Month: February 2021

5:31 AM ET Bayern Munich‘s preparations for the Club World Cup were thrown into chaos on Friday night when they were forced to spend the night on a plane after their flight to Qatar was denied permission to take off. Bayern had just beaten Hertha Berlin 1-0 at the Olympiastadion in a match which had
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10:02 PM ET The Major League Soccer Players Association and MLS announced on Friday that they have reached a tentative agreement on a revised Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The CBA was approved by the union’s executive board and bargaining committee by a vote of 24-11, according to a source. The agreement will now be sent
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5:58 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email New Manchester United signing Amad Diallo produced a goal and three assists in the under-23 side’s 6-4 victory over Blackburn Rovers on Friday. – Karlsen: What the scouting world thinks of Amad Diallo– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) United stormed back from
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he has held showdown talks with Paul Pogba about the midfielder’s future but has refused to be drawn on whether he will sign a new contract at Old Trafford. – Nine amazing things about United’s 9-0 win over Saints– Stream LIVE games and
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11:24 AM ET Zinedine Zidane reacted angrily to questions about his Real Madrid future, asking for “respect” and said journalists should “tell me to my face that you want me to go,” adding that changes are likely at the end of the season. The French coach was giving his first news conference — ahead of
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2:48 PM ET FC Cincinnati has signed striker Brenner from Sao Paulo, the Brazilian club announced. Sources told ESPN that the deal is worth around $13 million plus an additional $2m if incentives are met. If the final payout is $15m that would tie the previous record signing in MLS, when Ezequiel Barco moved from
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1:42 PM ET Lewis Holman Manchester United women’s manager Casey Stoney has said that a move to League One or League Two is not a step-up from the WSL and there is a lack of respect for women managers. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Stoney’s comments follow Chelsea women’s manager Emma
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9:56 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has hit back at Jurgen Klopp’s claim that Manchester City had a “two-week break” because of a COVID-19 outbreak at the club by saying the Liverpool boss “knows it’s not true.” Ahead of their meeting at Anfield, Klopp suggested City’s good run of form has been helped by
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8:33 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool are struggling with physical and mental fatigue this season because they have not had a “two-week break” like Premier League leaders Manchester City. Reigning champions Liverpool face City at Anfield on Sunday having fallen seven points behind Pep Guardiola’s team following Wednesday’s 1-0 home defeat against Brighton.
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9:11 AM ET Don’t look now, but after years of one-sided champions across the majority of Europe’s “big five” leagues — English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Division and French Ligue 1 — we’re staring at the very real scenario of new titleholders almost across the board. With the exception of
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5:25 AM ET Andre Onana has made over 100 appearances for Ajax. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images UEFA has banned Ajax Amsterdam goalkeeper Andre Onana for 12 months for a doping violation, just days after the club’s record signing Sebastien Haller was mistakenly left off their Europa League list. Following a drugs test on Oct. 30 last year,
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5:16 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Marcos Rojo found out his Manchester United career was over on social media after reading that his contract would not be extended, sources have told ESPN. Rojo was still waiting to hear from United officials about whether they would take up their option to extend his deal by another 12
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4:10 AM ET The president of Italian Serie C side Novara has resigned after police stopped him with a bag containing €2000,000 ($240,000), which he could not explain. Marcello Cianci, 50, was detained by the financial police in the southern region of Reggio Calabria and the money was seized. – Stream LIVE games and replays
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3:13 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Mexico’s head of refereeing has vigorously denied the accusations made by a fired Liga MX referee who claims his dismissal was racially motivated. Arturo Brizio, head of Mexican Football Federation’s (FMF) refereeing committee, denied there was any discrimination involved in the firing of Adalid Maganda on Tuesday. A statement
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2:05 PM ET The great-grandson of Italy‘s late fascist dictator Benito Mussolini hopes he will not be judged by his name after being called up for the youth team at Serie A club Lazio. Romano Floriani Mussolini, 18, has been part of the squad for Lazio’s Under-19 ‘Primavera’ team for the past two matches, including
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5:23 PM ET Associated Press The scene during a match between Serbian rivals Red Star and Partizan. Getty Images Serbian police raided the stadiums of the country’s two biggest football clubs on Thursday after arresting 17 people linked to fan groups accused of organized crime, drug trafficking and murder. Heavily armed riot police ordered all those
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5:48 PM ET Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has weighed in on a debate about refereeing by saying many officials in Spain were likely to favour his club’s great rivals Real Madrid. Pique, in an interview on YouTube show “Post United” on Thursday, said that if the vast majority of La Liga referees supported Real Madrid,
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