Month: February 2023

4:04 AM ET Relegation-threatened Southampton have appointed interim coach Ruben Selles as manager until the end of the season, the Premier League club said on Friday. Spanish coach Selles, 39, was placed in temporary charge after Nathan Jones was sacked on Feb. 12 following a dismal run of nine defeats in 14 games that left
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8:54 PM ET Associated Press The Portland Timbers’ Major League Soccer season opener against Sporting KC has been postponed because of severe winter weather in the Portland area, the teams announced Thursday. The teams had been scheduled to play Saturday, but instead will play Monday night. – Carlisle: What’s new in 2023? St. Louis returns,
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7:11 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Xavi Hernandez insisted Barcelona are improving despite another early European exit, this time at the hands of Manchester United in the Europa League on Thursday. Robert Lewandowski’s first-half penalty gave Barca the lead on the night and in the tie, but second-half goals from Brazil duo Fred and
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12:48 PM ET Sergio Ramos has announced his reluctant retirement from international football after being told he is not part of new Spain coach Luis de la Fuente’s plans. Ramos, 36, revealed that De la Fuente phoned him on Thursday and said he would not be selected regardless of his form with his club side
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6:41 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag says Manchester United‘s Europa League victory over Barcelona shows they “can beat anyone.” United added Barcelona to a list of statement wins this season that already includes Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford on Thursday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
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4:54 PM ET Manchester United produced a scintillating fight back to beat Barcelona 2-1 at Old Trafford on Thursday and advance to the Europa League round of 16 4-3 on aggregate. After a memorable first leg ended 2-2, Man United fell behind in the tie and on the night when Robert Lewandowski‘s 18th-minute penalty beat
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4:28 PM ET Associated Press Sevilla keeper Marko Dmitrovic subdues a pitch invader during their Europa League match against PSV. Getty Images A fan ran onto the field in PSV Eindhoven‘s match against Sevilla and punched the Spanish team’s goalkeeper in the face before being wrestled to the ground on Thursday. The incident happened late in
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8:44 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens LaLiga have confirmed that an investigation is underway regarding a possible case of match-fixing during last season’s Copa del Rey. The fixture in question is Levante‘s 8-0 first round win over Huracan Melilla, which was played on Dec. 2, 2021. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)
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6:22 AM ET Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have been included in Wrexham‘s squad list for The Soccer Tournament — a million-dollar, winner-take-all prize seven-a-side competition to be held in Cary, North Carolina, from May 31-June 4. The event will also feature Team Dempsey, which will be managed by former United States star Clint Dempsey,
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5:24 AM ET Associated Press John Motson covered 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals. Michael Regan – The FA/The FA via Getty Images John Motson, the BBC football commentator who was one of the most well-known voices in British sport for 50 years, has died. He was 77. “It is with
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8:10 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Mexican Football Federation president Yon de Luisa won’t seek re-election for his position, the FMF announced on Wednesday. De Luisa, who was hired in 2018, will serve out his term through May at which point Liga MX club owners will meet to elect a new president. – Stream on ESPN+:
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11:58 AM ET Tottenham midfielder Eveliina Summanen has been handed a two-match ban for “successful deception of a match official” after her role in Ella Toone’s sending off. England star Toone was shown a straight red card in Manchester United’s 2-1 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium following a confrontation with Summanen in the latter
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6:29 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he gathered his players on the pitch at the end of the 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig because he wasn’t happy that their “heads were down” at the final whistle. City were held at the Red Bull Arena on Wednesday after Josko Gvardiol‘s second-half
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9:15 PM ET Associated Press Alex Morgan and Mallory Swanson scored, and the United States defeated Brazil 2-1 on Wednesday night to win the SheBelieves Cup for the fourth straight year. Japan, which defeated Canada 3-0 in the earlier match at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, was runner-up in the four-team, round-robin tournament. All four
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