Month: October 2021

6:50 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur have been drawn to face West Ham United in the Carabao Cup quarterfinal with Brentford taking on Chelsea in another all-London derby. Liverpool will face Leicester City and former manager Brendan Rodgers. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more Sunderland, meanwhile, the only non-Premier League side left
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Oct 28, 2021 Brendan Rodgers could take over at Manchester United if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is sacked. — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: How the players at Old Trafford rallied around Solskjaer amid questions over his future. Jump to: Players sent Solskjaer messages of support | Clubs refuse police talks over tackling racism
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9:05 PM ET Associated Press Major League Soccer said Friday it will hire independent counsel to oversee an investigation into the Vancouver Whitecaps’ handling of misconduct allegations against former women’s coach Hubert Busby Jr. “The investigation will include a review of the club’s internal processes and overall culture at the time as well as recommendations
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he has received no assurances from the Manchester United board about his future as manager. Solskjaer has been left fighting for his job following the 5-0 defeat to Liverpool. The Norwegian will be in charge for Saturday’s trip to Tottenham but he says he has had
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6:00 PM ET Larry Best has resigned from his position as president of sporting operations of the NWSL’s Washington Spirit, a source has confirmed to ESPN. The Washington Post was the first to report Best’s resignation. A Spirit spokesperson declined to comment. Best had been under fire following the NWSL’s investigation into the Spirit’s workplace
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2:54 PM ET Inter Miami CF midfielder Federico Higuain announced on Friday that he will retire at the conclusion of this season. Coach Phil Neville said Higuain will serve as the team captain for Saturday afternoon’s home finale against New York City FC. – MLS Cup playoffs: Who’s in, who’s out and possible matchups– ESPN+
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7:31 AM ET Several Premier League clubs have been sounded out over their interest in signing Real Madrid‘s Eden Hazard in January, sources have told ESPN. Chelsea and Newcastle United are among a number of clubs to have been alerted to the possibility although it is unclear at this stage what level of interest there
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6:06 AM ET Christian Eriksen is not permitted to play in Italy this season as a result of the cardiac arrest he suffered at Euro 2020, his club Inter Milan said in a statement, with the Serie A champions open to letting the Denmark midfielder leave. Eriksen suffered the on-field cardiac arrest during his country’s
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4:03 AM ET Monterrey celebrate their CONCACAF Champions League victory. MIGUEL SIERRA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Monterrey beat favorites Club America 1-0 to win an all-Mexican CONCACAF Champions League final on Thursday at the Estadio BBVA. A ninth-minute goal from Rogelio Funes Mori was enough to settle the game for Monterrey, who were playing at home. The Argentina-born Mexico international
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8:43 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Joan Laporta has said Barcelona were “drifting dangerously” under Ronald Koeman and conceded he should have sacked the Dutch coach before Wednesday’s defeat to Rayo Vallecano. Barca president Laporta eventually dismissed Koeman after the 1-0 loss in Vallecas in midweek with Barca ninth in the league after just
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3:07 PM ET New Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds at their first news conference for the club. Getty Images WREXHAM, Wales — Nearly nine months after finalizing a takeover of Wrexham A.F.C., a team based in north Wales that plays in the fifth tier of English football, screen stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney
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5:08 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Joan Laporta will hold talks with Xavi Hernandez on Thursday over the managerial vacancy at Camp Nou following the dismissal of Ronald Koeman, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Koeman was fired after Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano, which left Barca ninth in LaLiga following three
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8:09 PM ET On Wednesday, Josh Cavallo was briefly the biggest player in world football. With a message posted across his and his Australian A-League Men club’s social media channels, the 21-year-old Adelaide United utility altered the landscape of football around the globe with one simple sentence: “I am proud to publicly announce that I
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4:33 PM ET Associated Press Christian Pulisic has resumed training with Chelsea ahead of a weekend match at winless Newcastle, the English Premier League club said Thursday. Pulisic, 23, has not featured since Aug. 14, when he scored in Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Crystal Palace to open the league season. – Don’t have ESPN? Get
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4:26 PM ET Liverpool look every bit like the best team in the Premier League right now, and that’s not just down to a healthy defense and Salah’s form. Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images On Monday, the day after Liverpool‘s 5-0 destruction of Manchester United at Old Trafford, every major publication (including this one)
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1:38 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo announced to his 360 million Instagram followers on Thursday that he and his partner, Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez, are expecting twins. The announcement means the 36-year-old Portugal international and Manchester United star will become a father to six children — two of whom, Eva and Mateo, are also twins aged
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