Month: May 2021

7:01 AM ET Alex Kirkland La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned that the proposed Super League project “isn’t dead” and criticised “shipwrecked” founders Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus for “still trying to give us lessons on how football has to modernise.” Tebas, a vocal opponent of the project since its attempted launch in April,
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6:29 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur have contacted Mauricio Pochettino over a dramatic return to the club, sources have told ESPN. The Argentine only joined Paris Saint-Germain in January and is under contract until 2022. The French club are thought to be reluctant to sanction his departure, wishing to avoid further managerial upheaval having sacked Thomas
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5:54 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Marcus Rashford has said that most of the Manchester United team played the Europa League final, which saw them lose to Villarreal on penalties, while carrying injuries. United lost the shoot-out 11-10 after David De Gea missed the decisive kick following a 1-1 draw in Gdansk. – Stream FC Daily
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3:11 AM ET Team Great Britain manager Hege Riise has named her 18-player team for the Tokyo Olympics, with goalkeeper Karen Bardsley a surprise addition. The team — which is made up of players from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland — includes five former Olympians. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– 21 players Under-21:
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5:30 AM ET Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Stephan Uersfeld It’s over. On Saturday, Schalke 04 played their final Bundesliga match, meaning that for at least one season,
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5:08 PM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Barcelona are considering the Belgium coach Roberto Martinez as a possible alternative to Ronald Koeman if they decide to move on from the Dutchman this summer, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN. Koeman, along with his agent, Rob Jansen, met with Barca president Joan Laporta on Tuesday at
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5:59 PM ET Villarreal beat Manchester United in an epic penalty shootout in the Europa League final in Poland on Wednesday night after the match finished 1-1 in regular and extra time. In the first European final to be played in front of a crowd in two years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Villarreal survived a
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2:33 PM ET AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma will leave the Serie A club when his contract expires next month, director Paolo Maldini announced on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Italy international will become a free agent from June 30 after failing to agree terms for a new deal, but Maldini insisted that there are no hard
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12:30 PM ET Antonio Conte has left his position as Inter Milan coach, it was announced on Wednesday. The move comes three weeks after Conte led the club to the Serie A title. “FC Internazionale Milano can confirm that an agreement has been reached with Antonio Conte for the termination of his contract by mutual
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1:12 PM ET Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus on Wednesday said they won’t bow down to UEFA’s threats and will continue to fight for reform in football despite the possibility of being thrown out of the Champions League next season. UEFA on Tuesday opened disciplinary proceedings against the three clubs over their attempts to launch
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1:09 PM ET Ibrahimovic is a part-owner of the Malta-based betting company Bethard. Getty UEFA fined AC Milan‘s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic €50,000 ($61,000) on Wednesday for breaking the rules by having a financial interest in a betting company. – AC Milan’s Ibrahimovic signs contract extension to 2022– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)
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5:00 AM ET Lyon’s five-year stranglehold on the UEFA Women’s Champions League ended when Barcelona beat Chelsea 4-0 in the final this season, but the French club still have hope for the future in young star Catarina Macario. 2 Related The women’s game is reaching new levels and new audiences in 2021. Whether it’s Manchester
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6:15 AM ET Liverpool have agreed to sign Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig on a five-year contract, sources have told ESPN. The defender passed his medical a few weeks ago and will complete a move to Anfield once he returns from competing at the Under-21 European Championship with France this summer. – Stream ESPN FC
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