Month: December 2022

3:11 PM ET Spain coach Luis Enrique took full responsibility for his team’s shocking World Cup exit at the hands of Morocco on Tuesday night in Qatar‘s Education City Stadium. Although Spain dominated possession and pinned Morocco back for long portions of 120-plus minutes of regulation and extra time, the game ended 0-0 and went
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5:45 PM ET LUSAIL, Qatar — Portugal coach Fernando Santos said Cristiano Ronaldo‘s ongoing role in his team is “something which has to be defined” after dropping the 37-year-old for Tuesday’s 6-1 thrashing of Switzerland in the World Cup round of 16. A hat trick from Ronaldo’s replacement, 21-year-old Goncalo Ramos, in addition to goals
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3:25 PM ET Cesar Hernandez AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Morocco defender Jawad El Yamiq said his team “honored Arab and African football” after stunning Spain 3-0 in a penalty shootout in Tuesday’s World Cup round of 16 match that finished goalless after extra time. With the result, Morocco became the first Arab nation and fourth
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12:41 PM ET ESPN news services Cristiano Ronaldo was not included as one of Portugal‘s starters on Tuesday vs. Switzerland after a fallout with coach Fernando Santos after Friday’s World Cup game against South Korea. Portugal’s starting list included Goncalo Ramos up front along with Diogo Costa, Diogo Dalot, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Raphael Guerreiro, Bruno
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Dec 5, 2022 DOHA, Qatar — When Spain broke their 44-year trophy drought by beating Germany 1-0 in the Euro 2008 final, Luis Enrique had just put himself through physical and mental torture. Spain’s current manager, with a team of friends, ran, walked, hobbled and dragged himself across 251km in the blistering heat of the
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5:59 AM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo has not made a decision regarding the lucrative offer he has from Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr, sources have told ESPN. The Portugal captain is a free agent after he mutually agreed to terminate his contract with Manchester United in November. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)–
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12:14 PM ET FIFA has rejected France’s protest against the VAR decision to disallow Antoine Griezmann‘s injury-time goal in their 1-0 defeat to Tunisia. Griezmann thought he had scored a dramatic equaliser in the 98th minute of the final group game, but following a VAR review the goal was controversially ruled out for offside even
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5:00 PM ET Associated Press Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler announced Monday he is selling his stake in the team following an investigation that found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct were systemic in the National Women’s Soccer League. Whisler’s decision comes two months after the team’s board of directors voted to remove him as
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12:16 PM ET AL WAKRAH, Qatar — Bukayo Saka has played down comparisons with Kylian Mbappe despite enhancing his rapidly growing reputation during the World Cup in Qatar. The 21-year-old took his tally to two goals from three appearances as England eased to a 3-0 round-of-16 win over Senegal, setting up a mouthwatering quarterfinal clash
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7:07 PM ET Associated Press Oliver Bierhoff is the first managerial casualty of Germany’s early World Cup exit after agreeing to resign as managing director of the country’s national teams and academy. The German federation said on Monday that Bierhoff agreed to prematurely end his contract. It was due to run through the 2024 European
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12:02 PM ET Brazil football legend Pele on Monday backed Brazil‘s national team ahead of their World Cup round-of-16 match against South Korea, saying he will watch the game from hospital after being admitted there last week as he battles colon cancer. Pele, 82, said in an Instagram post that he wished to inspire Brazil’s
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