obtained on Monday by the Associated Press. The letter
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12:55 PM ET A Mason Greenwood double helped Manchester United close the gap at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Burnley at Old Trafford on Sunday. Greenwood scored late after James Tarkowski had equalised moments after the youngster had put the hosts ahead in the second half. – Dawson: United
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4:58 PM ET A heavily depleted Real Madrid side scraped a 0-0 draw at Getafe on Sunday in La Liga to fall three points behind leaders Atletico Madrid. Real beat Barcelona 2-1 last week and overcame Liverpool in midweek to reach the Champions League semifinals but were crippled by the absence of nine players due
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