Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 11, 2024, 08:02 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Nottingham Forest have been hit with a £750,000 ($979,526) fine for a social media post
Month: October 2024
Oct 11, 2024, 05:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Katie McCabe has said that Arsenal are jealous of Chelsea‘s sustained success in the Women’s Super League (WSL) and that it ‘hurts’ to see them lift the trophy. “It always hurts [seeing Chelsea lift title],” McCabe said. “You want that to be you. You are in
Adriana Garcia Oct 11, 2024, 04:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil head coach Dorival Junior has said he is cautiously optimistic that his national team is moving in the right direction after their win against Chile in World Cup qualifying. Dorival’s side had only won three and lost four of their eight qualifiers before
Oct 10, 2024, 03:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil great Ronaldinho has joined the ownership group behind United Soccer League (USL) clubs Greenville Triumph and Greenville Liberty, the teams announced Wednesday. The Triumph play in USL League One, a third-tier men’s league, while the Liberty compete in the USL W League, a pre-professional women’s
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 10, 2024, 06:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions England interim manager Lee Carsley has distanced himself from taking the job full time by suggesting he would be happy to return to his previous role as the Under-21 boss. Carsley is favourite to succeed Gareth Southgate as permanent manager after being put in
Lacklustre Brazil pulled off a last-gasp 2-1 away victory over Chile in the South American World Cup qualifiers on Thursday thanks to a goal by substitute Luiz Henrique scored in the 89th minute. Off the back of a disappointing loss to Paraguay, Brazil had to recover from a goal down as Eduardo Vargas put the
Lizzy Becherano Oct 10, 2024, 08:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi blamed the conditions of the pitch Estadio Monumental de Maturín for Argentina‘s “ugly’ 1-1 draw against Venezuela on Thursday night in their first World Cup qualifier of the October international window. The heavy rain in Maturin, Venezuela impacted the pitch before kickoff,
Oct 10, 2024, 07:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Greece‘s two-goal hero Vangelis Pavlidis paid an emotional tribute to George Baldock after his side’s 2-1 Nations League victory over England at Wembley on Thursday. British-born Greek international Baldock, who joined Panathinaikos from Sheffield United in May, died this week aged 31 after being found in
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 10, 2024, 06:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — On the plus side, Lee Carsley now has a ready-made reply the next time he’s asked if all of England‘s best young attackers can fit into the same team. The downside for the interim manager is that in finding out the answer
ESPN News Services Oct 10, 2024, 04:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erling Haaland marked his first game as Norway captain by becoming his country’s all-time leading scorer on Thursday. The Manchester City striker scored a right-footed shot from a rebound in the seventh minute of Norway’s home match against Slovenia in the Nations League
Greece beat England for the first time as striker Vangelis Pavlidis earned the visitors a richly-deserved 2-1 victory to put them in control of Nations League Group B2 at Wembley on Thursday. While Pavlidis’s winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time sparked wild celebrations among the Greek fans, England standin manager Lee Carsley got
Oct 10, 2024, 11:19 AM ET George Baldock was capped 12 times by Greece. Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images A minute’s silence will be observed before Thursday’s Nations League game between England and Greece in memory of George Baldock following the death of the Greek international, UEFA said. “UEFA would like to send its condolences to
Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 12:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Zack Steffen remembers the phone call, the one he considers the toughest moment of his career. It was coach Gregg Berhalter in late 2022 telling the goalkeeper he was not part of the United States‘ World Cup roster, even as some
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 10, 2024, 10:27 AM ET Manchester United defender Noussair Mazraoui is set for a spell on the sidelines after undergoing a heart procedure, club sources have told ESPN. Mazraoui was substituted at half-time of United’s 0-0 draw with Aston Villa on Sunday and subsequently pulled out of the Morocco squad ahead of
Jeff Carlisle Close Jeff Carlisle U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Julien Laurens Oct 10, 2024, 10:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Earlier this week, the players on the U.S. men’s national team took the first steps into a new frontier as they experienced their first
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Oct 10, 2024, 05:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions France coach Didier Deschamps and midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni have both denied that Real Madrid put any pressure on Kylian Mbappé not to join up with his country for this international break. Mbappé suffered a thigh injury in Madrid’s 3-2 LaLiga win over
Oct 10, 2024, 07:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Singapore police said on Thursday they were investigating a Spanish couple for protesting billionaire Peter Lim’s ownership of LaLiga side Valencia and had impounded their passports. Lim, 71, became the new majority owner of then debt-ridden Valencia in 2014 via his Hong Kong-based investment company Meriton
Oct 10, 2024, 04:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions England defender John Stones has said interim boss Lee Carsley is instilling a similar style of football to the one he has enjoyed under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. Stones will captain England in their UEFA Nations League clash against Greece at Wembley Stadium on Thursday,
Emily Keogh Oct 9, 2024, 06:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England– How do you defeat the best team in Europe? Just ask Manchester City. The Women’s Super League team returned to continental football and enacted the perfect game plan to foil the reigning UEFA Women’s Champions League title holders Barcelona and claimed an
ESPN News Services Oct 9, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pernille Harder‘s 13-minute hat trick late in the game lifted Bayern Munich to a 5-2 win over Arsenal in the opening game of their Women’s Champions League group on Wednesday. A back-and-forth game that both teams had led was poised at 2-2 in
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