10:14 AM ET Associated Press An Israeli football referee has come out as transgender and is living — and enforcing the rules of the game — as a woman. Sapir Berman announced on Tuesday she has received the support of her family, the local referees’ union and Israeli and international football officials. She said players
Month: April 2021
7:12 PM ET Eden Hazard has said he feels “in better condition” and ready to make an impact in Real Madrid‘s end-of-season run in after coming off the bench in their 1-1 Champions League draw with former club Chelsea. Hazard played the last 25 minutes of the Champions League semifinal first leg at the Alfredo
3:38 PM ET Christian Pulisic celebrates after scoring a goal for Chelsea in the Champions League. Getty Christian Pulisic has become the first United States men’s international to score a goal in a Champions League semifinal, after netting in the first half of Chelsea‘s tie with Real Madrid. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
6:36 PM ET In the end, the clubs’ colour schemes told the tale. Chelsea blue shirts, blue-collar work ethic. Real Madrid, by a distance the most famous white strip in the history of football, white-collar “bosses,” who like things to happen the way they want to happen — not necessarily the way that the actual
5:00 AM ET The death of football icon Diego Maradona late last year was a landmark moment for the whole of Argentina, and the entire soccer world mourned the loss of the former Boca Juniors, Barcelona and Napoli forward. Maximiliano Bagnasco’s experiences since that day show how much Maradona still means to his home nation,
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10:26 AM ET Keller referred to vice president Rainer Koch, a civil judge, as ‘Freisler.’ Martin Rose/Getty Images The president of Germany‘s Football Association (DFB) Fritz Keller has apologised publicly for making a Nazi reference when talking to his vice president in a meeting last week, saying it had been a “grave mistake.” Keller referred to
12:55 PM ET Arsenal director Josh Kroenke has told club staff that Kroenke Sports Enterprises will not entertain any offers to sell the Gunners as Spotify owner Daniel Ek prepares a takeover bid, sources have told ESPN. Ek is heading a consortium including three former Arsenal players, Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, and Dennis Bergkamp, with
8:54 AM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Alfred Duncan was racially abused on Instagram. Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images Cagliari midfielder Alfred Duncan has accepted an apology from the mother of a teenager who racially abused him on social media. Duncan played the final seven minutes of Cagliari’s 3-2 win over Roma on Sunday and sources told ESPN he
9:50 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola said he won’t sleep ahead of Manchester City‘s Champions League semifinal with Paris Saint-Germain if he thinks too much about the threat posed by Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. City will come up against PSG’s formidable forwards in the first leg in Paris on Wednesday and Guardiola said the
5:45 AM ET Liverpool announced a pre-tax loss of £46 million ($64m) for the year that ended last May, with the COVID-19 crisis hitting clubs hard in the final quarter in particular, the defending Premier League champions said on Tuesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The latest financial results, including a
2:41 PM ET The semifinals of the 2020-21 Champions League are upon us, and there will be a new name on the trophy with holders Bayern Munich eliminated in the quarterfinals. Those games seem like a lifetime ago: first came the ill-fated Super League breakaway, then came confirmation of the reconfigured Champions League format for
4:11 AM ET What a brutal way for Atletico Madrid to celebrate their birthday. Founded on April 26, 1903, they played exactly like they were 118 years old — full of tired mistakes, forgetful ‘senior’ moments and bewildered expressions in a 2-1 defeat at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday night. 1 Related It’s a result which
4:57 AM ET Stephan Uersfeld Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Bayern Munich have appointed Julian Nagelsmann as their next manager, having reached a compensation agreement with RB Leipzig.
7:02 PM ET The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Man United eye Senegal forward Sima Manchester United are eyeing
12:15 PM ET The weekend didn’t disappoint when it came to soccer across Europe. Manchester City won another Carabao Cup, this time against Tottenham Hotspur, while Inter Milan inched even closer to winning the Serie A title. In La Liga, Barcelona got a boost from Antoine Griezmann in their title race as Real Madrid (draw)
5:40 PM ET Brazilian powerhouse Santos FC has agreed to transfer winger Yeferson Soteldo to Toronto FC, the Canadian side announced on Monday. Santos had previously announced the agreement with the Major League Soccer side on Saturday. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)– MLS Power
11:26 AM ET Italian clubs joining competitions which have not received authorisation by world and European governing bodies FIFA and UEFA will not be allowed to play in national competitions, the head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) said on Monday. The move comes after three of Italy’s top-flight Serie A clubs, Juventus, AC Milan and
1:31 PM ET UEFA have appointed an Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector to conduct an investigation into AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for having an “alleged financial interest in a betting company,” the European football governing body said on Monday. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported earlier this month that Ibrahimovic, 39, is a part-owner of betting company
12:13 PM ET Christian Pulisic has dismissed lingering concerns over his fitness by insisting “I’m not injury prone” as Chelsea prepare to face Real Madrid in the Champions League semifinals. Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel claimed earlier this month that the United States men’s international needed to learn to trust his body again after suffering nagging
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