Manchester City striker Khadija “Bunny” Shaw withdrew from Gareth Taylor’s squad for Thursday’s 2-1 League Cup semifinal win over Arsenal after facing racist and misogynistic abuse over the weekend. Shaw ruled herself out of the midweek clash for her mental well-being, and City have stated they are giving their full support for the striker after
Month: February 2025
Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has said Marcus Rashford had to leave Manchester United because he could not get the forward to buy into his ideas. Rashford joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season after falling out of favour under Amorim. And the United head coach has hinted that, because he
Feb 6, 2025, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LaLiga President Javier Tebas criticised Real Madrid on Thursday, saying the club had “lost their minds” after lodging an letter of complaint against the Spanish league’s referees. Madrid sent the letter following their 1-0 defeat by Espanyol on Saturday, with controversy surrounding a decision not to
Open Extended Reactions Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has described external criticism of his team as “irrelevant” following their 4-1 aggregate defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semifinals. Spurs took a slender advantage into the second leg at Anfield thanks to Lucas Bergvall‘s late winner in north London last month. However, they were
Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Hansi Flick praised Ferran Torres‘ ability to fill in for Robert Lewandowski after the forward netted a hat trick in Thursday’s 5-0 Copa del Rey quarterfinal win over Valencia at Mestalla. Fermín López and Lamine Yamal were also on target as Barça joined Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad
Open Extended Reactions Liverpool outclassed a blunt Tottenham Hotspur team 4-0 on Sunday to book their spot in the Carabao Cup final, but captain Virgil van Dijk said he was disappointed with aspects of his side’s performance during the dominant win. Goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Van Dijk saw Liverpool thrash
Open Extended Reactions LIVERPOOL, England — As the majority of Liverpool‘s players flocked to celebrate with Cody Gakpo after he had opened the scoring against Tottenham Hotspur, captain Virgil van Dijk had other ideas. Though there were only 34 minutes on the clock at Anfield when Liverpool drew level on aggregate in their Carabao Cup
Open Extended Reactions Manchester City knocked holders Arsenal out of the League Cup after a 2-1 win at Meadow Park, securing their place in the final in Derby in March. In-form Mary Fowler was pivotal for the visitors, who netted twice to ensure City still have a chance of clinching silverware after four losses in
Holders Liverpool booked their return ticket to Wembley and a Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United after dashing Tottenham Hotspur‘s dreams 4-0, and 4-1 on aggregate, at Anfield on Thursday. The favourites took the lead, to level 1-1 on aggregate against the injury-depleted visitors, when Cody Gakpo fired in a right-foot shot in the 34th
Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 01:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League and the city’s as-yet unnamed WNBA team will train together at a new performance center in a first-of-its-kind alliance between teams from both leagues. Both women’s teams are owned by the Bhathal family, which also
Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 10:58 AM ET Chelsea striker Sam Kerr denied that calling a police officer “white” was used as an insult as she was cross-examined in her trial on Thursday on a charge of racially aggravated harassment. Kerr, also the Australia captain, was speaking on the fourth day of the trial at
Open Extended Reactions Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has admitted that he’s “fighting for his job” in the second half of the season while accepting that the club has taken “a risk” with their approach in the January transfer window. Amorim has lost seven of his 13 Premier League games since taking over as
Feb 6, 2025, 07:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss killed Jenni Hermoso‘s joy at winning the women’s World Cup in 2023 and she was overwhelmed, crying and exhausted in the following hours and days, three of her teammates testified on Thursday. The 2021 and 2022
Feb 6, 2025, 04:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wrexham have shared a Super Bowl advert featuring Hollywood superstar Channing Tatum for their stadium sponsor, STōK Cold Brew. In the advert — featuring Wrexham stars Ollie Palmer, Paul Mullin, Jacob Mendy, Jack Marriott and others — Tatum challenges the team to improve their goal-scoring celebrations
Open Extended Reactions Who did well and who struggled in the winter window? ESPN Illustration Welcome back to Onside/Offside! As we say goodbye to January, Luis Miguel Echegaray shares his thoughts on last month’s transfer window in the Premier League and assesses the clubs who failed and delivered. From Arsenal‘s hesitance to Manchester City‘s gung-ho approach,
João Félix scored on his debut and Tammy Abraham netted a double against his parent club to earn AC Milan a 3-1 win over Roma in their Coppa Italia quarterfinal tie at the San Siro on Wednesday. Milan, five-time winners of the Coppa Italia, will meet either Inter Milan or Lazio in the two-legged semifinal. Abraham, who joined Milan from Roma in August
Feb 6, 2025, 03:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon has called upon his teammates to “stay humble” after they beat Arsenal 4-0 on aggregate in the Carabao Cup semifinals. Gordon scored the second goal in Wednesday’s 2-0 second-leg victory at St. James’ Park that secured Newcastle’s passage to the Wembley
Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has called on his Arsenal squad to regroup during their warm-weather training break in Dubai and target a trophy-winning end to the season after losing their Carabao Cup semifinal to Newcastle United. The Gunners were beaten 2-0 at St James’ Park on Wednesday as goals from Jacob Murphy and Anthony
Open Extended Reactions Manager Carlo Ancelotti praised Real Madrid‘s youngsters after they helped the team to a 3-2 win at Leganés — with Gonzalo García, 20, scoring a 93rd minute winner — in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals on Wednesday. A much-changed Madrid side, which included young defenders Raúl Asencio, 21, and Jacobo Ramón, 20,
Feb 5, 2025, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Newcastle United captain Bruno Guimarães has hailed forward Alexander Isak as the “best striker around” after the Sweden international helped propel his team to the Carabao Cup final with a 4-0 aggregate win over Arsenal. Isak scored both of Newcastle’s goals in the 2-0 first-leg victory
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