Month: December 2023

Associated Press Dec 31, 2023, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona defender Marcos Alonso will undergo back surgery in the coming days, the club said Sunday. The Catalan club said the surgery is aimed at fixing the “problems in the lumbar region” that have kept the 33-year-old Alonso sidelined in recent weeks. – Stream
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Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has branded Arsenal‘s “painful” 2-1 defeat at Fulham as their “worst performance of the season.” Bukayo Saka opened the scoring on five minutes, but goals from Raúl Jiménez and Bobby De Cordova-Reid condemned the Gunners to a second consecutive Premier League defeat, which leaves them fourth in the table. –
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Dec 31, 2023, 07:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions United States women’s national team star Crystal Dunn has joined NWSL champion NJ/NY Gotham FC after leaving the Portland Thorns in free agency, Gotham announced Sunday. Dunn, a 2019 World Cup winner, had announced in November that she would not return to Portland after entering the
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Dec 30, 2023, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arbroath were forced to bring on substitute goalkeeper Ali Adams after naming just four outfield players on the bench for their Scottish Championship clash against Raith Rovers on Saturday, only for Adams to score an outstanding 35-yard strike. Arbroath were 1-0 down early in the second
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ESPN News Services Dec 30, 2023, 02:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions France‘s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has joined MLS club LAFC from Tottenham Hotspur, both clubs said Saturday. Lloris, 37, whose contract with Spurs was due to expire in June, has signed a one-year deal with an option to extend for 2025 and
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ESPN News Services Dec 30, 2023, 05:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cristiano Ronaldo is set to end the year as the world’s top goalscorer after scoring his 54th goal of 2023 in Al Nassr‘s 4-1 victory at Al Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday. The Portugal forward’s 54 goals in official competitions
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Manchester United suffered a 2-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Saturday as the home side piled more misery on their beleaguered visitors with goals from Nicolas Dominguez and Morgan Gibbs-White securing the points at a rocking City Ground. Erik ten Hag’s United team are struggling in seventh on 31 points after their 14th defeat this
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Manchester City ended a run of three successive Premier League home draws with a comfortable 2-0 victory over bottom club Sheffield United on Saturday. Goals by Rodri and Julian Álvarez in each half barely did justice to City’s dominance as they enjoyed 84% possession in a routine win that at times resembled a training session.
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Danny Lewis Dec 30, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Cole Palmer scored two goals and assisted the other for his team in Chelsea’s 3-2 win at Luton. Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Chelsea ended 2023 with an encouraging performance and a 3-2 away win against Luton Town in the Premier League. Cole Palmer punished a lapse
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Associated Press Dec 30, 2023, 07:50 AM ET Brazilians paid several tributes to legend Pelé on Friday, one year after the three-time World Cup winner’s death at age 82 due to a colon cancer. A ceremony held at Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer, one of the South American nation’s most famous postcard locations, featured
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Chelsea survived a late Luton Town fightback to return to winning ways on the road on Saturday with a 3-2 win at Kenilworth Road, with Cole Palmer netting twice either side of a fine Noni Madueke strike. The expensively assembled Blues had lost their previous four Premier League away games but looked certain to claim
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Dec 29, 2023, 06:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Robertson has been injured since October. Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Liverpool defender Andy Robertson is set to remain on the sidelines for a while longer and will likely miss the whole of January, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday. Robertson is “not
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Associated Press Dec 29, 2023, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States defender Tim Ream and Fulham agreed Friday to a one-year contract extension through the 2024-25 season. The 36-year-old from St. Louis joined the Cottagers for the 2015-16 season. On Oct. 7, Ream became the 28th player to make 300 appearances for the
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