Month: January 2021

7:29 AM ET Adriana Garcia Rodrigo Alain Cuevas, a striker of Mexican third division club Ciervos Chalco FC, has had his left leg amputated after suffering severe injuries following an accident in his home. The club said in a statement on Jan. 23 that Cuevas, 27, had suffered third degree burns from a high-voltage electrical

5:44 PM ET Harry Kane was subbed off at half-time. Getty Tottenham Hotspur star striker Harry Kane is expected to be out “a few weeks” after injuring both ankles in his side’s 3-1 home loss to Liverpool, Spurs manager Jose Mourinho told reporters. Kane was subbed off at half-time after twice going down in the first

2:27 PM ET In a bid to avoid the first work stoppage in league history, the MLS Players Association submitted to MLS its latest proposal for a revised Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The MLSPA offer attempts to find a compromise with what MLS has proposed. In the MLSPA proposal, the terms of the CBA would

10:55 AM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Fikayo Tomori said there was “more to football than the Premier League” after completing his loan move from Chelsea to AC Milan. Tomori moved to the Rossoneri on a season-long loan and made his debut as a substitute during Milan’s defeat to Internazionale in the Coppa Italia quarterfinals. –

9:08 AM ET At the 2020 U.S Open, Naomi Osaka wore seven different masks with names on to highlight social injustice in support of Black Lives Matter. Al Bello/Getty Images Japan’s three-times Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka has invested in National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team North Carolina Courage to become a team owner, the

6:56 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have condemned abuse Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial received on social media. Anthony Devlin/PA Images via Getty Images Manchester United have branded supporters who racially abused Anthony Martial and Axel Tuanzebe on social media following the 2-1 defeat to Sheffield United on Wednesday as “mindless idiots.” The club issued

5:52 PM ET Associated Press Turin’s mayor and four others were convicted and sentenced to a year and six months in jail on Wednesday in connection with a stampede during a public viewing of the 2017 Champions League final, which was projected on a maxi-screen in one of the Italian city’s main piazzas. More than

11:22 PM ET AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has defended himself against accusations he aimed racist comments at Inter‘s Romelu Lukaku during the Coppa Italia quarterfinal on Tuesday, saying there is no place for racism in “Zlatan’s world.” Ibrahimovic and Lukaku, who played together at Manchester United, exchanged words at the end of the first

5:02 PM ET Manchester United squandered a chance to reclaim top spot in the Premier League with a 2-1 loss to Sheffield United on Wednesday. The Old Trafford side had seen their position in the league overtaken by Manchester City on Tuesday. Looking to climb back atop the table, they were undone by goals from

4:30 PM ET MLS has issued a memo to its teams and league staff instructing them to prepare for a work stoppage. The memo, sent by MLS president and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott, comes ahead of a Jan. 29 (midnight, Jan. 28) deadline to negotiate a revised collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between MLS and the