Month: February 2023

5:00 PM ET Barcelona‘s Sergi Roberto and Robert Lewandowski struck just before half-time to give the league leaders a 2-0 home win over lowly Cadiz on Sunday in their pursuit of a 27th Spanish title. Unbeaten in their last 18 matches in all competitions, Barcelona extended their LaLiga winning streak to seven games, piling pressure
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5:55 PM ET Associated Press Mallory Swanson scored in the 45th minute as the United States shut out Japan 1-0 Sunday to remain undefeated in the SheBelieves Cup. Swanson got the ball on a pass from Alex Morgan and outraced her defender before beating goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita from the center of the box with a
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5:25 PM ET Associated Press Son Heung-Min was subjected to “utterly reprehensible” online racist abuse, Tottenham said on Sunday. The Premier League club called for social media companies to take action after Son was targeted during the 2-0 win against West Ham United. The forward scored four minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute.
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3:54 PM ET The Glazer family have been offered the financial backing to remain as owners of Manchester United by American hedge fund Elliott Management, sources have told ESPN, after the New York-based group registered an interest in investing in the Premier League club. Elliott’s emergence in the sale process of United opens up the
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1:11 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag praised David De Gea for saving Manchester United in the first half. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Head coach Erik ten Hag branded Manchester United‘s first-half performance “a mess” and “rubbish” despite eventually beating Leicester City 3-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday. United dominated the second half to move within
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11:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has now recorded his best single-season tally, and it’s only February. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images MANCHESTER, England — Marcus Rashford maintained his remarkable run of goal-scoring form as Manchester United cruised past Leicester City with a 3-0 win at Old Trafford in the Premier League. Rashford scored
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10:52 AM ET Marcus Rashford has now scored 14 Premier League goals this season. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Marcus Rashford continued his clinical form in front of goal as he scored twice to help Manchester United claim a comfortable 3-0 victory over Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday. United could thank goalkeeper David De Gea
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8:37 AM ET Neymar was stretchered off with an ankle injury midway through Paris Saint-Germain‘s clash with Lille in Ligue 1 on Sunday. The Brazil international scored PSG’s second goal in the dramatic 4-3 comeback victory over Lille but landed awkwardly on his ankle following contact with Lille’s Benjamin Andre on 51 minutes at the
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3:34 PM ET Nick Pope was sent off in Newcastle’s Premier League clash against Liverpool on Saturday. Photo by George Wood/Getty Images Newcastle‘s third-choice goalkeeper Loris Karius is in line to make his first senior appearance for two years in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester United next week after Nick Pope sparked a keeper crisis
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1:51 PM ET Associated Press Cesar Azpilicueta received treatment on the pitch for almost 10 minutes. Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images Cesar Azpilicueta will stay in hospital overnight after being kicked in the head in Chelsea‘s 1-0 defeat to Southampton the Premier League on Saturday, manager Graham Potter said. The under-fire Chelsea manager said he
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5:02 PM ET Federico Valverde and Marco Asensio netted second-half goals as Real Madrid won 2-0 away to Osasuna to cut the gap to LaLiga leaders Barcelona to five points, but the reigning champions had to battle all the way to get their victory. With Karim Benzema missing through injury, Vinicius Junior had to carry
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4:00 PM ET U.S. women’s national team manager Vlatko Andonovski said that do-everything defender Crystal Dunn can compete at any position she wants if she’s unhappy about playing left-back. Dunn is as versatile a player as there is in the women’s game given her ability to excel in multiple spots on the field. She has
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2:43 PM ET Chelsea coach Graham Potter acknowledged the frustration of fans who booed the Blues off after a 1-0 home defeat by the Premier League’s bottom club Southampton on Saturday but said his critics were wrong to put all the blame on him. “After a 1-0 defeat at home, any criticism you get is
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12:30 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer Chelsea‘s nightmare start to 2023 continued with a damaging and deserved 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge to Premier League relegation-threatened Southampton. The Blues were vociferously booed from the field at both half-time and full-time after a disjointed performance bereft of almost any attacking cohesion. Bottom-of-the-table Saints, meanwhile, produced a
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11:21 AM ET Aston Villa and Arsenal staff clashed in the stands as Mikel Arteta’s team scored twice in stoppage time to win 4-2 at Villa Park. The physical altercation took place after Emiliano Martinez‘s 93rd-minute own goal gave the visitors a 3-2 lead, with eyewitnesses confirming analysts from both clubs — Villa’s Victor Manas
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