Month: June 2022

4:38 AM ET Former UEFA president Michel Platini (C) arrives to Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court for a hearing in his trial over a suspected fraudulent payment in the southern city of Bellinzona. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt
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9:05 AM ET Eve Perisset joined Chelsea from Bordeaux. Photo by Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC Chelsea made their first signing under the new ownership led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital after their women’s team brought in France defender Eve Perisset from Bordeaux on Wednesday. Perisset, who has signed a three-year deal, will join Chelsea on July
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4:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Every summer, Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak uses the club’s in-house television channel to address the fans. It’s usually a review of the previous season, but this year’s address also included a warning for the Premier League and the rest of Europe. Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland, one of
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8:43 AM ET The English Football Association (FA) have submitted a formal request to the Premier League asking for matches between the “Big Six” not to be scheduled on the weekend before the World Cup starts, sources have told ESPN. England manager Gareth Southgate is concerned about the eight-day turnaround between the pause in the
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5:00 AM ET England claimed a 1-1 draw against Germany on Tuesday night, thanks to Harry Kane‘s 88th-minute penalty in Munich. Kane was handed the chance to claim England’s first point of their UEFA Nations League campaign when the VAR, Juan Martinez Munuera, advised referee Carlos del Cerro Grande to review a foul by Germany
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Jun 7, 2022 Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe is the most valuable football player in the world, according Swiss research group CIES Football Observatory, followed by Real Madrid‘s Vinicius Jr. and new Manchester City recruit Erling Haaland. Mbappe, who turned down Real and signed a new three-year deal at PSG last month, topped the list
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Jun 6, 2022 The statue of Zinedine Zidane was removed in 2013 after it was criticised for promoting idolatry and encouraged violence. KARIM JAAFAR/AL-WATAN DOHA/AFP via Getty Images A statue immortalising Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt during the 2006 World Cup final will be re-installed in Qatar after it was removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash, the
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Jun 6, 2022 Wales interim manager Rob Page has said the game against the United States men’s national team in Qatar is “winnable” after they qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 62 years. Wales secured a 1-0 win over Ukraine in their qualification playoff final on Sunday and will now play
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4:39 PM ET Rodrigo Faez Julien Laurens Aurelien Tchouameni is set to join Real Madrid from AS Monaco on a five-year contract, sources have told ESPN. The Champions League winners and the Ligue 1 side have reached an agreement for a deal worth up to €80 million ($86m) plus add-ons with the player set to
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11:38 AM ET Orlando Pride coaches Amanda Cromwell and Sam Greene were placed on temporary administrative leave on Tuesday by the National Women’s Soccer League and NWSLPA, pending an investigation into a violation of the NWSL discrimination, harassment and bullying policy for “alleged retaliation.” The move is part of a broader investigation that began in
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