Month: March 2023

5:05 PM ET Sophie Lawson Arsenal beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in front of a record crowd of 21,307 at the Emirates on Wednesday to reach to the semifinals of the Women’s Champions League. First-half goals from Frida Maanum and Stina Blackstenius were all Jonas Eidevall’s side needed to overturn their 1-0 deficit from the opening
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7:30 AM ET FIFA has extended bans imposed on past and present Juventus officials to apply worldwide, the football governing body said on Wednesday, with Tottenham‘s managing director of football Fabio Paratici among the individuals affected by the move. In January, Serie A‘s Juventus were deducted 15 points for the season by an Italian football
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5:48 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have a verbal agreement in place to sign Inigo Martinez in the summer and are pressing on with negotiations to bring in Ilkay Gundogan, sources have told ESPN. Both moves are dependent on Barca reducing their wage bill, though, with the Catalan club expected to be in
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2:13 PM ET Associated Press The defending champion United States will play Mexico in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Nations League on June 15 at Las Vegas. The winner advances to the final against Canada or Panama on June 18, also in Las Vegas, the regional governing body said Wednesday. The semifinal match kicks off
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11:35 AM ET FIFA president Gianni Infantino, left, with Indonesia President Joko Widodo. Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images) Indonesia was stripped of hosting the men’s Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday amid political turmoil regarding Israel’s participation. FIFA said Indonesia was removed from staging the 24-team tournament scheduled to start on May 20 “due to the current
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11:16 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are planning to step up contract talks with Marcus Rashford before the end of the season, sources have told ESPN. United triggered a one-year option in Rashford’s contract in December which will keep him at Old Trafford until 2024 but the club are keen to agree a long-term
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8:26 AM ET Associated Press Leeds United midfielder Tyler Adams is set for an extended spell out of the team after undergoing a hamstring operation. Adams missed the Premier League match at Wolves on March 18 and didn’t play for the United States in its games against Grenada and El Salvador over the past week.
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7:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The world’s best male players are getting younger, but is it finally time to crown successors to the legendary Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo? For the fifth straight year (read 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 here), ESPN brings you our list of the game’s next top young stars aged 21
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5:01 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Ansu Fati has not played a big role for Barcelona this season. David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images Ansu Fati‘s father said he is furious at his son’s lack of minutes at Barcelona this season and that he would be open to a move away from the club. Ansu, 20, has
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6:37 PM ET Excelsior Rotterdam’s Dutch defender Redouan El Yaakoubi has relinquished the club captaincy after refusing to pose in a team photo with the OneLove banner ahead of a Dutch top-flight game, the Eredivisie club said on Tuesday. The incident took place on March 19 ahead of Excelsior’s 4-1 home win over SC Cambuur
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7:28 PM ET Herve Renard has resigned as Saudi Arabia coach in order to take over as coach of the France women’s team, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) said on Tuesday. The federation agreed to terminate Renard’s contract at his request, it said in a statement on Twitter. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
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5:28 PM ET Kevin Nagle at an event announcing Sacramento had been granted an MLS franchise in 2019. D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports American businessman Kevin Nagle, the owner of USL Championship side Sacramento Republic, has begun the process to purchase English Championship side Huddersfield Town, he announced Tuesday. “I am beyond pleased to announce I
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9:30 PM ET Argentina continued their post-World Cup celebrations with a runaway 7-0 friendly win over Curacao Tuesday on another memorable night for talisman Lionel Messi. Messi put on a clinic in the first half, scoring a hat trick to surpass the 100 goals mark for Argentina, with Nicolas Gonzalez and Enzo Fernandez both netting
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4:57 PM ET Visitors Belgium battled to a 3-2 win over Germany in a friendly on Tuesday to make it two wins from two matches in the past four days while piling pressure on the embattled Euro 2024 hosts. With both teams eager to bounce back from their shock group-stage World Cup exits in December,
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5:14 PM ET (adds details, quotes) GLASGOW, Scotland, March 28 (Reuters) – Scotland’s Scott McTominay grabbed another brace of goals as they stunned a much-changed Spain side to earn a deserved 2-0 victory in their Euro 2024 qualifier at Hampden Park on Tuesday and maintain their perfect start to the campaign. The win was a
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