Month: April 2022

6:50 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has been confirmed as Austria‘s new head coach. The 63-year-old, who has been interim manager at Manchester United since November, has signed a contract until 2024. – Insider Notebook: Ten Hag tells Man Utd to leave him alone Rangnick confirmed he has held talks with the United board
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6:27 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick says Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Manchester United future will be one of the topics up for discussion when he finally gets a chance to meet new manager Erik ten Hag. Rangnick insists he will “definitely” take up his consultancy role next season despite sources telling ESPN the 63-year-old is set
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2:49 PM ET Premier League club Chelsea are on borrowed time and only have weeks to complete their sale, Britain’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport told the BBC on Thursday. Chelsea were put up for sale by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich before sanctions were imposed on the oligarch by the British
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8:58 PM ET The Miami City Commission approved a 99-year lease to the owners of Inter Miami CF for a redevelopment project that includes a new stadium for the Major League Soccer side. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games, replays (U.S. only) After over six hours of occasionally heated discussion, public comment and revising
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1:46 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino said Thursday he is “100%” sure both he and Kylian Mbappe will remain with the club next season. Speculation over Pochettino’s future in the French capital has swirled since PSG were eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid in the Round of 16, despite holding a
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4:32 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has proposed that the Manchester United squad vote on whether they want Harry Maguire to stay on as captain next season. Maguire was installed as skipper by former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer shortly after his £80 million move from Leicester in 2019. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
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6:29 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will play their home games during the 2023-24 season at the Olympic Stadium in the city with work due to begin on revamping Camp Nou this summer, the club confirmed on Thursday. Barca members approved a €1.5 billion funding package to regenerate the club’s ageing 99,354-seater stadium
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12:00 PM ET Jurgen Klopp has signed a contract extension at Liverpool that will see him remain at the club until 2026. Klopp’s deal was set to expire in 2024, with the expectation that he would take a sabbatical, but he has committed to a new contract. Klopp’s assistants Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz have
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12:20 PM ET In this week’s edition of his column, ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae dissects the tension-packed relegation equation featuring a couple of notable American connections. Pellegrino Matarazzo is normally one to encourage rather than scold his players in public, but the New Jersey-born-and-raised coach of VfB Stuttgart didn’t mince his words after
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9:05 AM ET Mino Raiola is one of the most well-known agents in football. AMA/Corbis via Getty Images Renowned football agent Mino Raiola posted on Twitter on Thursday that he was angry amid a flurry of reports that claimed he had died. “Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in four months
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3:00 PM ET The United States men’s national team will play fellow World Cup participant Uruguay in a friendly on June 5 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The exhibition at the home venue of Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City is the second of a four-game stretch that includes two friendlies
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5:30 PM ET Thomas Tuchel said he believes Chelsea‘s ownership uncertainty is enabling their rivals to gain an early advantage in the summer transfer market. Under the terms of a special licence allowing the club to function despite owner Roman Abramovich’s sanctioning by the U.K. government, Chelsea are banned from signing players or agreeing contract
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5:05 AM ET Tobin Heath has left Arsenal by mutual consent with three matches of the season remaining. Photo by ANP via Getty Images U.S. women’s national team striker Tobin Heath has been released from her contract at Arsenal, the club announced on Thursday. Both parties have agreed for Heath to leave the club early after
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2:42 AM ET Associated Press The Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC celebrate after a Peace Charity Match at Providence Park. Yellow won 4-3. Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports PORTLAND, Ore. — The final score didn’t matter in the end. Major League Soccer‘s Portland Timbers and the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League joined forces
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1:22 AM ET Juan Ignacio Dinenno scored a brace in Pumas’ 2-2 with the Seattle Sounders. Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images Nicolas Lodeiro converted two second-half penalties, including one in the ninth minute of stoppage time, to lift the Seattle Sounders to a 2-2 draw against Pumas UNAM on Wednesday at Mexico City in the first leg of
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10:48 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Luis Gerardo Chavez #20 of Mexico fights for the ball with Carlos Mejia #6 of Guatemala during Wednesday’s friendly match at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Getty Images An experimental Mexico team was held to a scoreless stalemate by Guatemala in a friendly Wednesday at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium. Despite
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