Month: May 2024

Julien Laurens, CorrespondentMay 8, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Luis Enrique will remain as PSG manager next season, sources have told ESPN, despite the club’s Champions League semifinal exit at the hands of Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. PSG have sacked managers in the past after falling short in the Champions League, but sources
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Open Extended Reactions Amnesty International has challenged FIFA to publish a review investigating its responsibilities towards migrant workers harmed while building stadia and infrastructure in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup. The independent review, commissioned by FIFA following the tournament between November and December of 2022, had its findings approved by the FIFA Council in
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Doug Greenberg, ESPNMay 8, 2024, 06:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid pulled out yet another stunning win Wednesday to defeat Bayern Munich and advance to the UEFA Champions League Final. They’ll face Borussia Dortmund, who will be looking to cap off a magical run as the ultimate underdog. The LaLiga champions open as
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May 8, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Spanish football federation (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national team player Jenni Hermoso after a High Court judge admitted the case, the court said on Wednesday. Rubiales faces one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 8, 2024, 07:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid forward Joselu said “even my best dreams” couldn’t come close to his match-winning Champions League performance on Wednesday, after scoring twice in three minutes to beat Bayern Munich 2-1. Substitute Alphonso Davies had put Bayern ahead in the 68th minute
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Real Madrid‘s Joselu scored twice in the final minutes as they fought back from the brink of elimination to reach the Champions League final with a dramatic 2-1 second-leg win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday that sent them through 4-3 on aggregate. Real progressed to their sixth Champions League final in 10 years and will
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMay 8, 2024, 01:47 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions St. Louis City is among the MLS sides pursuing Borussia Dortmund attacker Marco Reus, sources have told ESPN. Reus, who will turn 35 at the end of this month,
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 8, 2024, 10:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United are interested in signing Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo this summer, sources have told ESPN. Adarabioyo is out of contract at Craven Cottage at the end of the season and could move to Old Trafford on a free transfer. – Stream on ESPN+:
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Associated Press May 8, 2024, 07:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Football fans around the world will now have a day to celebrate the world’s most popular sport every year — May 25. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday proclaiming May 25 as World Football Day. The sport is called soccer in
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Daniel Hajducky May 8, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The English Premier League and Fanatics have announced that, starting in June 2025, Fanatics Collectibles will become the exclusive provider of EPL trading cards, trading card games and stickers in a multi-year deal. “We are delighted to welcome Fanatics as the official sticker and
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ESPN News Services May 7, 2024, 02:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States youth international Keyrol Figueroa has signed a professional contract with Liverpool, the Premier League club said Tuesday. The 17-year-old forward has impressed since moving to the Merseyside club when he was 14 and has consistently scored at different age levels. Liverpool
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 7, 2024, 03:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Thomas Tuchel said his Bayern Munich players must “connect with their inner child” if they’re to beat Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday to advance to the Champions League final. Bayern were the better side in last week’s semifinal first
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ESPN News Services May 7, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Marco Reus called his return to the Champions League final — 11 years after first playing in it with Borussia Dortmund for the first time — “indescribable” as his team beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 on aggregate to cap an improbable run. Mats Hummels
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ESPN News Services May 7, 2024, 06:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain had no shortage of chances and possession in their Champions League semifinal loss to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, but they didn’t have the one thing that mattered: goals. With nearly 70 percent of the ball and 30 shots in the 1-0
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