Month: March 2022

3:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ukrainian footballer Andrii Kravchuk is training with Manchester City after fleeing to England following Russia’s invasion of his homeland. City have agreed to let the 23-year-old midfielder train with their Elite Development Squad after he terminated his contract with Russian first-division side Torpedo Moscow. Kravchuk said he could no longer
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2:44 PM ET Barcelona club directors Mateu Alemany and Jordi Cruyff met with Antonio Rudiger‘s advisor, Sahr Senesie, on Wednesday evening to discuss the Chelsea defender’s potential arrival to the Camp Nou as a free agent this summer. Sky Sport Germany captured images of Barca football director Alemany and the club’s international scouting director Cruyff
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11:24 AM ET Premier League clubs voted in favour of reintroducing the use of five substitutes per game from the start of the 2022-23 season at a shareholder meeting, the organisation said on Thursday. The substitutions can be made on three occasions during a game, not including halftime, and clubs can name nine substitutes in
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11:18 AM ET United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter is shifting his focus to the team’s preparation for the World Cup after securing qualification, adding that his initial goal is to get out of the team’s group, regardless of how Friday’s draw plays out. “The starting point is getting out of the group
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10:35 AM ET FIFA president Gianni Infantino has rejected claims that the organisation pushed for a biennial World Cup. Speaking at the 72nd FIFA Congress in Doha, Infantino said FIFA had merely explored the possibility of halving the four-year World Cup cycle despite Chief of Global Football Development and former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger conducting
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9:05 AM ET The Qatar World Cup’s top organiser, Hassan Al Thawadi, has accused the Norway FA President Lise Klaveness of failing to educate herself on the country’s human rights record after she delivered a damning address at Thursday’s FIFA Congress in Doha. Klaveness took to the stage at the 72nd FIFA Congress to condemn
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7:15 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has criticised the remaining members of the proposed European Super League (ESL) for promoting their idea during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In April 2021, 12 clubs — including six Premier League clubs, three from LaLiga and three from Serie A — announced the formation of a closed
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1:19 AM ET Manchester United will play two matches in Australia in July in the Premier League giants’ first overseas preseason tour in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. United will face four-time A-League Men champions Melbourne Victory on July 15, before squaring off against fellow Premier League club Crystal Palace four days later. –
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11:00 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Mexico‘s men’s national team has officially qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, continuing a stretch that dates back to the 1994 tournament. Thanks to a win against El Salvador on Wednesday night in their final CONCACAF qualifier, Mexico has finished runners-up in the eight-team table and with a
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11:01 PM ET SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — The United States men’s national team has qualified for the 2022 World Cup, securing its berth to the tournament in Qatar after missing out on the 2018 edition in Russia. Despite losing 2-0 to Costa Rica on Tuesday, the USMNT managed to secure one of CONCACAF’s three
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10:15 PM ET The Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns announced a dozen initiatives related to what the teams called “accountability, engagement and equity,” on Wednesday. Among the proposals are plans to hire a VP of Community and Social Impact, and a compliance-focused position to bolster its legal and Human Resources departments. The teams are also
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