Month: November 2023

Nov 13, 2023, 04:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions England have handed first call-ups to Chelsea‘s Cole Palmer, Manchester City‘s Rico Lewis and Aston Villa‘s Ezri Konsa for this month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia, the Football Association (FA) said on Monday. Palmer has scored four league goals since joining Chelsea from
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Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said Manchester City‘s 4-4 draw at Chelsea was proof that his team have not gone “soft” after winning the Treble last season, despite conceding three lead on three occasions at Stamford Bridge. A 95th minute penalty scored by Cole Palmer, who joined Chelsea in a £40m transfer from City in
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Alex Matan and Diego Rossi each scored and had an assist as the host Columbus Crew scored a wild 4-2 win over Atlanta United in the deciding third match of the Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday. The Crew will play at Orlando City in a single-elimination conference semifinal on Nov. 25. – Stream on
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Israel lost 1-0 to Kosovo after a superb first-half goal by Milot Rashica in their rearranged European Championship qualifier at the Pristina City Stadium on Sunday. Israel, playing in their first match since Hamas militants attacked the country on Oct. 7, stay in third spot on 11 points from seven games, a point ahead of
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 12, 2023, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Harry Maguire said his decision to stay at Manchester United in the summer has been vindicated after breaking back into Erik ten Hag’s team. After a frustrating first season under Ten Hag, Maguire was close to a move to West Ham United during the
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Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino has apologised to Pep Guardiola and the match officials after his furious outburst at the end of Chelsea‘s 4-4 draw with Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. The Chelsea boss strode onto the pitch at full-time to argue with referee Anthony Taylor about stopping the game when Chelsea were searching for
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Open Extended Reactions LONDON — These were the moments Cole Palmer joined Chelsea for. Deep into stoppage-time at the end of a breathless, enthralling encounter between the Blues and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, the 21-year-old was entrusted to convert a 95th-minute penalty to salvage a 4-4 draw against the Premier League champions. It is
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Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentNov 12, 2023, 02:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández says the negativity around the team has affected performances after his side came back from a goal down to beat Alavés 2-1 on Sunday at the Olympic Stadium. Barça had lost two of their last three games prior to
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A last-gasp goal by Empoli midfielder Viktor Kovalenko condemned champions Napoli to a 1-0 home loss in Serie A on Sunday as they squandered the chance to move up to third in the standings. Ukrainian Kovalenko scored the winner in stoppage time, netting from inside the box as the ball bounced in off the far
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Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool maintained their 100% winning record at Anfield this season with a 3-0 victory over Brentford on Sunday, their sixth successive Premier League win at home. Salah — who now has 200 goals in English football with Liverpool and Chelsea – became the first player in history to score in each
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Nov 12, 2023, 06:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane arrived in Germany on a record-breaking transfer and his sensational goal-scoring run this season has already exceeded expectations and turned him into an instant fan favourite. Kane joined Bayern from Tottenham in August for a Bundesliga-record €100 million ($106m) fee, with
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Juventus moved top of the Serie A standings with a 2-1 home win over lowly Cagliari on Saturday as defenders Bremer and Daniele Rugani scored in the second half to secure a fifth consecutive win. Juventus, who are unbeaten in Serie A since the end of September, top the standings with 29 points, one ahead
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Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane scored twice in their 4-2 victory over Heidenheim on Saturday to lift them provisionally into top spot in the Bundesliga while extending his own record-breaking scoring run in Germany. Kane, who has now bagged 21 goals in 15 matches in the Bundesliga and the Champions League for Bayern, opened his
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Associated Press Nov 11, 2023, 02:47 PM ET Former Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena has died after collapsing Saturday during an Albanian Super League match. The Albanian Football Federation confirmed the death of the 28-year-old Dwamena. Footage on social media appeared to show the player by himself and falling over on the field in the 24th
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 11, 2023, 02:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United are sweating on the fitness of Rasmus Højlund and Christian Eriksen after their narrow 1-0 win over Luton Town. Højlund was substituted in the second-half with a hamstring problem while Eriksen was forced off in the first-half with a knee injury. –
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World Cup winner Esther González scored the go-ahead goal on a header in first-half stoppage time and Gotham FC survived a wild finish to beat OL Reign 2-1 on Saturday night in a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) championship match that was in its first few minutes when Megan Rapinoe hobbled off the pitch in
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Nov 11, 2023, 06:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti said Jude Bellingham‘s shoulder will be assessed by England‘s medical team ahead of the international break, but insisted the midfielder “can’t play with the national team” after missing Real Madrid‘s 5-1 LaLiga win over Valencia on Saturday. With Bellingham watching
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