Month: March 2023

4:57 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo continued his record-breaking form for Portugal as he grabbed two more goals in his country’s 6-0 thrashing of Luxembourg in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Sunday, giving them a second win in four days. The 38-year-old grabbed a double against Liechtenstein on Thursday and scored twice more in Luxembourg to
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4:06 PM ET CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla. — Interim United States coach Anthony Hudson said he hasn’t given any thought to whether he’d be interested in taking on the job full-time. Hudson has been serving as interim manager since predecessor Gregg Berhalter’s contract expired at the end of last year. Since then he’s overseen a 2-1 loss
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5:31 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte is leaving the club by mutual consent following a postmatch rant on March 18 in which he criticised the club’s players, owner and winning mentality. In their statement, Tottenham said that Cristian Stellini would oversee the team in an interim role for the remainder of the season.
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2:51 PM ET England have two wins from two to begin their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign. Rob Newell – CameraSport via Getty Images First-half goals from Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka helped England seal a dominant 2-0 victory over Ukraine in Group C of their Euro 2024 qualifying at Wembley on Sunday. Gareth Southgate’s side have
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10:43 AM ET Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden has left the England squad ahead of their Euro 2024 qualifier against Ukraine after undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis, the Premier League club said on Sunday. The 22-year-old played 12 minutes of England’s 2-1 win in Italy earlier this week before undergoing surgery on their return to
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8:12 AM ET Adriana Garcia Lionel Messi has been honoured by the Argentina Football Association who have renamed the national team’s headquarters after him. Messi, who captained Argentina to as they lifted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, has made 173 appearances for the Albiceleste since making his debut in 2005. – Stream on ESPN+:
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3:16 PM ET Alex Kirkland Barcelona’s Fridolina Rolfo celebrates scoring the winning goal from the spot against Real Madrid. Eric Alonso/Getty Images Fridolina Rolfo scored a second-half penalty as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 1-0 in El Clásico on Saturday to extend their lead at the top of Liga F to 13 points. Rolfo broke the deadlock
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10:03 PM ET Aidan Morris began the scoring for Columbus against Atlanta. Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports A brace by Christian Ramirez and the first career goals by Aidan Morris, Philip Quinton and Max Arfsten helped shorthanded host Columbus to a 6-1 win against depleted Atlanta United on Saturday. The loss was the heaviest for Atlanta in
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7:25 PM ET Associated Press A third-division game in Spain was abandoned Saturday after Serbian defender Dragisa Gudelj suffered a cardiac arrest. Doctors performed CPR on the field to resuscitate the 25-year-old Gudelj. The player was conscious when he was put in an ambulance and taken to a hospital in Cordoba. The club later said
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5:46 PM ET Germany forward Niclas Fullkrug scored twice to secure a 2-0 victory over Peru in a friendly on Saturday as the hosts launched their mission to rebuild a competitive team for next year’s Euros on home soil. In their first match since crashing out of last year’s World Cup in the first round,
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8:18 PM ET Morocco’s Abdelhamid Sabiri celebrates his historic winning goal against Brazil. Alex Caparros/Getty Images Sofiane Boufal and Abdelhamid Sabiri scored to give Morocco a 2-1 victory in an friendly match against Brazil in Tangier on Saturday, earning their first victory ever against the five-times World Cup champions. Boufal swiveled to score Morocco’s first with a
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6:19 PM ET Sinead Farrelly last played in the NWSL with the Portland Thorns. Rich Barnes/Getty Images) Sinead Farrelly, whose allegations against a former coach sparked investigations that found widespread sexual abuse and misconduct in the NWSL, signed a one-year contract with Gotham FC for the 2023 season on Saturday. Farrelly, 33, has not played in
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3:25 PM ET Associated Press New Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel acknowledged Saturday he faces a challenging start to his new job after his surprise hiring Friday to replace Julian Nagelsmann. Tuchel goes straight into crucial games, starting with German title rivals — and Tuchel’s former club — Borussia Dortmund on April 1 (stream live
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12:30 PM ET It’s been almost two months since the U.S. Soccer Federation announced that Earnie Stewart and Brian McBride were resigning their positions as sporting director and men’s team general manager, respectively. The consulting firm Sportsology was brought in to lead the search and analyze the structure of the USSF’s sporting department. And since
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6:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani has submitted an improved bid to buy Manchester United, sources have told ESPN. The Qatari banker was due to make his second offer ahead of Raine Group’s 9 p.m. UK deadline on Wednesday before all bidders were given additional time. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
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