Month: August 2023

Aug 10, 2023, 08:30 AM ET West Ham have signed Mexico midfielder Edson Álvarez from Ajax on a five-year deal, the Premier League club announced on Thursday. West Ham did not disclose terms, but Ajax said the two clubs had agreed a transfer fee of €38 million ($41.90m), which could increase to €41m with add-ons.
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Salma Paralluelo of Spain celebrates after scoring her team’s winning goal against Netherlands at the Women’s World Cup. Getty Images Substitute Salma Paralluelo scored in extra time to lift Spain to a nervy 2-1 victory over the Netherlands on Friday and into the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup for the first time. The sixth-ranked
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentAug 10, 2023, 09:20 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. The San Jose Earthquakes have received an offer from Serie A side Bologna for United States attacker Cade Cowell, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Athletic was the first to report the
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Aug 10, 2023, 07:17 PM ET Fluminense’s former Brazil international Marcelo has been handed a three-match ban by CONMEBOL after his lunge at Argentinos Juniors’ Luciano Sanchez left the defender with a horrific injury in a Copa Libertadores clash in Buenos Aires last week. The 35-year-old left-back will also have to pay a $6,000 fine,
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Aug 10, 2023, 05:55 PM ET Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou is Real Madrid‘s number one choice to fill the void created by Thibaut Courtois‘ injury but the club are still looking for other alternatives due to the high price it would cost to sign the Morocco international, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Rodrigo Faez. Madrid have
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 10, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Aaron Wan-Bissaka has said he feared his Manchester United career was over during a spell out of the team following Erik ten Hag’s appointment as manager. The defender spent three months on the sidelines after Ten Hag’s arrival last summer and didn’t start a single game before
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Aug 10, 2023, 01:26 PM ET D.C. United and forward Taxi Fountas have mutually agreed to terminate his contract after allegations that he directed a racial slur toward teammate Nigel Robertha. ESPN reported last week that Fountas’ contract was set to be ended with the MLS club after the allegations, which stem from an incident
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Aug 10, 2023, 08:44 AM ET Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and will undergo surgery in the coming days, the Spanish club announced on Thursday. Sources have told ESPN that with Courtois out for six to seven months, Madrid will look to sign a new goalkeeper
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Tottenham have accepted an offer in excess of €100 million ($110m) from Bayern Munich for striker Harry Kane, sources have told ESPN. The 30-year-old will now decide whether to leave Spurs or see out the final year of his contract in north London. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Bayern had threatened to
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Aug 10, 2023, 02:41 AM ET Netherlands‘ forward Lineth Beerensteyn had a blunt reaction when she first heard that the United States had been bundled out of the World Cup: “Yes, bye.” The USWNT’s efforts to secure three-straight World Cup wins were ended by Sweden on Sunday, knocked out of the tournament after Lina Hurtig‘s
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Aug 9, 2023, 06:10 AM ET U.S. men’s national team goalkeeper Matt Turner has completed a transfer from Arsenal to fellow Premier League club Nottingham Forest, it was announced on Wednesday. Turner departs Arsenal after a single season in which he served as backup to Aaron Ramsdale and made just seven appearances — all in
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Aug 9, 2023, 02:40 PM ET Barcelona‘s Franck Kessie has joined Saudi Pro League side Al Ahli, the LaLiga club announced on Wednesday. Al-Ahli will pay €12.5 million ($13.72m) for the 26-year-old, who joined Barca on a free transfer from AC Milan in 2022. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) However, the Ivory
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Cesar Hernandez Aug 9, 2023, 02:16 PM ET Monterrey president Jose Antonio “Tato” Noriega said that the logistics and travel for Mexican clubs aren’t “fair” in the ongoing Leagues Cup tournament between Liga MX and MLS teams hosted in the U.S. and Canada. “Very unhappy, very disappointed, very worried,” Noriega said on Tuesday night about
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Aug 9, 2023, 07:37 PM ET The Premier League is investigating potential financial rule breaches at Chelsea under Roman Abramovich’s ownership, CEO Richard Masters confirmed Wednesday. Abramovich sold the club last year to an investment group led by American businessman Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital after the Russian oligarch’s assets in Britain were frozen by
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Associated Press Aug 9, 2023, 04:37 PM ET Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans appeared in an Athens court Wednesday to face criminal charges that include murder and membership of a criminal organization over their alleged involvement in deadly fan violence. The handcuffed youths — many with their shirts pulled over their heads to hide their
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