Month: January 2023

9:49 AM ET Former MLS Golden Boot winner Josef Martinez has signed with Inter Miami following his exit from Atlanta United, the clubs announced. Martinez, 29, joins Phil Neville’s Miami side as a free agent after Atlanta agreed to exercise its one allowable offseason buyout of a guaranteed contract. Doing so opens up salary space
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12:16 PM ET World Cup players Walker Zimmerman, Kellyn Acosta and Aaron Long highlight the 24-player U.S. men’s national team roster for a pair of friendlies later this month. The U.S. will begin training on Jan. 21. They face Serbia on Jan. 25 at Banc of California Stadium, followed by a match against Colombia three
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8:34 AM ET West Ham are interested in exploring a move for Manchester United‘s Harry Maguire but face an uphill task to land the defender in January, sources have told ESPN. West Ham head coach David Moyes is keen on strengthening his backline this month and views the 29-year-old as an attractive option losing his
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3:35 PM ET ESPN News services Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir left Lyon to join Juventus in the summer of 2022. Harriet Lander/Copa/Getty Images FIFPRO, the global football players’ union, on Tuesday issued a reminder to all football clubs about women’s rights after helping former Olympique Lyonnais player Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir win a landmark maternity pay case against
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Luke Shaw admitted to Erik ten Hag that he deserved to be dropped before rediscovering his best form, including keeping Erling Haaland quiet as a makeshift centre-back during the Manchester derby. Shaw was benched by Ten Hag following a 4-0 defeat to Brentford in August and was replaced in the
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12:30 AM ET Associated Press Mallory Swanson scored twice and the United States women’s national team opened the year with a 4-0 victory over host New Zealand on Wednesday. After a scoreless first half, Swanson scored on a header off a cross from Trinity Rodman in the 52nd minute before Alex Morgan added a second
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7:10 PM ET Associated Press The BBC has apologized after lewd noises were played on air during the broadcaster’s live coverage of an FA Cup match, apparently via a mobile phone that a someone playing a prank had hidden in the studio. The noises interrupted the coverage presented by former England striker Gary Lineker before
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10:36 PM ET Luis Suarez scored a hat trick in a debut win with Brazilian club Gremio. Getty Images Luis Suarez started his career at Gremio in the best possible way. The former Barcelona and Liverpool striker scored a hat trick in 38 minutes on Tuesday to lead his new team to a 4-1 victory over
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7:54 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Dual nationals Alejandro Zendejas of Liga MX’s Club America and Brandon Vazquez of FC Cincinnati in MLS will be called up for the first time by the senior United States national team, sources told Futbol Americas hosts Herculez Gomez and Sebastian Salazar. The sources said that the 24-year-old Mexican-Americans are
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4:40 PM ET Harry Elliot scored a spectacular goal to hand Liverpool a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in their FA Cup replay at Molineux on Tuesday. Liverpool, who were coming off a 3-0 defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion that left them ninth in the Premier League, drew 2-2 with Wolves in their first
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1:51 PM ET Police charged a 35-year-old man with assault on Tuesday after Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was attacked at the end of his side’s 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in a fiery North London derby at the weekend. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that Joseph Watts had been charged with “assault by
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1:27 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Sir Jim Ratcliffe has announced himself as a contender to buy Manchester United, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Ratcliffe, head of chemical company INEOS and Britain’s richest man with a reported worth of £9.8 billion, has registered an interest to buy the club from the Glazer family, who revealed in
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10:37 AM ET Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte has said there is a “bad habit” in English football of club executives choosing not to speak out and urged the club’s hierarchy to publicly explain the club’s strategy. Spurs are facing renewed questions over their future direction after losing Sunday’s north London derby against Arsenal to
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6:38 AM ET French football federation president Noel Le Graet is under investigation for harassment. Photo by Daniela Porcelli/Getty Images The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation for moral and sexual harassment against French football federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet. Le Graet, who has previously denied allegations of sexual harassment
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4:57 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona president Joan Laporta has told the club’s supporters to remain patient as the team continues to aim “very high.” Barcelona ended a 638-day trophy drought by beating Real Madrid 3-1 in the Spanish Supercopa final on Sunday, an exhibition Laporta described as a “Barca masterclass.” – Stream on ESPN+:
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