Month: May 2024

Associated Press May 15, 2024, 07:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s soccer confederation has suspended the next two rounds of its national league because of massive floods in the country’s south. The move Wednesday came after a request for a halt from 15 of the 20 clubs in the top-flight
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Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann scored a hat trick in a 3-0 LaLiga win at Getafe on Wednesday as they sealed Champions League qualification. Diego Simeone’s side are fourth on 73 points, 11 ahead of fifth-placed Athletic Bilbao, who lost 2-1 against Celta Vigo, with two games remaining. The French forward opened the scoring in the
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Associated Press May 15, 2024, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After rejections from various candidates, Bayern Munich are reportedly reconsidering Thomas Tuchel’s departure as coach and working on a solution to convince him to stay. Tuchel is due to leave at the end of the season according to a mutual agreement made with the
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Lizzy Becherano May 15, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi will miss Inter Miami’s match against Orlando City on Wednesday night at Inter & Co Stadium, after suffering an injury to his left knee during his team’s 3-2 MLS win over Montreal on Saturday. Montreal defender George Campbell fouled Messi in the
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 15, 2024, 07:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag assured Bruno Fernandes that Manchester United want to keep him this summer after the Portugal midfielder said he will only stay if he feels wanted at Old Trafford. Fernandes has been linked with a move at the end of the season
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Juve’s Dusan Vlahovic celebrates his goal against Atalanta early in the Coppa Italia final. Daniele Badolato – Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images An early strike by Dusan Vlahovic earned Juventus a 1-0 win over Atalanta in the Coppa Italia final on Wednesday as Massimiliano Allegri’s side lifted their first trophy in three years. Vlahovic
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Amad scored his first Premier League goal and assisted on another to power Manchester United to a 3-2 victory over Newcastle United on Wednesday at Old Trafford in a battle between teams fighting for a European berth next season. Erik ten Hag’s team remained eighth in the table but level on 57 points with seventh-placed
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Open Extended Reactions Wolverhampton Wanderers have lodged a motion to scrap the use of VAR in the Premier League, with a vote to be held at next month’s meeting of the 20 clubs. Wolves will need the backing of 13 other clubs to pass the resolution, which would see the video assistant referee removed from
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May 15, 2024, 10:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jeff Luhnow is a former MLB executive who is now CEO of Blue Crow Sports Group, which owns several clubs including Spain’s Leganes and Mexico’s Cancun FC. (Photo by Thomas Lovelock/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) Baseball isn’t for everyone, especially for a decorated soccer manager like Jose Mourinho.
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May 15, 2024, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United‘s women’s team found out the club’s end of season party had been cancelled via social media and news reports, rather than being informed by officials, sources have told ESPN. United won the women’s FA Cup at the weekend, beating Tottenham 4-0 at Wembley. But
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May 15, 2024, 05:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FIFA has moved towards ending decades of football tradition by reviewing the rules that block domestic league games being played in other countries. However, fans are likely to object to their teams’ home matches potentially being moved thousands of miles away. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
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Vinicius Junior scored twice as newly-crowned LaLiga champions Real Madrid thrashed visitors Alavés 5-0 on Tuesday after the hosts had paraded the trophy in front of the home fans before the game. Madrid, who had sealed the title with four games to spare, celebrated their 36th league crown with their fans in the Spanish capital
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 15, 2024, 04:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Al Nassr are one of the Saudi Pro League clubs interested in signing Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes, a source has told ESPN. Al Nassr, who signed Cristiano Ronaldo in December 2022, are looking to bolster their squad with a centre-back and an attacking
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Open Extended Reactions Ange Postecoglou has questioned Tottenham’s mentality around Tuesday’s 2-0 home defeat to Manchester City by claiming the club’s foundations are “fairly fragile.” City moved to the brink of a fourth consecutive Premier League title through a second-half brace from Erling Haaland on a night when some Spurs fans openly taunted Arsenal as
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ESPN News Services May 14, 2024, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aston Villa have clinched Champions League football for the first time since the 1982-83 season and for the first time ever since the competition was rebranded from the European Cup. The more-than 40-year wait for a return to Europe’s top club competition ended
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