Month: February 2024

Open Extended Reactions The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will announce the introduction of a new blue card on Friday as part of trials of sin bins in professional football, sources have confirmed to ESPN. News of the blue cards was first reported by The Telegraph. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Football’s
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Feb 8, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Euro 2020 winners Italy and 2022 World Cup finalists France were drawn together in the UEFA Nations League group stage after the draw was held in Paris on Thursday. The pair are in Group 2 in League A, which also includes Belgium and Israel. Germany and
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Adriana Garcia Feb 8, 2024, 12:42 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Cristiano Ronaldo has been named in Al Nassr‘s starting XI for Thursday’s friendly game against Al Hilal. The Portugal forward has shaken off a muscle problem that led to Al Nassr postponing their pre-season tour of China last month. – Stream on
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Feb 8, 2024, 08:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Parc des Princes has been home to PSG since 1974. Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain look set to leave their home stadium the Parc des Princes after the city confirmed the venue was not for sale, club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said on
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Feb 8, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin announced he will not run for reelection to the role in 2027 on Thursday, one hour after steering through controversial changes to the governing body’s statutes that extend term limits and would have allowed him to do so. Ceferin has led UEFA
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Feb 8, 2024, 03:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Three members of former boy band Boyzone are to appear at a Chorley FC game this weekend as part of a deal that could see Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy become the “face of the club,” according to the non-league team. Chorley play Solihull
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Adriana Garcia Feb 8, 2024, 04:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Enzo Fernández‘s agent has denied reports that the player wants to leave Chelsea this summer. Chelsea are 11th in the Premier League and look likely to miss out on Champions League football for a second straight season. Asked about media speculation that Fernández is
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Chelsea responded to a troubling week with a superb 3-1 win at Aston Villa to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup and put a smile back on the face of Mauricio Pochettino on Wednesday. Successive heavy losses in the Premier League had left manager Pochettino under intense scrutiny, but first-half goals by Conor
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Sebastien Haller sent hosts Ivory Coast into the Africa Cup of Nations final as they beat Congo DR 1-0 in Wednesday’s semifinal. Haller’s 65th-minute goal at the Alassane Ouattara Olympic Stadium continued a remarkable recovery by the Ivorians, who were almost eliminated in the group phase but will now take on Nigeria in Sunday’s final.
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ESPN News Services Feb 7, 2024, 09:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Hong Kong government demanded answers from Inter Miami CF and Lionel Messi on Wednesday after the Argentine played in a friendly in Japan just three days after missing a similar exhibition match in its country. Hong Kong’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau
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Open Extended Reactions The Premier League has seen a fall in VAR errors this season, but chief football officer Tony Scholes says there are “too many checks” which are “taking too long” and hampering the video review system. ESPN revealed two weeks ago that the number of mistakes at the same stage of the season
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Ed Dove, Special to ESPNFeb 7, 2024, 04:33 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 Congo DR players opted to make a show of solidarity instead of singing their national anthem ahead
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Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 03:35 PM ET Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves denied accusations that he sexually assaulted a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub, in testifying before a court on Wednesday. After two days of listening to testimony from the alleged victim, witnesses, police and experts, Alves told the court that their encounter
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 7, 2024, 02:18 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Chicago Fire FC is finalizing a deal to sign United States men’s national team midfielder Kellyn Acosta, sources told ESPN. Acosta, who has appeared 34 times for the U.S. over
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentFeb 7, 2024, 12:13 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions San Diego Wave defender Naomi Girma, Lyon midfielder Lindsey Horan, and Portland Thorns forward Sophia Smith headline the 23-player United States women’s national team roster for the upcoming 2024
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Feb 7, 2024, 10:09 AM ET Brentford striker Ivan Toney has again been subjected to racial abuse on social media, the club said on Wednesday. In a statement, the club said they are “angered and frustrated” at the abuse and pointed out it’s not the first time Toney has been targeted. “We are angered and
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 7, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions The Soccer Tournament has its first high-profile commitments for year number two, as Nani and Mario Balotelli have said they will compete in the 7-on-7, $1 million, winner-take-all contest in
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