6:10 AM ET As Nigeria prepare to face Ghana in the first of two playoff games for a 2022 FIFA World Cup ticket, defender Leon Balogun is hoping to shut out the noise and focus on winning the tie, starting with the first game in Kumasi on Friday. The build-up to the fixture has been
Month: March 2022
9:33 AM ET MEXICO CITY — As you drive down the Avenida del Iman, Estadio Azteca looms on the horizon. From afar, it looks like a hulking birthday cake was plopped down in the Santa Ursula neighborhood of Mexico City. As you get closer, the concrete supports look like the collective arms of Mexico supporters,
11:52 AM ET Castellanos has been one of the outstanding performers in MLS over the past couple of seasons. Will that continue in 2022? Ira L. Black – Corbis/Getty Images The 27th Major League Soccer season got underway in late-February and, with each passing year, the league becomes an increasingly interesting mashup of veterans (name-brand and
Mar 23, 2022 Bongokuhle ‘Bongi’ Hlongwane is from a rural town in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, his first language is not English, he has almost no formal football education, yet he signed for Minnesota United in Major League Soccer by the age of 21. Hlongwane, who has been called up to the South Africa team
7:18 AM ET Adriana Garcia LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said Real Madrid are leading a new continental project that would exclude English clubs and go against UEFA and the Premier League. Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, three of the original Super League founding clubs, have remained committed to the project and, according to Spanish media
5:17 AM ET Ada Hegerberg will return to the Norway squad for their 2023 World Cup qualifiers against Kosovo and Poland. Photo by Roland Krivec/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Lyon striker Ada Hegerberg has returned to the Norway squad for the first time in five years, ending her dispute with the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) over
7:16 PM ET An executive of Peruvian club Universitario Deportes has stated that former Portland Timbers midfielder Andy Polo was paid in full by Major League Soccer and the Timbers despite the MLS club saying his contract was terminated last month, and that Polo was asked by MLS not to sue the league because he
10:51 AM ET The U.S. men’s national team has had a interesting relationship with the World Cup. After appearing in three of the first four competitions (1930, 1950, 1954), the Yanks missed the next nine before returning, in 1990, thanks to a pivotal qualifying goal by Paul Caligiuri in Trinidad & Tobago. (You can see
1:36 PM ET Associated Press Russia is launching a bid to host the 2028 European Championship in a challenge to the British Isles entry or against Italy for the 2032 edition, despite its teams being suspended from international competitions over the war in Ukraine. A meeting of the Russian Football Union (RFU) executive committee decided
9:03 AM ET United States women’s international Megan Rapinoe said so few male footballers have come out because the environment is not “safe.” Rapinoe was speaking to Chelsea pair Pernille Harder and Magda Eriksson, who are a couple, on their Sky Sports show The HangOUT. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more–
1:41 AM ET Associated Press The Orlando Pride apologized after a supporters’ group was told it could not display a banner that said “gay” at a match this weekend. The Black Swans’ banner was in reference to Florida’s recent legislation dubbed by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The supporters’ group went to Twitter,
9:00 AM ET Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is one of the fastest players in the game — but he hasn’t recorded the Premier League’s top speed this season. Nicola Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images When it comes to flat-out top speed, very few players in the Premier League can match the sheer velocity of Mohamed Salah once the
6:43 PM ET MEXICO CITY — While United States coach Gregg Berhalter wasn’t willing to divulge any details about the starting XI he’ll use in Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Mexico, he downplayed the idea that team is willing to play for a draw at the Estadio Azteca. “We want to win all three games
7:14 PM ET Danny Lewis The 2022 January transfer window is closed, but there’s still plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Top clubs still have Pogba interest Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba will
4:02 PM ET Associated Press The British government will allow Chelsea to sell some tickets again after easing the terms of its sanctioning license, meaning Real Madrid supporters can attend the Champions League quarterfinal at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea had been banned from selling tickets after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned last month for his ties
12:59 PM ET England striker Harry Kane has said he plans to speak with other national team captains to organise a unified approach to highlighting human rights issues ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. England manager Gareth Southgate held a 30-minute meeting with his squad on Tuesday to discuss a variety of controversies surrounding
9:01 AM ET The family that owns the Chicago Cubs, who are bidding for Premier League club Chelsea and facing social media criticism in England due to past anti-Islamic comments made by the family’s patriarch, released a statement condemning racism on Wednesday. The Ricketts family has agreed to meet Chelsea fans amid a social media
5:06 AM ET Manchester United plan to speak to “multiple candidates” for the role of manager at Old Trafford, sources have told ESPN, after interviewing Ajax head coach Erik ten Hag earlier this week. Paris Saint-Germain‘s Mauricio Pochettino, Spain coach Luis Enrique and Sevilla‘s Julen Lopetegui are also on the club’s shortlist to replace Ole
9:56 AM ET Cook Islands and Vanuatu have withdrawn from World Cup qualification due to COVID-19. Matthew Ashton – AMA via Getty Images FIFA have changed the format of the World Cup qualification tournament for the Oceania region after the Cook Islands and Vanuatu withdrew due to cases of COVID-19 that affected their national teams, world
8:06 AM ET UK and Ireland interested in hosting Euro 2028. Bogdan Cristel/EPA England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have submitted a joint Expression of Interest (EOI) to host the European Championship in 2028, the countries’ Football Associations said on Wednesday. Last month, Britain and Ireland announced plans for a bid to host the tournament
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