Month: December 2022

11:52 AM ET Erling Haaland scored once again but Manchester City were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by Everton after a spectacular goal from Demarai Gray. Haaland’s 24th-minute effort was his 21st league goal of the season — the most a player has scored before the turn of the year in a Premier League
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1:49 PM ET Vinicius Junior has hit out at LaLiga for not doing enough to protect players from racism. Photo by Ion Alcoba/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Real Madrid‘s forward Vinicius Junior and LaLiga president Javier Tebas clashed on social media over LaLiga’s stance on dealing with racism. On Saturday, the Brazil international accused LaLiga of continuing
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9:24 AM ET Marcus Rashford came off the bench to score a late winner in Manchester United‘s 1-0 victory at Wolves on Saturday. The forward was dropped from the starting lineup after oversleeping and arriving late to a team meeting. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) However, the England international was brought on
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7:15 AM ET Marcus Rashford will start on the bench for Manchester United against Wolves on Saturday. Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images Marcus Rashford has been dropped from the Manchester United starting lineup for Saturday’s Premier League game against Wolves for unspecified “internal disciplinary” reasons, according to manager Erik ten Hag. Rashford, 25, had been
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2:36 PM ET Marc Overmars won the Premier League and FA Cup double with Arsenal in 1997-98. ANP Sport via Getty Images Former Netherlands international Marc Overmars was admitted to hospital after suffering a “mild stroke,” Belgian club Royal Antwerp said on Friday. The 49-year-old has served as director of football at top-flight Antwerp since March.
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5:41 PM ET Real Madrid secured a 2-0 win at Real Valladolid as Karim Benzema scored two late goals, including a penalty, to move them a point clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga on Friday. Ballon d’Or winner Benzema returned to the starting lineup after missing the World Cup for France, having
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4:13 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr after leaving Manchester United in controversial fashion, the club announced Friday. Ronaldo signed a contract until the summer of 2025 and, according to reports, will receive $75 million per year. Sources did not dispute that figure to ESPN. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
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8:50 AM ET Russian clubs and national teams have been suspended from competitive football since February. FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images The Russian Football Union (RFU) has created a working group to assess the feasibility of resigning its UEFA membership and joining the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), sources have told ESPN, after delaying a decision over
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10:52 AM ET Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch has said the lack of a US-style salary cap in the Premier League makes the English top flight harder, as not every team “has a chance.” On Saturday, Leeds face Newcastle United, who have made nine new signings since they were taken over by a Saudi Arabia-led
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8:15 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Espanyol have expressed their anger with the decision to temporarily lift a three-match ban for Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski which means he will be available for the Catalan derby on Saturday. Lewandowski, 34, was sent off in Barca’s final game before the World Cup against Osasuna after picking
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10:03 AM ET On the morning of June 11, 1975, a pack of rubbernecking New Yorkers gathers on West 52nd Street. They’re standing outside the venerable “21” club, a former speakeasy turned posh canteen to presidents, plutocrats and Hollywood grandees, drawn there by the steady drone of a police helicopter overhead — and, no doubt,
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7:14 AM ET Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said Darwin Nunez reminds him of Robert Lewandowski at the start of his career and insisted he is staying “calm” when it comes to the Uruguay striker’s progress. Nunez has endured a mixed start to his Anfield career since signing from Benfica in the summer, scoring nine
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7:02 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid are ready to make an offer of more than €100 million to sign Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham and are confident they will be able to speed up transfer talks in January, sources have told ESPN. The LaLiga giants view the England international, 19, as a
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