Month: October 2020

5:54 PM ET Barcelona made it two wins from two in the Champions League with a 2-0 win over Juventus in Turin on Wednesday night. Juventus were without Cristiano Ronaldo, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 13, meaning a matchup pitting the Portuguese against Lionel Messi for the first time since 2018 would have
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12:55 PM ET The German Bundesliga will go back behind closed doors from Nov. 2 for the rest of the month as the country’s government combats the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic with several restrictions to public life. At a virtual meeting on Wednesday, German chancellor Angela Merkel and the 16 heads of the
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8:35 AM ET Benfica manager Jorge Jesus has criticised Manchester City‘s Bernardo Silva and labelled him “ungrateful” after the player claimed the club need a new president. Silva, who worked under Jesus during his three-year spell at Benfica, wrote a lengthy statement on social media about the club’s lack of ambition ahead of the presidential
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2:38 PM ET Mexico federation president Yon de Luisa has defended the Mexican men’s national team regularly playing friendlies in the United States, explaining that the games are good preparation and that he would like more of them. El Tri usually plays five friendlies per year in the United States, which is criticized in some
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5:05 PM ET Ask Kylian Mbappe and he will tell you. He knows all his stats: how many goals he’s scored, when he scored them, how and where they came. He can recall everything. He even counts the goals he scores in training. He is extremely detail-oriented when it comes down to his figures, his
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4:39 PM ET Sporting Kansas City striker Alan Pulido doesn’t understand why he hasn’t received more recognition for his achievements compared to other Mexicans in Major League Soccer. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) The 29-year-old former Chivas striker has impressed so far in MLS, scoring six goals and contributing
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5:51 PM ET Liverpool fended off feisty FC Midtjylland 2-0 in a Champions League group stage match at Anfield on Tuesday that saw defensive platoon man Fabinho exit early with a leg injury. The Brazil international had transitioned from his defensive midfielder role to centre-back to fill in injured duo Virgil van Dijk and Joel
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6:03 PM ET Real Madrid scored two goals in the final minutes with Karim Benzema and Casemiro to rescue a 2-2 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach in their Champions League Group B match on Tuesday and snap a three-game losing run in the competition. Marcus Thuram fired in for the lead in the 33rd minute and
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6:21 PM ET Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss the Champions League group stage clash with rival Lionel Messi after the Italian champions failed to declare the Portugal international had tested negative in time to face Barcelona. The Serie A champions announced Ronaldo tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 13 and UEFA protocol states a
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5:17 PM ET Josep Maria Bartomeu said Barcelona have agreed to join a new European Super League as part of a 35-minute speech on Tuesday in which he confirmed he was stepping down as the club’s president. Bartomeu said joining the venture would guarantee Barca’s financial sustainability moving forward after the club announced earlier this
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3:12 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Josep Maria Bartomeu has resigned as Barcelona president on Tuesday rather than await a fans’ vote of confidence on his future at the club. The rest of the board of directors have stepped down alongside Bartomeu, and an election will be scheduled within the next 90 days to
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11:37 AM ET The Football Association launched a new drive to increase ethnic and gender diversity at the top levels of English football on Tuesday, which set out targets in a bid to reduce the role that personal networks have long played in top-level appointments. More than 40 clubs across the Premier League, Football League,
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11:28 AM ET Gianni Infantino is in isolation following a positive coronavirus test. Lukas Schulze – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images FIFA president Gianni Infantino has tested positive for COVID-19, global football’s governing body said on Tuesday. Infantino, who is 50 years old, has reported mild symptoms, is in self-isolation and will quarantine for at least 10
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