Month: November 2023

ESPN News Services Nov 30, 2023, 04:44 PM ET Fans of Polish side Legia Warsaw were barred entry to their match at Aston Villa on Thursday following clashes with police outside the stadium in which authorities said three officers were injured. The unrest occurred ahead of kickoff in the Europa Conference League game at Villa
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Associated Press Nov 30, 2023, 01:31 PM ET Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with class-action lawsuit seeking at least $1 billion in damages for his role in promoting cryptocurrency-related “non-fungible tokens,” or NFTs, issued by the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The lawsuit filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida
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Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCNov 30, 2023, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions “There’s been a big change inside this stadium.” Atletico Madrid have just fought back from 1-0 down to beat Villarreal 3-1 and, just a short distance inside the tunnel, the applause of the home crowd still ringing around the Estadio Metropolitano, Antoine Griezmann
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Nov 30, 2023, 10:05 AM ET Lyon have sacked manager Fabio Grosso, the French club said on Thursday with the team sitting bottom of Ligue 1. Grosso’s last game in charge was a 2-0 home league defeat by Lille, which kept Lyon bottom on seven points after 12 games, five points adrift of safety. –
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 30, 2023, 10:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag will continue to back André Onana as his first-choice goalkeeper and still believes it was the right decision to bring him in after the departure of David De Gea last summer, a source has told ESPN. Onana made
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Adriana Garcia Nov 30, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has said André Onana “has to do better” but insisted the goalkeeper was not the only one to blame for his team’s collapse at Galatasaray. Onana let in Hakim Ziyech free kicks either side of half-time as the Turkish
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FC Copenhagen earned a goalless draw at already-qualified Bayern Munich in their Champions League Group A match on Wednesday to snap their opponents’ 17-game winning run in group-stage matches and stay in contention for a second-place finish. The Bavarians have already secured top spot in their group and are on 13 points, with Copenhagen in
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PSV Eindhoven fought back from two goals down to earn a 3-2 win in a high-octane Champions League group stage encounter against Sevilla on Wednesday that moved the Dutch side closer to the knockouts and ended Sevilla’s qualification hopes. Defender Sergio Ramos gave Sevilla the lead in the 24th minute and Youssef En-Nesyri chipped the
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Nov 29, 2023, 06:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta praised his side after they romped into the knockout stages of the Champions League by sweeping Lens aside 6-0 on a freezing night in north London on Wednesday. The Gunners’ 6-0 win was the biggest ever victory by an English team against
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentNov 29, 2023, 07:12 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions The MLS Disciplinary Committee has suspended FC Cincinnati defender Matt Miazga for three matches and issued an undisclosed fine for “misconduct” following his team’s playoff win over the New
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Nov 29, 2023, 06:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti compared Jude Bellingham favorably with Zinedine Zidane after the midfielder’s man-of-the-match performance in Real Madrid‘s 4-2 Champions League win over Napoli on Wednesday. Bellingham’s header put Madrid 2-1 up in the Group C game at the Santiago Bernabeu, after Giovanni
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 29, 2023, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ISTANBUL — Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has refused to blame André Onana despite two mistakes from the Cameroon goalkeeper contributing to a 3-3 draw with Galatasaray in Istanbul on Wednesday. United’s hopes of qualifying for the knockout rounds are hanging by a
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Manchester United gave up a two-goal lead in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Galatasaray on Wednesday that keeps alive their slim hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16. United’s Alejandro Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes and Scott McTominay scored in a breathless game, but the single point kept Erik ten Hag’s team bottom of Group A on
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Nov 29, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker will be sidelined for at least the next two weeks with a hamstring injury, manager Jürgen Klopp confirmed on Wednesday. Alisson went down clutching his hamstring in the closing stages of Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Saturday. – Stream on
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Adriana Garcia Nov 29, 2023, 10:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mexico international Julián Araujo believes his national team can deliver success in the future but has asked fans to be patient. El Tri, under coach Jaime ‘Jimmy’ Lozano, won the Gold Cup in July but have received criticism of late for their style of
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