Month: May 2024

May 21, 2024, 05:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Claudio Ranieri will leave his job as Cagliari coach by mutual agreement, the Serie A club said on Tuesday, as local media reported that the 72-year-old was set to retire from football. The announcement came after Cagliari guaranteed themselves another season in the Italian top flight
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ESPN News Services May 21, 2024, 07:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola was named Premier League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after guiding Manchester City to an unprecedented fourth successive title. The Spanish coach has previously won the award four times since he joined the club in 2016. With six league titles,
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Jeff Kassouf May 21, 2024, 03:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Women’s basketball star and Maryland native Angel Reese is part of the ownership group for a new professional women’s soccer team launching in Washington, D.C. Reese was announced on Tuesday as one of the founding owners of the DC Power Football Club, one of
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May 21, 2024, 02:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino has left his role as Chelsea manager by mutual consent after less than 11 months in charge despite qualifying for European football next season, the club confirmed Tuesday. Pochettino’s exit means Chelsea’s owners, Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, are on the lookout for their
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Jeff Kassouf May 21, 2024, 11:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The first United States women’s national team roster with new head coach Emma Hayes on the sideline features three uncapped players and a handful of veterans returning from injuries — but not longtime starting goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher. Naeher, a two-time World Cup champion, is
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 21, 2024, 06:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos will retire from football after playing for Germany at this summer’s European Championship, the player announced on Tuesday. Kroos, 34, has won 22 trophies with Madrid since joining in 2014, including four Champions Leagues — plus another
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Open Extended Reactions England manager Gareth Southgate has named his provisional 33-man squad for Euro 2024 with call-ups for Eberechi Eze, Marc Guehi and Kobbie Mainoo, but there was no place for Marcus Rashford or Jordan Henderson. Southgate included five uncapped players in total — Liverpool duo Curtis Jones and Jarell Quansah, Everton‘s Jarrad Branthwaite,
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Julien Laurens, CorrespondentMay 21, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé organised a party on Monday to mark his farewell from Paris Saint-Germain, during which his mother and agent, Fayza Lamari, hinted he will join Real Madrid this summer. Around 250 guests attended the party at Gigi, a high-end Italian restaurant near Paris’
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May 21, 2024, 02:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sam Kerr, the Australia captain, will remain with Chelsea to continue her rehabilitation. Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images Australia have confirmed captain Sam Kerr will miss the women’s Olympic football at the Paris Games while recovering from a serious knee injury. The Chelsea striker suffered an
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Associated Press May 20, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions France’s sports minister has called for football club Monaco to be sanctioned after one of their players covered over an LGBTQ support message on the team’s shirt during the team’s final league game on Sunday. The French league staged its annual campaign against discrimination
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Lizzy Becherano May 20, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami CF defender Nicolás Freire is expected to miss the remainder of the 2024 MLS season after suffering an injury to his right ACL in the second half of Saturday’s 1-0 win over D.C. United. The player will undergo surgery at Baptist Health
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Open Extended Reactions Mohamed Salah has given his strongest indication yet about his future at Liverpool by saying he will “fight like hell” to win trophies for the club next season. The Egypt international, 31, enters the final year of his Liverpool contract next month and no deal has yet been reached between the club
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Jeff Kassouf May 20, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter has named Josh Sargent in his 27-player roster for upcoming friendlies against Colombia and Brazil, the team’s final matches before squads are due for Copa América. Forward Sargent is expected to make his first appearance in
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Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 20, 2024, 10:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions This weekend saw the English Premier League, German Bundesliga and French Ligue 1 seasons come to an end, with Manchester City, Bayer Leverkusen and Paris Saint-Germain all crowned champions. Only the first one was a bit dramatic, though Arsenal‘s win over
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May 20, 2024, 12:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami‘s Lionel Messi heads up Argentina‘s 29-man roster for upcoming friendlies prior to Copa América. Argentina will play exhibitions against Ecuador on June 9 at Chicago’s Soldier Field and Guatemala five days later at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, ahead of defending their Copa América
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Open Extended Reactions Arne Slot has been confirmed as Liverpool manager with the 45-year-old officially announced as Jürgen Klopp’s successor at Anfield 24 hours after his predecessor’s final game in charge. Slot waved farewell to Dutch club Feyenoord on Sunday after a 4-0 win against Excelsior in Rotterdam and he will now start his new
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Open Extended Reactions Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has asked the club for at least three new signings in the summer transfer window, sources have told ESPN. The 58-year-old wants to continue his overhaul of the squad after Spurs finished fifth in his first season in charge, missing out on Champions League qualification by two points.
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