Month: July 2024

Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterJul 25, 2024, 06:25 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions NICE, France — Trinity Rodman was nervous on the bus ride into the stadium here Thursday night. It was her first Olympic game for the United States women’s national team, and Rodman knew
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Jul 25, 2024, 01:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Defending champions Canada defeated New Zealand 2-1 in their Paris Olympics opening game on Thursday overshadowed by a spying scandal that has engulfed the women’s tournament. Cloé Lacasse and Evelyne Viens scored on a night that might have been a routine group win for Canada before
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Open Extended Reactions Riccardo Calafiori is closing in on a move to Arsenal. Claudio Villa/Getty Images for FIGC Arsenal are close to finalising a deal with Bologna for defender Riccardo Calafiori, who is expected to undergo a medical in the coming days, sources have told ESPN. The 22-year-old is set to join up with Arsenal in
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Adriana Garcia Jul 25, 2024, 05:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Argentina Football Association (AFA) have made a formal complaint to FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee following the incidents during Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to Morocco in their opening match of the Olympics. A pitch invasion by Moroccan fans after Argentina‘s Cristian Medina had scored deep in
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Arsenal began their preseason with a shootout win over Bournemouth on Wednesday night in Carson, California, after the match finished in a 1-1 draw. Fabio Vieira put Arsenal ahead in the 18th minute at Dignity Health Sports Park, the home of MLS side LA Galaxy, scoring from a Reiss Nelson assist. Mikel Arteta’s side clung
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Lesley Ugochukwu‘s 82nd-minute equaliser salvaged a 2-2 draw for Chelsea against Wrexham on Wednesday in Enzo Maresca’s first game as the Blues new head coach. League One side Wrexham threatened to cause an upset when recovering from falling behind to Christopher Nkunku‘s 35th-minute strike to lead midway through the second half through goals from Luke
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Juan Brunetta and Maximiliano Meza scored a minute apart in the second half as the best of Liga MX beat the top players in MLS 4-1 in the All-Star Game on Wednesday night. Brunetta (Tigres) scored in transition in the 68th minute to make it 3-1 and set up Meza (Monterrey) soon after before a
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ESPN News Services Jul 24, 2024, 07:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aston Villa confirmed the move of France winger Moussa Diaby to Saudi Pro League club Al Ittihad on Wednesday for a reported fee of around £50 million ($65 million). The 25-year-old Diaby only moved to Villa Park last summer — for a reported
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France beat the United States 3-0 thanks to a second-half barrage as the teams began group play in the men’s Olympic tournament in Marseille on Wednesday. After a scoreless first half, the floodgates opened when Alexandre Lacazette, one of France’s senior players in the squad, lashed a shot past U.S. keeper Patrick Schulte to make it
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Open Extended Reactions Lyon’s Delphine Cascarino has signed with San Diego Wave and will join the club after her Olympics run with France’s women’s team, the NWSL team said on Wednesday. The winger’s contract is through 2026 and with a mutual option for 2027 — pending P-1 visa and International Transfer Certificate. “Delphine is a
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Jul 24, 2024, 05:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentina coach Javier Mascherano said he had never witnessed such a circus after a pitch invasion triggered a dramatic and long-delayed climax to the country’s 2-1 loss to Morocco in their Olympic opener in St-Etienne on Wednesday. Cristian Medina thought he had salvaged a 2-2 draw
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJul 24, 2024, 01:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United are stepping up their search for a new full-back, a source has told ESPN, with Tyrell Malacia set for a further spell on the sidelines. Malacia hasn’t played for more than a year because of a knee injury. There had been hope
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Jul 24, 2024, 12:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A fan invasion in the opening match of the Olympic football tournament between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday caused chaos, with Argentina eventually beaten 2-1 following a VAR review after play was suspended with the score tied at 2-2. Argentina’s Cristian Medina scored deep in injury
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Jul 24, 2024, 07:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Canadian women’s soccer team assistant coach and an analyst have been kicked out of the Olympic squad after New Zealand said their team had their training session disrupted by a drone flown by a staff member of their Group A opponents, the Canadian Olympic Committee
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