Month: October 2024

Oct 12, 2024, 09:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States women’s national team forward Trinity Rodman is in line to return from a back injury when the Washington Spirit hosts Racing Louisville in the NWSL on Sunday. Rodman has been absent since she left the field in a wheelchair during the Spirit’s 3-0 loss
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Lizzy Becherano Oct 12, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Uruguay national team head coach Marcelo Bielsa has admitted his authority as manager has been impacted by the public accusations made by Luis Suárez earlier this month. The former Uruguay forward called out Bielsa for implementing what he called problematic work conditions during the
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First-half goals from Bernardo Silva and Cristiano Ronaldo helped group leaders Portugal to a comfortable 3-1 victory away to Poland in the Nations League on Saturday as they continued their perfect start to the competition with three wins. Silva put Portugal in front after 26 minutes, netting from Bruno Fernandes‘ headed assist, before Ronaldo doubled
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Oct 12, 2024, 06:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Bukayo Saka has returned to Arsenal for further assessment on the injury he picked up in England‘s loss to Greece on Thursday, the national side confirmed on Saturday. Editor’s Picks Saka, who started against Greece, limped off early in the second half and was replaced by
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Adriana Garcia Oct 12, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil goalkeeper Ederson has said he is honoured to be a part of Pep Guardiola’s project at Manchester City but admits the Spanish coach can be “sometimes annoying.” Éderson, on international duty with Brazil, has worked under Guardiola since 2017 and won 18 titles,
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Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates on Saturday to extend their perfect start to the Women’s Super League season under new boss Sonia Bompastor. Bompastor’s predecessor Emma Hayes, now head coach of the United States women’s national team, was in attendance as first-half goals from Mayra Ramírez and Sandy Baltimore proved enough to claim
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Oct 12, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wesley Fofana has come out in defence of France captain Kylian Mbappé after reports emerged that the Real Madrid forward had been in a nightclub in Sweden on the night of his team’s UEFA Nations League win over Israel. Mbappé had already been criticised in some
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Oct 12, 2024, 09:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City have confirmed the appointment of Hugo Viana as their new director of football. Viana replaces Txiki Begiristain after it was announced the Spaniard would step down at the end of the 2024-25 season. Editor’s Picks 2 Related “Viana will begin his full-time role in
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 11, 2024, 08:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City are closing in on an agreement to appoint Hugo Viana as their next director of football, a source has told ESPN. City are looking for a replacement for Txiki Begiristain, who has told the club he will step down at the end
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 11, 2024, 06:56 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — United States men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino dubbed hosting the 2026 World Cup “a massive, massive responsibility” and has called on U.S. fans to
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Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 11, 2024, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Spain coach Luis de la Fuente says the onus should be on clubs to rest players, not national teams, amid an increase in injuries across European football. Six of the Spain team that started the European Championship final win over England in the
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Oct 11, 2024, 12:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions European Leagues and FIFPRO Europe will formally file a joint complaint about FIFA’s international match calendar to EU antitrust regulators on Monday, the sports organisation and players’ union said. The move by the two, announced in July, comes two weeks after Europe’s top court ruled that
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 11, 2024, 02:09 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas – United States men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino hailed Christian Pulisic as one of the world’s best offensive players but said he was concerned about
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Lizzy Becherano Oct 11, 2024, 11:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Uruguay Football Federation president Ignacio Alonso pledged his full support to Marcelo Bielsa despite confirming the declarations made by Luis Suárez over the problematic working conditions imposed by the head coach. On Oct. 3, Suárez spoke publicly about the grim impact Bielsa’s leadership had
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Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 11, 2024, 10:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sergio Agüero filed a lawsuit against Barcelona for €3 million ($3.2m) over money owed as part of his 2021 contract termination and the matter is still in court, an official report sent to the Catalan club’s members has revealed. Agüero, 36, joined Barça
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Oct 11, 2024, 06:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has come out in defence of the new format of the FIFA Club World Cup, telling those who don’t want to compete in the tournament to not play. FIFA’s revamped competition, set to debut in the United States on June 15,
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