Month: April 2024

ESPN News Services Apr 12, 2024, 07:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States captain Tyler Adams will miss Bournemouth‘s home Premier League game against Manchester United on Saturday. Adams was absent from a 2-1 defeat at Luton last weekend because of back spasms but Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola was optimistic that the midfielder would
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Lizzy Becherano Apr 12, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami CF assistant coach Javier Morales expects Lionel Messi to feature against Sporting Kansas City on Saturday in front of an expected record-breaking crowd of 70,000 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Argentine forward played the entirety of
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Emily Keogh Apr 12, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea manager Emma Hayes deflected questions and criticism over her comments towards Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall after the Conti Cup last month, instead opting to recite a Robert Frost poem and detail an interaction with her son. In the aftermath of the final, Hayes
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Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has said he believes his ban against Aston Villa in December may have triggered a change in his touchline behaviour. The Arsenal boss was forced to watch from the stands after receiving three yellow cards in the early part of the season as John McGinn scored the only goal at
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Apr 12, 2024, 08:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wrexham can secure promotion for the second successive year if results go their way on Saturday in what would be the latest thrilling chapter in the team’s Hollywood story. The Welsh club need five points from their final three games to guarantee promotion to League One
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Apr 12, 2024, 05:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Hundreds of thousands of fans lined the streets of Bilbao on Thursday to celebrate Athletic Club‘s Copa del Rey triumph, with the players crossing the city by river boat. Athletic beat Mallorca on penalties on Saturday in the Copa del Rey final
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Adriana Garcia Apr 12, 2024, 05:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions An angry spectator whipped Al Ittihad striker Abderrazak Hamdallah from the stands during an argument after Thursday’s Saudi Super Cup final. The disturbing incident occurred during the award ceremony after Al Hilal‘s 4-1 win over Al-Ittihad in Abu Dhabi. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
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Apr 12, 2024, 04:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool “lost the plot” against Atalanta and fully deserved their 3-0 defeat in the Europa League quarterfinal first leg, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Thursday. Gianluca Scamacca struck either side of half-time before Mario Pasalic capped an impressive win at Anfield as Liverpool slumped to their
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ESPN News Services Apr 11, 2024, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Al Hilal beat Al Ittihad 4-1 in the final of the Saudi Super Cup on Thursday to stay on course to win four trophies this season, with the injured Neymar watching his teammates cruise to victory. The trophy, lifted in Abu Dhabi’s Mohammed
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Apr 11, 2024, 03:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Premier League clubs have agreed in principle to introduce new financial rules next season, voting on Thursday to go ahead with squad cost ratio rules to replace the current Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR), a source said. Clubs will likely be limited to spending 85% of
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Late strikes by Bayer Leverkusen substitutes Jonas Hofmann and Victor Boniface earned the Bundesliga leaders a 2-0 home win over West Ham United in their Europa League quarterfinal first leg. Leverkusen, still without a loss across all competitions this season, outshot West Ham 33 to 1 on the night and produced two late goals to send
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Liverpool slumped to a shock 3-0 home defeat by Atalanta on Thursday as Gianluca Scamacca struck twice for the Italian side in their Europa League quarterfinal first leg. The loss damages Liverpool’s hopes of a treble of trophies in manager Jurgen Klopp’s final season at Anfield. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, NWSL more (U.S.)
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ESPN News Services Apr 11, 2024, 04:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York City officials approved a plan Thursday to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City FC next to the New York Mets‘ stadium, Citi Field. The $780 million soccer stadium, expected to open in 2027, will anchor a
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Lizzy Becherano Apr 11, 2024, 01:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami CF head coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino blamed Major League Soccer roster rules for the team’s inability to compete “at the same level as Liga MX,” after being eliminated 5-2 on aggregate in the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal series to CF Monterrey. “I
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Open Extended Reactions The Premier League has confirmed that it will introduce semi-automated VAR offside technology (SAOT) next season — but it won’t be in place for the start of the campaign. A source has told ESPN that the Premier League is to part ways with Hawk-Eye, the current provider of offside technology, and the
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