11:14 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo is back at Manchester United and ready to wear the club’s No. 7 shirt for the first time since 2009 in Saturday’s Premier League clash against Newcastle United at Old Trafford. But giving the Portugal forward his old number is the easy part for United; the big challenge now is
Month: September 2021
8:36 AM ET European Leagues, the body representing professional club competitions on the continent, has firmly and unanimously opposed any proposals to stage the World Cup every two years. European Leagues is the latest among a number of stakeholders in the game who have expressed concerns over FIFA’s plans for a biennial World Cup. –
7:30 AM ET Barcelona have unveiled their brand-new 2021-22 third kit, which will be worn exclusively in the Champions League by the men’s and women’s teams this season, and it’s a beauty. OK, so technically speaking, the jersey, which bears the same red-and-blue colours as the Catalan club’s famous home kit, is not really a
6:13 AM ET Erling Haaland has expressed disappointment with his goalscoring record despite netting a hat trick in Norway‘s 5-1 win against Gibraltar in a World Cup qualifier. Haaland, 21, has contributed 12 goals in 15 appearances during his short international career while scoring six goals in five matches for Borussia Dortmund this season. –
7:24 AM ET Associated Press The Spanish league is joining the blockchain world by launching officially licensed digital cards of players to be sold and traded online. The league on Thursday announced a deal with fantasy football platform Sorare to launch the cards based on non-fungible tokens, known as NFTs. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
12:26 AM ET Ricardo Pepi scored a goal and had three assists as the United States raced to a 4-1 win at Honduras in a World Cup qualifying match that saw Christian Pulisic hobble off with an injury. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more (U.S.)– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
4:16 AM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Claudia Zornoza’s goal secured Real Madrid a place in the Women’s Champions League group stages. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Real Madrid Femenino qualified for the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage for the first time in the team’s short history on Wednesday with a 1-0 away win at Manchester
5:11 PM ET Italy recorded their first win since being crowned European champions as strikers Moise Kean and Giacomo Raspadori inspired a crushing 5-0 win over Lithuania to strengthen their grip on top spot in World Cup qualifying Group C. The two 21-year-olds impressed their manager by lighting up the first half, as Kean netted
Mexico leads CONCACAF World Cup qualifying with seven points, following a 1-1 draw at Panama. Despite not having their two best attackers for the first three games of World Cup qualifying, El Tri mounted a comeback after falling behind for the first time in the qualifying round, as Jesus Corona leveled for Mexico following Rolando
6:41 PM ET Gareth Southgate this week warned against any sense of complacency in future England matches with their place at next year’s World Cup almost assured. Damian Szymanski’s stoppage-time equaliser to earn Poland a 1-1 draw on Wednesday should ensure it doesn’t materialise. England were on the brink of passing a significant test against
5:00 AM ET It would have been wise to check the passenger lists on flights from Europe to South America before trying to pick a winner from September’s three rounds of South American’s World Cup qualifying. Paraguay have missed Newcastle’s Miguel Almiron, their leading talent; Chile are without Blackburn Rovers’ Ben Brereton Diaz, the young
4:45 PM ET Poland scored a stoppage-time equaliser to bring an end to England‘s perfect start to World Cup qualification and secure an important 1-1 draw in Warsaw. Gareth Southgate’s side, who lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy on penalties in July, had won their opening five games in Group I. – UEFA WC
6:46 PM ET Adam Brown The summer transfer window is closed for the top leagues in Europe! After a summer full of international football, countless clubs waited until the last minute to pull off their transfers. See all the major deals here and check out how we graded the biggest signings. But just because the
11:31 AM ET Christian Pulisic said the United States men’s soccer team is focused on picking up its first win in World Cup qualifying when it faces Honduras on Wednesday, amid Weston McKennie‘s exit from the national team camp. McKennie was sent home by USMNT manager Gregg Berhalter for spending a night outside of the
2:19 PM ET Adriana Garcia Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has called on the Premier League and other European competitions to stop preventing players from joining their respective national teams during international windows. The Premier League unanimously agreed last week to not release players that had been called up for international duty if they were going
9:23 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City face the prospect of picking third choice goalkeeper Scott Carson for their Premier League clash against Leicester City on Saturday with No.1 Zack Steffen recovering from COVID-19. Eight Premier League players could miss the weekend’s fixtures after the Brazilian FA invoked a FIFA rule which prevents players from
12:06 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain have hit back strongly at LaLiga chief Javier Tebas after he mocked the age of their players and the spending of the French club, saying he should deal with the debt and “mismanagement” in LaLiga. Tebas, a long-standing critic of Qatar-backed PSG’s spending, told a news conference that the French
8:32 AM ET Associated Press Qatar has faced criticism from human rights organisations over the living and working conditions of workers helping to build stadiums. Getty Images Sweden’s football federation on Wednesday cancelled plans for a training camp in Qatar in January after Swedish clubs expressed concern about the 2022 World Cup host’s human rights record.
5:59 AM ET Memphis Depay was critical of his own performance in Netherlands‘ 6-1 World Cup qualifying victory over Turkey in Amsterdam on Tuesday despite the forward claiming a hat trick. The 27-year-old’s first international hat trick took him alongside Johan Cruyff on 33 goals but the Barcelona striker was not satisfied with his overall
5:35 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has said the club can achieve “big things” this season despite a cost-cutting summer that saw Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann depart. Koeman said it was a blow to lose Messi but stressed the team can improve in other areas without him, calling on
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