Month: August 2021

3:38 PM ET Leicester’s Wesley Fofana is set to undergo surgery next week after suffering a leg injury. Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images Wesley Fofana will undergo surgery on Monday that will keep him sidelined until next year after Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers confirmed that the defender’s broken leg is more serious than initially feared. Fofana, 20,
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10:56 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said the club are continuing to monitor goalkeeper Dean Henderson as he struggles to shake off the after effects of COVID-19. Henderson returned a positive test for coronavirus more than three weeks ago but despite since testing negative, Solskjaer said the 24-year-old has
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2:10 PM ET Leicester City beat Premier League champions Manchester City to win the 2021 Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, the second in the club’s history. Kelechi Iheanacho beat U.S. keeper Zack Steffen from the penalty spot shortly before full-time to hand Brendan Rodgers’ side the win. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
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9:01 AM ET Adriana Garcia Lionel Messi will give a farewell news conference on Sunday at noon CET (6 a.m. ET) at the Camp Nou, hours before Barcelona play the Joan Gamper trophy. Sources had told ESPN the 34-year-old had reached an agreement to sign a new five-year deal at Camp Nou, which included a
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10:49 AM ET Canada midfielder Quinn has made history by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to medal at an Olympic Games after their side beat Sweden on penalties in the women’s soccer final on Friday. The match finished 1-1 but Canada won 3-2 on penalties, meaning Quinn and Canada won gold. Quinn had won
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10:48 AM ET Canada have won gold in the women’s Olympic soccer tournament after a 3-2 sudden death penalty shootout win against Sweden, following a 1-1 draw at the end of extra-time. Stina Blackstenius put Sweden ahead in the first half before Jessie Fleming equalized with her second penalty of the tournament. – Women’s Olympics
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2:10 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of defender Cristian Romero from Atalanta, the club announced on Friday. Sources had told ESPN on Thursday the deal would be completed for €55 million ($65m). – Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access Romero joined Juventus from Genoa in
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2:59 PM ET In a press conference on Friday, Barcelona president Joan Laporta reiterated what the club had announced on their website Thursday: after 21 years, Lionel Messi would not be returning to the club. You can read about the background here, but Laporta doubled down on blaming LaLiga’s financial restrictions and the disastrous finances
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7:57 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain have made contact with Lionel Messi over a potential move, sources have told ESPN, and the former Barcelona star’s arrival could have an impact on the futures of Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba. PSG reached out to Messi on Thursday following the unexpected announcement from Barca that he would not
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9:08 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has played down the prospect of Lionel Messi joining Manchester City by insisting the Argentinian is “absolutely not in the club’s thoughts.” Barcelona announced on Thursday that Messi will leave Camp Nou because financial restrictions meant they can not register his new contract. – La Liga on ESPN+:
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