Month: November 2020

8:51 AM ET Associated Press Manchester clubs United and City will not be allowed to have fans in attendance while Liverpool, Everton and the London clubs can have up to 2,000 supporters from Wednesday as the UK government returns to its tiered structure when coronavirus restrictions are eased. Even stadiums that can partially reopen will
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8:02 AM ET Adriana Garcia Diego Maradona’s lawyer and agent Matias Morla has requested an investigation be launched over the time it took an ambulance to arrive at the Argentina legend’s home. Maradona died on Wednesday from a heart attack. He was 60. – Marcotti: Maradona soccer’s ultimate flawed genius– Messi on Maradona passing: ‘Diego
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6:57 AM ET Marseille manager Andre Villas-Boas has said FIFA should make all clubs retire the No. 10 jersey to honour Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday from a heart attack. Maradona was released from hospital two weeks ago following brain surgery but subsequently suffered a heart attack at his home. He was 60. –
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6:21 AM ET Adriana Garcia Thousands of people took to the streets to bid an emotional farewell to Argentina football legend Diego Maradona on Thursday. Maradona died on Wednesday from a heart attack at his home, despite attempts to revive him, two weeks after he had been released from hospital following brain surgery. He was
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4:52 PM ET Eden Hazard scored his first Champions League goal in three years as Real Madrid beat Internazionale 2-0 to go second in Group B. – Ratings: Hazard shows good signs in 8/10 night– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Champions League: How can teams still qualify for knockouts? Nacho Monreal drew
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4:52 PM ET Atalanta‘s Josip Ilicic and Robin Gosens scored quickfire second-half goals to give them a comfortable 2-0 win over a toothless Liverpool, who barely managed a shot on target, in their Champions League Group D clash at Anfield on Wednesday. Having recently complained about fixture congestion and its effect on his injury-hit squad,
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3:39 PM ET Pope Francis remembers football legend and fellow Argentine Diego Maradona with affection and is keeping him in his prayers, the Vatican said on Wednesday. Maradona, who died on Wednesday at his home in Argentina after a heart attack, met the pope several times at the Vatican after Francis was elected in 2013
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7:27 AM ET Bundesliga club Schalke plunged into further chaos on Tuesday after they sacked their technical director, suspended two players from the first team and parted ways with a third player who joined before the start of the season. Germany’s third-biggest club are without a win in 24 league games and sit at the
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1:19 PM ET Argentina striker Lionel Messi mourned the death of his former coach Diego Maradona, who died of cardiac arrest in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. “It is a very sad day for all Argentines and for football,” the Barcelona star wrote on Instagram. “He is leaving us but he is not going, because Diego
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11:32 AM ET Diego Maradona in action for Argentina at the 1986 World Cup. Getty Argentina legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, Matias Morla, Maradona’s longtime agent, confirmed to EFE. The World Cup-winner was recently hospitalised and underwent brain surgery and was released on Nov. 11. The Argentine Football Association, through its
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7:45 AM ET Arsenal have been offered the chance to sign Christian Eriksen in a deal worth less than the £16.9 million Inter Milan paid Tottenham only 10 months ago, sources have told ESPN. The 28-year-old has started 11 Serie A matches since leaving Spurs in January, after he turned down the chance to sign
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5:33 AM ET Borussia Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho has said he experienced a “hard” spell at the club after being linked with a move to Manchester United in the summer. Sancho, 20, has been far from impressive in some matches this season, leading to speculation that the United transfer saga, which dragged on until October,
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5:00 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi resume their rivalry after being named on the shortlist for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award, world football’s governing body announced on Wednesday. Bayern Munich‘s treble-winning Robert Lewandowski will battle it out with Juventus star Ronaldo and Barcelona‘s Messi after finishing as top goal scorer in the
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2:56 PM ET Chelsea qualified for the Champions League round of 16 with a dramatic 2-1 victory at Rennes on Tuesday night. The result puts Frank Lampard’s men top of Group E with 10 points from four matches, level with Sevilla who defeated Krasnodar in Russia, and nine ahead of Krasnodar and Rennes in the
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