Month: October 2023

Oct 19, 2023, 01:11 PM ET Juventus will provide full support to Nicolo Fagioli after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) confirmed the player’s seven-month ban for breaching rules on betting on matches has begun, the Serie A club said on Thursday. The FIGC announced the punishment on Tuesday, before confirming two days later that his
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Oct 19, 2023, 10:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It has been an extraordinary few months for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which owns the vast majority of Newcastle United. Over the summer, the fund (commonly known as PIF) spent nearly $1 billion to acquire some of the world’s best players, from Ballon d’Or winner
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Ross Devonport Oct 19, 2023, 11:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Inter Miami CF head coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino has confirmed his club’s continued interest in signing veteran striker Luis Suárez this winter. Speaking to the media a day before Miami’s final home game of the MLS season — a 2-2
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Associated Press Oct 19, 2023, 09:41 AM ET UEFA said on Thursday the result of the European Championship qualifying game between Belgium and Sweden, which was abandoned this week after two Swedish fans were killed before kickoff, will stand. The game was called off at half-time with the score 1-1. Both the Belgian and Swedish
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Oct 19, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Barcelona president Joan Laporta said he remains calm despite being personally charged with suspected bribery over the refereeing scandal engulfing the Catalan club this week. Laporta, 61, was added to the probe into payments worth over €7 million ($7.3m) made to companies linked to the
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Adriana Garcia Oct 19, 2023, 05:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi will have a farewell game at Barcelona‘s Camp Nou, according to the LaLiga club’s sporting director Deco. Since Messi left Barça as a free agent in August 2021 because of the club’s financial crisis, there has been talk of
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 18, 2023, 06:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sir Jim Ratcliffe is hoping to have his investment into Manchester United confirmed ahead of the January transfer window but there remain concerns about what finances will be available to boost the squad, sources have told ESPN. Ratcliffe and his INEOS consortium are proposing
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Open Extended Reactions Sandro Tonali is available for Newcastle United‘s Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace on Saturday and will be considered for selection by manager Eddie Howe, sources have told ESPN, despite being investigated in Italy for illegal betting. The 23-year-old midfielder, a £55 million ($66.8m) summer signing from AC Milan, was withdrawn last
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Cesar Hernandez Oct 18, 2023, 02:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States men’s national team will face Trinidad and Tobago while Mexico will take on Honduras in November’s Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals, which will determine automatic qualification for the 2024 Copa America. The home-and-away quarterfinal series announced Wednesday also feature Canada taking on
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 18, 2023, 09:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Borussia Dortmund are ready to offer Jadon Sancho an escape route from Manchester United in January, a source has told ESPN. Dortmund have publicly denied interest in signing their former player since his fall-out with United manager Erik ten Hag, but a source has
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Adriana Garcia Oct 18, 2023, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazilian star Neymar is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after test confirmed he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee during his country’s World Cup qualifying loss to Uruguay on Tuesday, Brazil’s Football Confederation announced Wednesday.
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ESPN News Services Oct 18, 2023, 05:07 PM ET Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on Wednesday called for an end to the violence between Israel and Hamas, saying humanitarian aid must immediately be allowed into the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Salah released a video message on his social media accounts, making his first comments on
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 18, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi is MLS’ highest paid player, with a league-record annual guaranteed compensation of $20 million, the MLS Players Association announced on Wednesday. That mark includes
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Oct 18, 2023, 07:27 AM ET Algeria international Youcef Atal was suspended by Nice on Wednesday for a social media post about the Israel-Hamas war, the Ligue 1 club said on Wednesday. Atal, a defender who has been at Nice since 2018, has since apologised and deleted the post. He had been on international duty
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Oct 18, 2023, 06:22 AM ET Barcelona president Joan Laporta has been charged with suspected bribery over payments made to companies linked to the former vice president of the refereeing committee, José María Enríquez Negreira, according to Spanish news agency EFE. The charges relate to Laporta’s first spell in charge of
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