Month: April 2021

6:47 PM ET Eleven Serie A clubs have called for AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus to face consequences for their involvement in the failed European Super League project. AS Roma, Torino, Bologna, Genoa, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Spezia, Benevento, Crotone, Parma and Cagliari co-signed a letter addressed to league president Paolo Dal Pino, according to Italian
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6:11 PM ET Zinedine Zidane has denied that Real Madrid are out of the La Liga title race after their 0-0 draw with Real Betis — but defender Dani Carvajal admitted the result was a “step backwards” in the battle for the trophy. Real Madrid ratings: Varane stellar but attack disappoints in drawLowe: How La
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4:18 PM ET Frustrated West Ham United manager David Moyes described defender Fabian Balbuena‘s red card as a “rank, rotten decision” after his side’s 1-0 defeat by Chelsea on Saturday. Timo Werner‘s first-half goal sealed victory to move fourth-placed Chelsea three points above West Ham in the battle to secure a top-four finish in the
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5:00 PM ET English football, including clubs in the Premier League and Women’s Super League, will undertake a three-day social media boycott next week in response to “the ongoing and sustained discriminatory abuse received online by players and many other connected to football.” High-profile players such as Manchester United‘s Marcus Rashford and Lauren James, Manchester
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10:22 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said his side didn’t fight hard enough and don’t deserve a Champions League spot after Newcastle United sneaked a 1-1 draw at Anfield on Saturday. Klopp’s side had 22 shots on goal throughout the game but only converted one through Mohamed Salah in the opening three minutes.
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2:23 PM ET Timo Werner scored for the first time in seven Premier League matches as Chelsea earned a vital three points in their quest for Champions League football as they beat 10-man West Ham United 1-0. West Ham’s job was made more difficult when Fabian Balbuena was sent off 10 minutes before the end.
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11:01 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Hundreds of Manchester United fans protested the Glazer ownership outside Old Trafford on Saturday, following the club’s intent to join the breakaway European Super League. Protests have been a familiar sight across the Premier League this week after United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and
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6:46 AM ET Alex Kirkland Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has said the Super League “must have done something wrong” with their launch of the project after a furious reaction from football’s governing bodies, politicians and fans’ groups, and said the founders will take “some weeks to reflect” on their next steps. The Madrid president
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9:57 AM ET Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has told ESPN Brasil that former manager Frank Lampard “wasn’t ready” for the managerial job because he “skipped a few steps.” Lampard took charge at Stamford Bridge in 2019 to replace Maurizio Sarri and led the club to a top four finish and an FA Cup final during his
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9:20 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said it was “great” the Super League didn’t happen as he defended the club’s owners over the shelved plans, but also launched a stinging attack on the new-look format of the Champions League. Klopp, speaking ahead of Liverpool’s key Premier League match against Newcastle on Saturday, was
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2:51 PM ET Associated Press The Spanish and Italian clubs still clinging to the Super League must disavow the breakaway or face being banned from the Champions League, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin told The Associated Press on Friday. Although the Super League imploded this week after being rapidly abandoned by most participants, Real Madrid, Barcelona,
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3:00 PM ET Sebastian Lletget has been given a two-game suspension for using an anti-gay slur. Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Major League Soccer has suspended LA Galaxy midfielder Sebastian Lletget for two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for using a anti-gay slur on Instagram. In a video Lletget posted to Instagram on April 9,
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6:02 PM ET Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta slammed his side’s home form as “terrible, unacceptable” after they slumped to a 1-0 Premier League defeat by Everton on Friday to fall even further behind in the chase for European football next season. Arsenal had plenty of chances in the second half and a penalty decision reversed
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