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
Month: April 2024
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
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
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
Open Extended Reactions As Arsenal moved to the top of the table, Bukayo Saka matched his career high of 14 goals in the Premier League this season. David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images BRIGHTON, England — If there is credence to the idea that Arsenal‘s title chances could be decided by their away form in the
Jeff Kassouf Apr 6, 2024, 04:25 PM ET It took 31 seconds for Saturday’s 2024 SheBelieves Cup opener in Atlanta to look as if it could become a complete disaster for the U.S women’s national team. The U.S. back line was caught high, near midfield, and Japan midfielder Kiko Seike flew down her team’s right
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
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
Lindsey Horan converted a penalty kick in the 77th minute and the United States came from behind to defeat Japan 2-1 to open the SheBelieves Cup before a record crowd on Saturday. Jaedyn Shaw also scored for the United States in the match played before 50,644 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a record for a friendly
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
United States forward Christian Pulisic scored a superb goal as AC Milan earned a comfortable 3-0 win at home against Lecce in Serie A on Saturday after the visitors were reduced to 10 men minutes before the break. Pulisic gave Milan an early lead with a curling effort from the edge of the box and Olivier
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
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
Sid Lowe, Spain writerApr 5, 2024, 03:05 PM ET “If I saw me at night on a dark, empty street, I would cross over too,” Vedat Muriqi says. Mallorca‘s striker from Kosovo, the man whom coach Javier Aguirre calls “a big, strange ugly beast” and most people call the Pirate, a 6-foot, 4-inch forward with
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
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
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
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
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,
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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