Month: February 2022

8:00 AM ET Qarabag coach Gurban Gurbanov told Ibrahima Wadji to admit to the referee that he had handled the ball. Resul Rehimov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images FK Qarabag‘s display of sportsmanship in their Europa Conference League playoff against Marseille on Thursday, when they had a goal disallowed after Ibrahima Wadji admitted that he used his
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8:03 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Aeroflot has been Manchester United’s official carrier since 2013. Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images Manchester United have ended their sponsorship deal with Russia’s national airline Aeroflot. In a statement issued on Friday, United said they had “withdrawn the sponsorship rights” of Aeroflot, who have been the club’s official carrier since 2013.
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3:16 AM ET Associated Press Bahia played their match against Sampaio Correia after the explosion on Thursday, winning 2-0. Ian Walton/Getty Images Brazilian second-divison club Bahia said at least three of its players were injured by a homemade explosive that detonated inside the team’s bus on Thursday on its way to a match it later won.
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3:37 AM ET The 2022 Champions League final will no longer be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Richard Juilliart – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Paris will stage the 2022 Champions League final after UEFA stripped Saint Petersburg of hosting rights for the showpiece fixture following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops continued their advance on
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4:51 PM ET Arsenal earned a last-minute comeback win over Wolves in the Premier League on Thursday night. Getty A pair of late goals, one from Nicolas Pepe and another coming via a Jose Sa own-goal, earned Arsenal a late comeback win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Thursday night in north London. Hwang
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3:51 PM ET Barcelona and Napoli players hold up a ‘Stop War’ banner ahead of their Europa League playoff second leg. Getty Barcelona and Napoli players held up a “Stop War” banner ahead of their Europa League tie on Thursday following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Players and coaching staff from both teams came together minutes before
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6:58 AM ET UEFA are set to strip Saint Petersburg of the hosting rights for 2022 Champions League final, sources have told ESPN, after calling an extraordinary meeting of its executive committee following Russia’s attack on Ukraine on Thursday. The Krestovsky Stadium, a host venue for the 2018 World Cup, was due to stage the
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2:09 PM ET A Leicester City supporter who assaulted three Nottingham Forest players during the sides’ FA Cup fourth-round match has been sentenced to four months in prison and banned from attending soccer games for 10 years, the prosecutors said on Thursday. Cameron Toner, 19, ran onto the pitch and attacked Forest players while they
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11:41 AM ET The Football Associations of Poland, Sweden and Czech Republic have released a statement urging FIFA to stage any World Cup playoff against Russia outside of the country following its attack on Ukraine. Russia face Poland and the winner of that match plays whoever triumphs between Sweden and Czech Republic in a playoff
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9:47 AM ET Adriana Garcia Shakhtar Donetsk’s Marlon Santos spoke in the video appealing for help. Photo by Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images Shakhtar Donetsk‘s Brazilian players have appealed for help following Russia’s attack on Ukraine on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced martial law across the country on Thursday, and the country’s top-tier league has
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6:19 AM ET Several players from the United States women’s national team wore athletic tape on their wrists with “Protect Trans Kids” written on it during their SheBelieves Cup game against Iceland on Wednesday. The wristbands, worn during Wednesday’s game in Frisco, Texas, were a protest against a letter Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent to
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