Month: June 2022

Jun 23, 2022 Adriana Garcia Relevent Sports CEO Daniel Sillman has said LaLiga games will be played on North American soil before the 2026 World Cup. LaLiga signed a 15-year marketing agreement with Relevent Sports in August 2018 to promote the game in North America and have tried since without success to stage several league
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6:08 AM ET Christopher Nkunku said that his story isn’t over at RB Leipzig. Roland Krivec/vi/DeFodi Bundesliga player of the season Christopher Nkunku signed a contract extension with RB Leipzig through to 2026, the club announced on Thursday, ending months of speculation about a possible departure. The versatile France attacking midfielder scored 20 league goals and
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12:29 PM ET Associated Press FIFA has approved bigger 26-man squads for the World Cup in Qatar, deciding Thursday to extend football’s relaxation of rules that help coaches and players during the COVID-19 pandemic. The move was expected from the FIFA Bureau — comprising the presidents of FIFA and football’s six confederations — after 23-player
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4:10 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Real Madrid haven’t managed back-to-back LaLiga title wins in 14 years, but that’s the challenge facing Carlo Ancelotti’s Spanish champions when they kick off this season’s campaign away at Almeria on opening weekend. The fixture list for 2022-23 was released on Thursday, with the season beginning on the weekend
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2:36 PM ET Oliver McBurnie, pictured, and teammate Rhian Brewster were charged with common assault by the Nottinghamshire Police on Thursday. Getty Images Sheffield United duo Rhian Brewster and Oliver McBurnie were charged with assault by Nottinghamshire Police on Thursday following the disorder that marred their Championship playoff semifinal at Nottingham Forest last month. The club
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7:51 AM ET Associated Press Jeff Luhnow was fired by Houston Astros in 2020 for sign stealing. Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images An investment group led by former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, who lost his job in baseball for sign stealing, has bought Spanish soccer club Leganes. “We will do all
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8:21 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have made a first offer to Bayern Munich for Robert Lewandowski and would also like to sign Sevilla‘s Jules Kounde to bolster their defence, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Bayern want more than €40 million for the Polish striker, who has expressed a desire to leave, but
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6:26 AM ET There had been no specific ruling in Germany for footballers on the issue before now. Photo by John Walton – PA Images via Getty Images Transgender and non-binary footballers can now decide themselves whether to play for a men’s or women’s team instead of being bound by personal identification data, the German Football
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4:36 PM ET Chelsea have identified outgoing Liverpool transfer supremo Michael Edwards as the leading candidate to become sporting director at Stamford Bridge, sources have told ESPN, following confirmation that senior executive Marina Granovskaia will leave the club later this summer. Edwards, who joined Liverpool from Tottenham to become head of performance and analysis at
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5:39 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain are set to hire Nice‘s Christophe Galtier as the club’s next manager, sources have told ESPN. The Ligue 1 champions have reached an agreement with Nice and Galtier, with an official announcement expected in the coming days. PSG will pay a fee of around €10 million to Nice — where
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9:48 PM ET The New York Red Bulls came to life in the second half to beat New York City FC 3-0 on Wednesday night in Harrison, New Jersey, to reach the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup. The quarterfinal match — a Hudson River derby between the top two teams in Major League Soccer’s
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4:55 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Darwin Machis joining FC Juarez from LaLiga will make a world of difference for the bordertown club in the Apertura. Ãlex Cámara/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s still early days in Liga MX‘s summer transfer window, but we’ve already seen a number of eye-catching moves into and within Mexico’s top flight. Ahead
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