Month: April 2024

ESPN News Services Apr 18, 2024, 08:57 PM ET The director of a group that advocates for female sports fans says she and other Paris Saint-Germain supporters were subjected to “abusive” searches while entering Barcelona‘s stadium for a Champions League match earlier this week. Anoush Morel, the director of Her Game Too France, told L’Equipe
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Atalanta progressed to the Europa League semifinals despite losing 1-0 to Liverpool on Thursday as they triumphed 3-1 on aggregate to move one step closer to a first ever European final for the Serie A side. Atalanta had stunned the Premier League club 3-0 in the first leg of their quarterfinal last week at Anfield,
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World Cup winner Emiliano Martínez produced more shootout heroics against French opposition, saving twice to help Aston Villa beat Lille 4-3 on penalties to reach the Europa Conference League semifinals in France on Thursday. Martínez denied Nabil Bentaleb and, with the final kick, Benjamin André, to give Villa victory after the quarterfinal tie had finished
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Associated Press Apr 18, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona were fined €25,000 ($26,600) by UEFA on Thursday for Nazi salutes and racist gestures by fans at a Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain last week. UEFA said the proven charge of “racist behavior” followed images circulating of misconduct by some fans at
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Adriana Garcia Apr 18, 2024, 10:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo has declined to respond to teammate Ilkay Gündogan‘s criticism of his sending off against Paris Saint-Germain. Gündogan was frustrated with Araújo’s 29th minute red card in Barça’s 4-1 loss to PSG in Wednesday’s Champions League quarterfinal return leg, saying it
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Apr 18, 2024, 07:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round next season as part of a six-year agreement with the Premier League to strengthen the domestic competition, the English Football Association (FA) announced on Thursday. The FA added that all FA Cup rounds will be played
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Apr 18, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 Champions League quarterfinals are all wrapped up with plenty of drama, a penalty shootout and brilliant goals. Paris Saint-Germain bounced back to knock out Barcelona, and Borussia Dortmund delivered their own comeback to send Atlético Madrid packing. Elsewhere, Manchester City and Real Madrid went
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Apr 18, 2024, 06:37 AM ET Wrexham midfielder James McClean has confirmed he joined in singing an anti-monarchy chant during the club’s promotion celebrations last weekend. Wrexham secured automatic promotion to League One — English football’s third-tier — with an emphatic 6-0 victory over Forest Green. After the match, the former Republic of Ireland international
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Apr 18, 2024, 05:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Bastian Schweinsteiger has said José Mourinho banned him from the first-team dressing room without explanation when he was at Mancester United, kickstarting a months-long exile. Schweinsteiger had already lifted eight Bundesliga titles, as well as the Champions League and World Cup, before ending a 13-year stay
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentApr 17, 2024, 07:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said he wouldn’t “judge” Real Madrid for their style of play after they knocked Manchester City out of the Champions League on penalties. Holders City dominated the game after Rodrygo‘s early goal, but could only muster an equaliser from Kevin De Bruyne
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Apr 17, 2024, 07:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Juventus are reviewing a decision made by an arbitration court which ordered the club to pay former striker Cristiano Ronaldo around €9.8 million ($10.46m) in owed wages, the Serie A side said on Wednesday. Ronaldo, who now plays for Saudi side Al Nassr, had claimed he
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ESPN News Services Apr 17, 2024, 07:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Departing Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel took a shot at his critics after guiding the Bundesliga side into the Champions League semifinals with a 1-0 win over Arsenal on Wednesday. Bayern will not win any domestic silverware this season after their 11-year-reign as
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Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCApr 17, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti praised his Real Madrid team’s resilience in their penalty shootout win over Manchester City in the Champions League, saying “everybody gave us up for dead, but Real Madrid never die.” Madrid went ahead early through Rodrygo in Wednesday’s quarterfinal second leg
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Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER — It’s clear that Manchester City have established themselves within football’s elite since Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan began to transform the club in 2008, but Real Madrid occupy an even higher echelon in the game’s hierarchy, delivering a painful reminder by dethroning the European champions and ending Pep Guardiola’s
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Bayern Munich‘s Joshua Kimmich powered in a 63rd-minute header to give the Bundesliga side a 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday and send them through to the semifinals for the first time in four years with a 3-2 aggregate win. Germany international Kimmich timed his run into the box perfectly to
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Apr 17, 2024, 03:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for the quarterfinals! Europe’s premier club competition returns with two high-stakes, heavy-weight matches on Wednesday, providing exciting storylines, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from both of the games as Arsenal play Bayern Munich after drawing 2-2 in the first
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