Month: August 2020

4:51 PM ET Bayern Munich celebrated their sixth European crown on Sunday. Getty Bayern Munich won their sixth European title after defeating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the Champions League final in Lisbon on Sunday. Kingsley Coman scored a header in the 60th minute to put the German giants level with Liverpool for third-most all time in
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1:20 PM ET Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is in talks over a new contract the club, according to his agent Mino Raiola. Pogba has entered the final year of his existing deal, although the club hold an option to extend until 2022. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Insider Notebook: Arsenal, Man
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8:42 AM ET UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has said the single-game knockout format used in the Champions League this year from the quarterfinals onwards could be revisited in the future. The format was changed in order to allow the competition to be completed in a shorter time span after the coronavirus pandemic halted play for
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9:19 AM ET Roberto d’Aversa has left Parma after the club finished 11 in the league last season. Photo by Enrico Locci/Getty Images Parma have dismissed coach Roberto d’Aversa three weeks after the end of the season, the Serie A club announced on Sunday. D’Aversa, 45, took charge of Parma when they were in the third-tier
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8:57 AM ET Sinisa Mihajlovic has tested positive for coronavirus. Emilio Andreoli/Getty Images Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has tested positive for COVID-19 and will remain in isolation for the next two weeks, the Serie A club said on Sunday. Mihajlovic, 51, guided Bologna to a 12th-placed finish in the Italian top flight last season despite being
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7:33 AM ET Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has credited manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after he achieved his best goalscoring tally at the club last season. Martial scored 24 goals in all competitions and finished the campaign as United’s top goalscorer. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Insider Notebook: Arsenal, Man City battle
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1:46 PM ET Mexico international Uriel Antuna has been suspended by Chivas. Photo by ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images Chivas and Mexico forwards Uriel Antuna and Alexis Vega have been “indefinitely” suspended from the club’s squad after a video of the duo drinking and singing went viral on social media less than 48 hours before the
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3:14 PM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email A Europa League qualifier between FC Prishtina and Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar, postponed once after eight Prishtina players tested positive for the coronavirus, was called off again on Saturday when the Kosovan side failed to take to the pitch. Lincoln tweeted a picture of
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3:22 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe says he wants to make history for France by winning the country’s first Champions League title in 27 years in Sunday’s final against Bayern Munich. PSG beat Atalanta and RB Leipzig in the “final eight” in Lisbon, and Mbappe is feeling relaxed about the test against Bayern
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8:30 AM ET A ban on Paris Saint-Germain fans wearing their club’s shirt in the city centre of Marseille during the Champions League final on Sunday has been rescinded, Marseille police announced on Friday. The ban was introduced after disturbances broke out in the city during PSG’s 3-0 victory over RB Leipzig in the Champions
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9:28 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email LA Galaxy striker Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez has picked up a winners’ medal after Sevilla lifted the Europa League trophy on Friday. Sevilla won the competition for a record sixth time with a 3-2 victory over Inter Milan in the final and Hernandez is entitled to
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9:14 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United defender Harry Maguire is heading back to the UK after denying charges related to the assault of a police officer in Greece. Maguire pleaded not guilty at a hearing on Saturday morning after allegedly being involved in an incident outside a bar while on holiday in Mykonos. The
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Aug 21, 2020 When the Champions League returned post-lockdown, the one-legged format and general 2020 uncertainty suggested we were ripe for a string of upsets. And while some heavyweights — Manchester City, Juventus, Atletico Madrid — did fall to less illustrious opposition, we ended up with two super clubs in the final: Paris Saint-Germain and
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