Month: March 2024

Mar 10, 2024, 12:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Catarina Macario scored in her second successive game for Chelsea to guide the London side into the semifinals of the Women’s FA Cup following a 1-0 win over Everton on Sunday. The United States international, who scored on her Chelsea debut last week after a 20-month
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Mar 10, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has said manager Jurgen Klopp’s planned departure from Anfield this summer will not impact his future at the club. In an interview with Sky Sports ahead of Sunday’s clash against title-rivals Manchester City, Salah said when asked if Klopp’s exit would provoke
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Mar 10, 2024, 07:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé was benched by Paris Saint-Germain for the Ligue 1 clash against Stade de Reims on Sunday, an ongoing trend for the forward amid his looming exit from the club and potential move to Real Madrid. The France international had been a mainstay for entire
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Wrexham rallied back after going behind early on to claim a 3-1 away victory over 10-man Morecambe on Saturday. Morecambe’s Gerard Garner opened the scoring on four minutes, slotting home after a mix-up in the Wrexham defence, but the visitors fought back around the half hour mark when James McClean arrived at the edge of
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Giorgos Giakoumakis scored his first MLS hat trick to propel Atlanta United to a 4-1 win over the visiting New England Revolution on Saturday. Thiago Almada also scored for Atlanta (1-1-0, 3 points). Carles Gil scored the lone reply for the Revolution, who remain without a point after three games. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
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Mar 9, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On a Saturday in which Arsenal looked like they might lose pace with the Premier League‘s title protagonists, they dug deep to steal a vital result. Barcelona, too, kept their title hopes alive — if only just. Inter Milan already have one hand and four fingers
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Mar 9, 2024, 07:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi could be left out of Inter Miami‘s starting lineup for the first time this season when the team hosts CF Montreal on Sunday. The 36-year-old Argentina star has played every minute of Miami’s three MLS matches so far in 2024, as well as in
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Open Extended Reactions Brentford boss Thomas Frank believes Kai Havertz should have been sent off before scoring the winning goal in Arsenal‘s 2-1 win at Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Havertz’s 86th-minute header settled a fiery contest thsat saw Declan Rice open the scoring only for Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale — recalled to the side due
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Ten-man Borussia Dortmund eked out a 2-1 win at Werder Bremen to hold on to fourth spot in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The visitors, who face PSV Eindhoven in their Champions League round of 16 return leg next week, went in front with Donyell Malen‘s bicycle kick in the 21st minute. – Stream on ESPN+:
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Mar 9, 2024, 08:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wayne Rooney has said he believes Marcus Rashford is the only player at the club who can overtake him as Manchester United‘s all-time top scorer, but said he has limited sympathy amid a difficult season for the forward. Rashford scored a career-high 30 goals in all
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Harry Kane scored a hat trick in Bayern Munich‘s 8-1 demolition of Mainz on Saturday to set a Bundesliga record as the champions cut the gap on leaders Bayer Leverkusen to seven points. Kane, who joined this season for a league record €100 million ($109m) from Tottenham, became the first player to score at least twice
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Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford fired in penalties to give Manchester United a 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday, their first Premier League victory in three games and one that will no doubt fan the embers of their top-four hopes. Erik ten Hag’s team remain sixth but with 47 points they crept closer to fourth-placed
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Mar 9, 2024, 08:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said Vinícius Júnior is treated worse on the pitch than any player he has coached in his career as he passionately defended the forward on Saturday. Vinícius scored Madrid’s only goal in their 1-1 Champions League round-of-16
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Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp has said his decade-long battle with Pep Guardiola is a “not a rivalry” and that the Spanish coach is the “outstanding manager” of his lifetime as he prepares to face the Manchester City man for the final time in a Premier League game as Liverpool boss. Klopp announced he will
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Open Extended Reactions Michael Edwards is in renewed talks with Liverpool‘s American owners, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), over a return to Anfield as the head of the club’s football operations, sources have told ESPN. Edwards, the man credited with overhauling Liverpool’s recruitment strategy and identifying Jurgen Klopp as manager in 2015, left his role as
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Mar 8, 2024, 11:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Panama midfielder Marta Cox has threatened to quit the national team again after the president of her country’s football federation (FEPAFUT) called her fat and “out of shape” following their CONCACAF W Gold Cup exit. Panama were eliminated from tournament without getting a single point in
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Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp has backed Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s right to say Liverpool’s success in recent years “means more” than that enjoyed by Manchester City, but said that everyone at Anfield respects their rivals at the Etihad and that Pep Guardiola is the “best manager in the world.” Premier League leaders Liverpool go into Sunday’s
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