Month: February 2024

Associated Press Feb 9, 2024, 12:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — The NFL is headed to Spain in 2025 for the first regular-season game ever in that country. The league announced Friday at the site of the Super Bowl that its international slate of games for the 2025 season will feature a
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentFeb 9, 2024, 01:57 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami is in talks to sign Argentinos Juniors and Argentina youth international midfielder Federico Redondo, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Redondo is the son of former Real Madrid,
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Associated Press Feb 9, 2024, 07:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Anti-investor protests in German soccer escalated on Friday when fans attached bicycle locks to a goal and displayed banners showing a club executive’s face in crosshairs. There have been regular protests since last year against a plan to sell a stake in marketing revenues
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ESPN News Services Feb 9, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The new USL Super League has been granted Division 1 sanctioning by the U.S. Soccer Federation, putting it on a par with the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), it was announced Friday. The announcement came following a vote at U.S. Soccer’s Annual General
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentFeb 9, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has said he’s “99.99%” sure Manchester City won’t repeat last season’s treble. City are favourites to win the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup this season after lifting all three trophies last year. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)
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ESPN News Services Feb 9, 2024, 03:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An Argentina friendly in China next month was canceled on Friday in more fallout from Lionel Messi failing to play in an Inter Miami exhibition match in Hong Kong. World Cup champion Argentina, captained by Messi, last month scheduled a tour of China
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Adriana Garcia Feb 9, 2024, 10:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona were ordered to pay the fee in 2020. The club’s appeal was rejected on Friday. Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images Spain’s national court ratified a ruling on Friday forcing Barcelona to pay almost €23 million ($24.8m) in personal income tax regarding payments made
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Feb 9, 2024, 09:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Premier League bosses including Jurgen Klopp, Mauricio Pochettino and Ange Postecoglou came out against the International Football Association Board (IFAB) plan to introduce a blue card on Friday as part of trials to introduce sin bins in professional football. The trial will assess whether temporary dismissals
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Open Extended Reactions The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has postponed the introduction of a new blue card as part of trials of sin bins in professional football, sources have told ESPN. Football’s lawmakers announced in November measures to improve player behaviour and increase respect for match officials, which included temporary dismissals for dissent and
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 9, 2024, 07:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti has denied that Real Madrid‘s top-of-the-table clash with Girona on Saturday will decide which team wins the LaLiga title, but said Madrid will have to be at their best against a side who “have done better than anybody” this season.
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Open Extended Reactions Liverpool midfielder Thiago has suffered another injury setback after playing his first game of the season last Sunday, a source has told ESPN. Thiago, 32, came off the bench in the 85th minute of Liverpool’s 3-1 Premier League defeat to Arsenal on Sunday in what was his first game for 10 months.
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Ed Dove, Special to ESPNFeb 8, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Close Ed Dove is a writer and scout who has a deep and enduring passion for African sport, politics and literature. Instagram: @EddyDove22, Facebook: @EddyDoveAfrica Open Extended Reactions The Ivory Coast have had to wait to enjoy Sébastien Haller‘s impact at international level, but after
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ESPN News Services Feb 8, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States international Duncan McGuire‘s proposed loan move to Blackburn Rovers from MLS side Orlando City is officially off after the English Football League Board rejected Blackburn’s appeal on Thursday. Orlando had announced that the one-time capped U.S. striker would join the Championship
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ESPN News Services Feb 8, 2024, 07:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Gareth Southgate has not ruled out remaining England manager through to the 2026 World Cup, saying Thursday that he would evaluate his future following this summer’s European Championship. Southgate, who has been in charge of England since 2016, has a contract with the
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ESPN News Services Feb 8, 2024, 04:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami has apologized for Lionel Messi‘s inability to play an exhibition game in Hong Kong, a late decision that infuriated fans and disappointed organizers but one the MLS club said it deemed necessary. Argentine Messi, record eight-times Ballon D’Or winner, did not
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