Month: March 2024

Mar 14, 2024, 01:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konaté has returned to the France squad for this month’s friendlies against Germany and Chile despite injury, while Chelsea‘s Axel Disasi has been left out of the 23-man list announced on Thursday. Konaté suffered a muscle injury earlier this month and has not
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Open Extended Reactions Gareth Southgate has revealed Ben White is refusing to play for England. The England boss on Thursday named a 25-man squad for upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Belgium with Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite and Newcastle winger Anthony Gordon both selected for the first time while Ivan Toney was recalled following his eight-month suspension
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 14, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions PSV Eindhoven director of football Earnest Stewart hopes United States men’s international duo Sergiño Dest
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Adriana Garcia Mar 14, 2024, 09:23 AM ET LaLiga confirmed to ESPN on Thursday that it will report to the Spain prosecutors’ office the “deplorable racists chants” from a group of Atlético Madrid supporters. LaLiga said the chants of “Vinícius chimpanzee” were directed at Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior and were heard in a video
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Mar 14, 2024, 06:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Joshua Cavallo, Australia’s first active male professional footballer to come out as gay, said he is engaged following an on-pitch proposal to his partner at Adelaide United‘s home ground. Cavallo, who came out as gay in 2021, thanked the A-league club for helping him set up
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Mar 13, 2024, 09:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The A-League’s new expansion side will be known simply as Auckland FC, donning an “electric blue” and black kit and with the nickname of the Black Knights. When the club join in the A-League Men 2024-25 season, and the A-League Women the year after, they’ll do
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Antoine Semenyo’s fine strike completed the comeback for Bournemouth. Luton Town squandered a three-goal lead to lose 4-3 at Bournemouth as they blew their chance to climb out of the Premier League relegation zone on Wednesday. It looked so good for Luton with first-half goals by Tahith Chong, Chiedozie Ogbene and Ross Barkley putting them
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Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCMar 13, 2024, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said he couldn’t bear to watch the team’s “emotional” penalty shootout win over Inter Milan in the Champions League round-of-16 on Wednesday. Federico Dimarco had put the Italians 1-0 up — and 2-0 up on aggregate — early
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Lionel Messi set up an early goal then scored one before leaving Inter Miami CF‘s 5-3 Concacaf Champions Cup aggregate win over Nashville SC on Wednesday night, as it advanced to the quarterfinals of the regional club tournament. The teams came into the game tied 2-2 on aggregate after the first leg in Nashville, but
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Jadon Sancho and Marco Reus scored as Borussia Dortmund secured a 2-0 win over PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday and a Champions League last-eight place for the first time in three years with a 3-1 aggregate victory. Sancho, on loan from Manchester United, threaded his shot through the legs of an Eindhoven player and in off
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Atletico Madrid needed a penalty shootout to edge past Inter Milan and reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League after an exciting round-of-16 clash ended 2-2 on aggregate on Wednesday. Jan Oblak saved two penalties and Lautaro Martinez blasted his effort over the bar to send Atletico through 3-2 in the shootout after the match
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMar 13, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Midfielder Tyler Adams has returned to the United States men’s national team roster for the first time since the 2022 World Cup, as the USMNT looks to claim the
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Mar 13, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions New Fenway Sports Group (FSG) Football Chief Executive Michael Edwards, who will run Liverpool‘s football operation, has not asked Jürgen Klopp if he will remain as manager after this season because “he is not dumb,” the club’s German boss said Wednesday. Edwards’ new role at FSG,
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Julien Laurens, CorrespondentMar 13, 2024, 09:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé is suing a kebab shop owner for using his name in the description of one of his sandwiches. Mohamed Henni, an influencer based in Marseille and well known in the football world in France, has opened a kebab shop. – Stream on
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