7:32 AM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Eden Hazard has said that “it didn’t occur to me for a second” to leave Real Madrid this summer after two injury-hit seasons at the Bernabeu, insisting that “I won’t leave there as a failure.” Hazard played a part in Belgium‘s 3-0 win over Russia in their Euro 2020
Month: June 2021
7:18 AM ET Portugal defender Joao Cancelo has been ruled out of Euro 2020 after testing positive for COVID-19 and will be replaced by Diogo Dalot ahead of their tournament opener against Hungary on Tuesday, the European champions said. The versatile Manchester City player tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday and is “doing
12:00 PM ET Wales striker Kieffer Moore is only 28 but has already lived many lives. He once worked as a lifeguard while playing for Truro City back in 2012; then, two years ago, was nearly forced into retirement after fracturing his skull having being knocked unconscious for eight minutes while playing for Barnsley. Now
12:00 PM ET As happens with most major international tournament these days, UEFA has released its official player portraits for Euro 2020. 1 Related Each and every player taking part in the competition has their photograph taken beforehand, with some taking the task more seriously than others. There are still a few stars yet to
2:24 PM ET Adriana Garcia New Paris Saint-Germain signing Georginio Wijnaldum has said he thought he was going to join Barcelona this summer after leaving Liverpool but the move to the Nou Camp never materialised. The Netherlands captain joined PSG this week as a free agent despite being heavily linked with Barca for the past
12:36 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed the appointment of Fabio Paratici as “Managing Director, Football” from July 1. Spurs announced in a statement that the 48-year-old will be “responsible for managing and developing the club’s sporting operations, facilities and footballing infrastructure.” – Insider Notebook: Raiola’s Haaland roadshow Paratici left Juventus earlier this month after
2:52 PM ET Twelve members of the Venezuela delegation at the Copa America have tested positive for COVID-19, health officials said on Saturday, a day before they meet hosts Brazil in the tournament opener. “The 12 members of the delegation include players and members of the backroom staff,” said a statement from the Health Secretariat
12:00 AM ET You won’t be able to shake the horror of Denmark‘s Christian Eriksen collapsing on the field during their Euro 2020 opener with Finland in Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium on Saturday for a while. Hopefully you won’t be able to shake the humanity that followed, either. Or the perspective that seeing paramedics fighting to
7:47 PM ET Adam Brown Nabil Fekir is on the radar of Arsenal for a summer move, but are far apart from Real Betis on a proposed fee. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images With most of the major European seasons now complete, the rumour mill has been sent into overdrive as clubs ponder their moves ahead of what
5:25 PM ET Chelsea and U.S. international attacker Christian Pulisic said that the U.S. team’s CONCACAF Nations League triumph over Mexico was “something we really needed” and will give Gregg Berhalter’s side a significant increase in belief ahead of the start of World Cup qualifying in September. Pulisic was back home in Hershey, Pa. on
4:53 PM ET Belgium beat Russia 3-0 on the back of a Romelu Lukaku double to open their European Championship campaign on Saturday. – Euro 2020 on ESPN: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) Lukaku opened the scoring for Belgium early on and then ran to the pitchside camera and said “Chris, Chris, I
6:25 PM ET ROME, Italy — They came early. Of course they did. Some were draped in blue, some wore hats or carried flags, and some even had painted faces peeking out from beneath their surgical masks, but nearly all the fans at Stadio Olimpico on Friday evening showed up well before the kickoff of
1:02 PM ET Denmark players surround stricken Christian Eriksen. WOLFGANG RATTAY/AFP via Getty Images Denmark‘s Euro 2020 Group B game with Finland was suspended just before half-time after Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field as he went to take a throw-in. Eriksen was walking towards the sideline and was clearly struggling to make his way across.
7:39 AM ET Harry Maguire has told ESPN that Euro 2020 offers him and his England teammates the chance to banish the pain that still lingers after the 2018 World Cup semifinal defeat against Croatia. Gareth Southgate’s team face Croatia, who lost the World Cup final to France in Moscow after beating England 2-1 in
11:42 AM ET Long before he was a global superstar and one of the most lethal goal scorers in soccer history, Robert Lewandowski was just a 17-year-old kid from Poland who was too short and too scrawny, and who showed up one afternoon to learn that his club didn’t want him anymore. What does Lewandowski
7:59 AM ET Adriana Garcia Sebastian Abreu played for 31 clubs, the most in football history. Oscar Meza/Jam Media/Getty Images Former Uruguay international striker Sebastian “El Loco” Abreu, who played for the most clubs in football history, has retired at the age of 44. Abreu had joined recently promoted Uruguay outfit Sud America in March —
7:23 AM ET England manager Gareth Southgate and Netherlands counterpart Frank de Boer both received tactical advice from planes flying banners over their training bases on the eve of their Euro 2020 campaigns. A plane flew over England’s St George’s Park base on Saturday, with the message “Most Croatia goals come down the left apparently”
3:53 AM ET Gareth Bale is set to wear the armband in the opening match. Karl Bridgeman – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Gareth Bale says captaining Wales against Switzerland in their opening match of Euro 2020 will be a career highlight. Bale, 31, succeeded Ashley Williams as skipper when the defender retired this year and the
5:00 AM ET Just over 24 hours after England lost their 2018 World Cup semifinal to Croatia, manager Gareth Southgate found himself watching a replay of the game at 4 a.m. “In terms of mentality, it’s obviously been a really difficult couple of days,” he explained at the time. “That is going to live with
3:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The delayed Copa America starts on Sunday, June 13 and there’s plenty of talent on show among the 10 teams involved. 2 Related While preparations for the tournament have been thrown into disarray with a switch from Argentina and Colombia to new hosts Brazil just 13 days before it was
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