Month: February 2023

9:03 PM ET A pair of first-half goals by Mallory Swanson gave the United States women a 2-0 opening match win over Canada on Thursday night in the SheBelieves Cup in Orlando, Florida. Players from both teams wore wristbands in support of gender equality and transgender rights during the match and gathered at the center
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11:03 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens LaLiga president Javier Tebas says Barcelona will not face sporting sanctions for payments made to a former senior referee’s company but could still suffer criminal jurisdiction. Statute of limitations laws in Spain only make it possible to punish clubs within three years of any offences. Barca’s last payment
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12:15 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Multiple Middle East consortiums are expected to confirm their interest in Manchester United by submitting proof of funds ahead of a potential takeover, sources have told ESPN. Interested parties have been asked to prove they have the money to back up their proposals by Friday. Merchant bank The Raine Group,
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7:38 AM ET Associated Press A Las Vegas lawyer has been hit with a £277,966 ($335,000) penalty for pressing a bid in U.S. courts to force Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the £311,156 ($375,000) in hush money he paid to a Nevada woman who claimed the international football star raped her
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6:24 AM ET Tottenham face a further spell without Antonio Conte after the club announced their head coach will remain at his family home in Italy while recovering from gallbladder surgery. The 53-year-old underwent an operation earlier this month and missed Spurs’ 1-0 win over Manchester City, a match which saw Harry Kane break Tottenham’s
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3:41 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Karim Benzema climbed into the top five of LaLiga’s all-time goalscorers on Wednesday, after scoring twice in Real Madrid‘s 4-0 win over Elche. Benzema’s first strike put him ahead of Madrid great Raul Gonzalez onto 229 LaLiga goals, after he passed another club legend, Alfredo di Stefano, last
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2:12 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent BARCELONA, Spain — Erik ten Hag has heaped praise on Frenkie de Jong ahead of Manchester United‘s Europa League tie with Barcelona by saying the midfielder would “make any team stronger.” United tried and failed to sign De Jong last summer with the Dutchman staying at Barcelona to become a
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6:38 PM ET Associated Press Duangphet Phromthep pictured attending attending a Buddhist ceremony at the entrance of Tham Luang cave in 2018. Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images One of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 after being trapped for more than two weeks has died in England, where he was
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4:49 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al Khelaifi and Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly met on Tuesday in Paris to discuss a potential transfer of Neymar, sources told ESPN. PSG wanted the Brazilian superstar to leave last summer but could not find a club willing to take him on. The PSG No. 10, who turned
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4:53 PM ET Borussia Dortmund beat Chelsea thanks to a stellar goal by Karim Adeyemi in their Champions League round of 16 first leg at Signal Iduna Park on Wednesday night. Chelsea, who had a new-look XI for the Champions League after a busy January transfer window and the return of some injured players, looked
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4:28 PM ET Manchester City overtook Arsenal to go top of the Premier League after Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland scored second-half goals to give the champions a 3-1 win in a thrilling contest at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. Grealish capped a superb team move with a low deflected finish past the grasp of
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4:25 PM ET Jeff Kassouf ORLANDO, Fla. — Three years after the United States women’s national team protested their federation at the SheBelieves Cup, Canada’s players find themselves in a similar situation. Despite the longstanding rivalry between the teams, though, there is camaraderie from the common fight for equity off the field. On Thursday, that
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2:45 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email An evening of top-drawer football awaits, as Arsenal host Manchester City in a top-of-the-table Premier League clash, while the Champions League round of 16 sees a new-look Chelsea side visit Borussia Dortmund, while Club Brugge play host to Benfica. Don’t miss a moment of the
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