Month: August 2020

2:37 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester City left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko set aside some time on his wedding day to clarify comments he and his new bride Vlada Sedan made about manager Pep Guardiola in the wake of the club’s Champions League defeat to Lyon. Television reporter Sedan delivered a scathing
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9:30 PM ET Associated Press New England Revolution head coach Bruce Arena has been suspended for two more games and fined $15,000 for confronting game officials after receiving a red card in the team’s July 25 match against Philadelphia. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Stream MLS on ESPN networks and ESPN
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5:13 PM ET Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto de Assis have been released from prison in Paraguay after a judge formally accepted a plea deal the defence team agreed upon earlier this month. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– What did you miss? The latest from Europe’s top leagues • Sources: Man
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4:41 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof caught a thief who robbed an elderly woman and held the man until police arrived, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported Monday. The incident took place in Lindelof’s home city of Vasteras, which is west of the Swedish capital of Stockholm. –
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3:24 PM ET Moises Llorens Rodrigo Faez Manchester City are crunching the numbers to work out if they would be able to sign Lionel Messi without breaching Financial Fair Play rules if the Barcelona star becomes available, sources have told ESPN. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN? Get instant
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10:14 AM ET It’s finally over. As Bayern Munich captain Manuel Neuer lifted the European Cup following the German club’s Champions League final victory over Paris Saint-Germain in Lisbon on Sunday, the 2019-20 season reached its delayed conclusion. Or so it seemed, anyway. Supporters of Spanish club Elche would argue that their 1-0 victory over
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11:09 AM ET MLS expansion side Austin FC has signed Paraguay international winger Cecilio Dominguez as its first Designated Player, the club announced on Monday. Dominguez, 26, moves to Austin from Argentine giants Independiente where he spent last season after moving over from Club America. Dominguez will remain on loan for the remainder of the
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7:32 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick hinted Thiago Alcantara had played his last game for the club following their Champions League final victory, and had a bit of fun while doing so. Thiago, 29, has one year left on his Bayern contract but is expected to
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7:57 AM ET Julien LaurensCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Thiago Silva will sign a two-year deal for Chelsea this week after leaving Paris Saint-Germain on a free, sources have told ESPN. The PSG captain’s contract at the French club ran out at the end of the previous campaign but he played all the
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8:58 PM ET Elche were promoted to La Liga by beating 10-man Girona 1-0 away thanks to a goal deep in stoppage time from Pere Milla in the Segunda Division playoff final, return leg on Sunday after the first leg had ended goalless. Milla’s header, which came after Girona’s talismanic striker Cristhian Stuani was sent
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6:58 PM ET MLS deputy commissioner Mark Abbott said that the decision to play last Thursday’s match between the Chicago Fire and Columbus Crew SC, despite a Fire player’s preliminary positive test for COVID-19, was in line with the league’s protocol. The player in question wasn’t part of Chicago’s traveling delegation that went to Columbus
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8:03 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel has defended strikers Neymar and Kylian Mbappe after they failed to find the net in Sunday’s 1-0 Champions League final loss to Bayern Munich. The French champions missed their chances and then ran out of steam and ideas after the break, with former youth academy graduate Kingsley
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4:59 PM ET Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps will earn €1 million after former player Alphonso Davies won the Champions League with Bayern Munich on Sunday. Davies, 19, helped Bayern lift their sixth Champions League trophy after they beat French champions Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in Lisbon. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)–
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4:57 PM ET Bayern Munich won their sixth Champions League title on Sunday evening in Lisbon thanks to Kingsley Coman’s second-half header against Paris Saint-Germain. It was Bayern’s first European title since 2013 and capped a remarkable season in which they wrapped up their Treble. It was a nervy first half and despite the expectation
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