4:53 AM ET FIFA are investigating racial abuse aimed at England players during their 4-0 World Cup Qualifier win over Hungary at the Puskas Arena on Thursday. England players were booed when they took a knee before the match in a protest against racism while Raheem Sterling was pelted with cups and bottles when he
Month: September 2021
2:41 AM ET Mexico claimed an important win on the road to Qatar 2022. Getty Images A new-look Mexico began its road to Qatar 2022 with a hard fought 2-1 win over Jamaica at the Estadio Azteca. Henry Martin‘s 89th minute winner was enough for El Tri, who took the lead in the 50th minute through
11:19 PM ET Everton Ribeiro came off the bench to score the goal that gave Brazil a barely deserved 1-0 win over Chile on Thursday that maintained their 100% record in 2022 World Cup qualifying. Chile matched Brazil for most of a bad-tempered match but Ribeiro fired home after 64 minutes to give the visitors
10:13 PM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Argentina extended their unbeaten run to 21 games on Thursday with a comfortable 3-1 win over Venezuela in their World Cup qualifier in Caracas. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more (U.S.)– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN?
11:58 PM ET The United States played out a hard-fought draw against El Salvador in its first match of the Octagonal round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying in San Salvador on Thursday night. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more Tyler Adams wore the armband for the U.S., becoming the youngest player
7:11 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
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5:58 PM ET England manager Gareth Southgate slammed the racist chanting during his side’s 4-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Hungary in Budapest and called the perpetrators “dinosaurs.” Prior to the match, England players took a knee as a show of solidarity in the fight against racism and the gesture was met with loud boos.
4:53 PM ET European champions Italy made it 35 games unbeaten to equal the European record run set by Spain but were ultimately disappointed as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Bulgaria in their Group C World Cup qualifier on Thursday. In their first match since winning the European Championship in July, Federico
3:30 PM ET Manchester United confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo will wear the No. 7 shirt after he re-joined the club from Juventus. The Old Trafford side announced Ronaldo had officially signed on Monday after posting confirmation of an agreement with the player to make the move the previous Friday. – How Man Utd persuaded Ronaldo to
2:09 PM ET Kylian Mbappe has been ruled out of France‘s World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Finland after sustaining a calf injury in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw against Bosnia, the French federation said on Thursday. “Kylian Mbappe felt a pain in his right calf at the end of the match against Bosnia in Strasbourg on
10:39 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo is on course to make his second Manchester United debut against Newcastle United on Sept. 11 after being released from the Portugal squad six days earlier than originally scheduled following his world record goals against Republic of Ireland on Wednesday. Ronaldo, who completed a €15 million transfer from Juventus to
8:12 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona are still exploring ways to move on Miralem Pjanic in an attempt to further reduce their wage bill following a hectic summer at Camp Nou, sources have told ESPN. The transfer window closed in Spain on Tuesday but it remains open in Russia and Turkey, with Zenit
5:45 AM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo has said he is “not closing the count just yet” after becoming the all-time men’s international top scorer. The Portugal captain headed two late goals to give Portugal a 2-1 comeback victory over the Republic of Ireland in Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier to take his international tally to
4:00 AM ET The transfer window closed on Aug. 31, with Europe’s top clubs spending plenty of money to enhance their squads even amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the financial constraints that has brought. 2 Related Manchester United splashed more than €120m on Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, while also bringing back Cristiano Ronaldo;
6:48 AM ET Erling Haaland remains Manchester United‘s priority transfer target next summer, despite the club’s financial outlay to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus, sources have told ESPN. Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in Haaland, who can trigger a release clause in Borussia Dortmund contract at the end
4:40 PM ET It’s official: Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has surpassed Iran legend Ali Daei to become the greatest goal scorer that men’s international football has ever seen. – Ronaldo breaks men’s international scoring record The 36-year-old, who last month rejoined Manchester United from Juventus in a sensational move late in the summer transfer window,
5:16 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo became the all-time leading scorer in men’s international football when he headed two late goals to give Portugal a 2-1 comeback victory over Republic of Ireland in Group A of World Cup Qualifying on Wednesday. The Manchester United forward saw Gavin Bazunu, a Manchester City loanee, save a first-half penalty
4:44 PM ET Portugal‘s Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 110th international goal to overtake Iran‘s Ali Daei as the top men’s career international goal scorer. The newly minted Manchester United player’s record mark arrived in the 89th minute of Portugal’s World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland. Goncalo Guedes swung in a cross from
1:04 PM ET United States men’s national team star Christian Pulisic did not travel with the team to El Salvador on Wednesday and will miss the Americans’ opening World Cup qualifier. Pulisic, the top American player, is recovering after testing positive for COVID-19. He has said he is fully vaccinated. – Stream ESPN FC Daily