Month: April 2023

7:36 AM ET Harry Kane has said Tottenham Hotspur players held an “honest” conversation with club chairman Daniel Levy after their 6-1 humiliation at Newcastle United on Sunday. Spurs fell 5-0 down at St James’ Park within 21 minutes in a shocking defeat which culminated with interim boss Christian Stellini being sacked on Monday. The
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2:39 PM ET Aerial view of Cuauhtemoc Stadium in Puebla with the Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl volcanoes in the background. Hector Vivas/Getty Images The top flight Mexican league match between Club Puebla and Club Tijuana has been rescheduled for Saturday due to the activity of the Popocatepetl volcano, Liga MX said. The Popocatepetl volcano, in the Mexican
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4:33 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the scoresheet on Friday, heading in the opening goal in Al Nassr‘s 4-0 victory over Al Raed in the Saudi Pro League. The Portuguese star struck inside four minutes, meeting a cross from the right by Sultan Al-Ghannam and heading down into the corner of the net from
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4:45 PM ET Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund‘s title chances suffered a serious blow on Friday after they stumbled to a 1-1 draw at struggling VfL Bochum in the mini Ruhr derby with four games left to play. Dortmund are on 61 points, two points clear of second-placed Bayern Munich, who will take over the lead
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1:58 PM ET Italian Air Force aerobatic unit Frecce Tricolori (Tricolour Arrows) spreads smoke with the colors of the Italian flag over the city in front of the Vesuvius volcano earlier this month. Antonio Balasco/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images Napoli fans preparing to celebrate the club’s first Italian league title since 1990 have been told to steer
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12:55 PM ET Welsh legend Gareth Bale won’t be coming out of retirement to play for Wrexham next season, despite the pleas of the club’s Hollywood actor co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. After Wrexham earned promotion to the English Football League (EFL) last weekend, McElhenney responded to a congratulatory message from Bale with an
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6:57 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Luka Modric will miss Real Madrid‘s Copa del Rey final against Osasuna with a thigh injury and is a doubt for their Champions League semifinal first leg with Manchester City, sources have told ESPN. Modric, who played 63 minutes of Madrid’s surprise 4-2 LaLiga defeat to Girona on
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6:49 AM ET Adriana Garcia Marcos Rojo has hit out at former Manchester United teammate Harry Maguire, claiming coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer only started him because of his record price tag for a defender. The England international became the most expensive defender of all time after he moved to United in the summer of 2019
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8:30 AM ET Erik ten Hag has said Manchester United will not allow Alejandro Garnacho to miss the end of the domestic season to represent Argentina at the Under-20s World Cup. The 18-year-old is thought to have asked to join up with his international teammates for the tournament which Argentina will host between May 20
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5:27 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani will submit another bid to buy Manchester United on Friday and remains confident it will be successful despite concerns current owners, the Glazer Family, are determined to stay, sources have told ESPN. Raine Group, the merchant bank handling the process for the Glazers, are expecting
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4:27 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen In the multi-billion-pound industry that is the top end of professional football, for better or worse it’s transfer activity that attracts the most attention among investors, owners, managers, sporting staff, media and supporters alike. And although the transfer window doesn’t reopen for another couple of months, planning is already well
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5:17 PM ET >photo caption=”Fiorentina’s Antonin Barak celebrates with his team’s supporters after reaching the Coppa Italia final.”> Reluctant Fiorentina were held to a goalless draw by Cremonese in the second leg of their Coppa Italia semifinal on Thursday and they will face Inter Milan in the final following a 2-0 aggregate win. Six-time winners
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5:10 PM ET Callum Wilson scored a superb second goal to help Newcastle to a crushing victory over Everton. Alex Livesey/Getty Images Callum Wilson scored twice as Newcastle United tightened their grip on a Champions League qualification place with a thumping 4-1 Premier League victory at second-bottom Everton on Thursday, deepening the relegation crisis at the
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6:36 PM ET Erik ten Hag accused his Manchester United players of believing “90 percent is enough” after allowing a two-goal lead to slip in Thursday’s 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur. United raced into a 2-0 lead at the break through stellar goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford, but Spurs rallied to earn a
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2:49 PM ET Sam Marsden Barcelona held off Chelsea to reach another Women’s Champions League final. Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Barcelona are into a fourth Champions League final in five years after a nervy 1-1 draw against Chelsea at Spotify Camp Nou on Thursday saw them progress 2-1 on aggregate. Caroline Graham Hansen, who scored
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5:08 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur pulled off a remarkable second-half turnaround to draw 2-2 with Manchester United in a high-stakes Premier League affair on Thursday in north London. Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford put Man United in control in the first half, but Pedro Porro‘s moment of magic early in the second half for Spurs
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12:38 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will shut down the television channel Barca TV at the end of the season, the club said in a statement on Thursday. Sources told ESPN the cost-cutting act was related to making savings across the board to free up money to invest in the playing squad, although
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