Month: April 2024

Apr 6, 2024, 06:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Karim Benzema has hit back at critics of his performances since moving to Saudi Pro League side Al Ittihad, saying he needs help and can’t win games alone. The former Ballon d’Or winner became one of several high-profile names to move to Saudi Arabia last summer
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Athletic Club beat Mallorca 4-2 on penalties on Saturday to win their 24th Copa del Rey title and their first since 1984, ending a 40-year major silverware drought in a nerve-wracking final in Seville. Athletic’s 23-year-old keeper Julen Agirrezabala saved a spot kick from Mallorca’s Manu Morlanes and Nemanja Radonjic missed the goal with his effort, while
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ESPN News Services Apr 6, 2024, 04:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States standout Christian Pulisic reached double figures in goals for the first time in a league season after his sublime strike began AC Milan‘s 3-0 win over 10-man Lecce in Serie A on Saturday. Pulisic’s early goal and 10th in the Italian
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Lizzy Becherano Apr 6, 2024, 08:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi scored just 12 minutes after coming off the substitutes’ bench on his return to action for Inter Miami against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday. The Argentina star, who had been out injured since March 13 before coming on at halftime, struck a
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Arsenal maintained their Premier League title charge as goals by Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard secured a masterful 3-0 victory at Brighton that sent them back to the top of the table on Saturday. Manchester City‘s victory earlier on Saturday had seen Arsenal drop into third place, but they responded in emphatic fashion
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Jeff Kassouf Apr 6, 2024, 03:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jaedyn Shaw, 19, became the first United States women’s national team player to score a goal in each of her first five starts with a goal on Saturday, and the U.S. defeated Japan, 2-1 to advance to Tuesday’s final of the SheBelieves Cup. Shaw
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Apr 3, 2024, 10:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wrexham forward Paul Mullin scored his 100th goal for the club with his strike against Colchester United on Saturday. Mullin has been instrumental to Wrexham’s rise in recent years, scoring 47 goals in all competitions last season as they won the National League title and earned
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Kevin de Bruyne struck twice to inspire Manchester City to a dominant 4-2 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday and move the champions level on points with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table. Stunned by conceding an early goal scored by Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, De Bruyne equalised with a superb shot
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Apr 6, 2024, 07:44 AM ET Turkish Super Lig club Trabzonspor‘s six-match spectator ban imposed after their supporters stormed on to the pitch and fought with Fenerbahce players has been reduced to four matches after an appeal to the Turkish Football Federation (TFF). The TFF’s arbitration board also reduced their fine from 3,000,000 to 448,000
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Former Argentina and Manchester City star Sergio Aguero has entered a team and will play in The Soccer Tournament, the 7-on-7, $1 million, winner-take-all event this summer. The tournament will
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Adriana Garcia Apr 5, 2024, 10:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rúben Amorim has said he cannot guarantee he will continue as manager of Sporting CP after this season when asked about his future amid ongoing links with Liverpool. Amorim, 39, is considered one of the top candidates to succeed Jürgen Klopp this summer after
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentApr 5, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER — Pep Guardiola has told his Manchester City players that if they don’t beat Crystal Palace on Saturday it will be “almost impossible” to win the Premier League title. City travel to Selhurst Park knowing that a win will take them level on
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentApr 5, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. The New York Red Bulls withdrew two of its youth teams from an MLS-run youth tournament in Florida Thursday following multiple incidents of racial abuse being directed at their players, the team
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Lizzy Becherano Apr 5, 2024, 11:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami CF assistant coach Javi Morales downplayed reports of an incident with Lionel Messi in the Monterrey locker room after Wednesday’s Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal clash, saying “the most important thing happened on the field.” A source told ESPN that following Miami’s defeat,
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Constantin Eckner Apr 5, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After winning the Bundesliga’s promotion playoff over Hamburg last spring, Sebastian Hoeness (right) now has Stuttgart on the verge of securing a Champions League place. Maja Hitij/Getty Images His last name is certainly familiar, yet Sebastian Hoeness, the coach, remains a relatively new figure among
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