Month: March 2022

4:28 AM ET Mauricio Pochettino, one of the contenders for the Manchester United job, is in limbo as PSG plan an overhaul — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: PR firms’ Maradona heart stunt | Rashford the ‘ghost’ looks to battle back | US crypto keen on Barca link-up | Mbappe’s row with

6:10 AM ET As Nigeria prepare to face Ghana in the first of two playoff games for a 2022 FIFA World Cup ticket, defender Leon Balogun is hoping to shut out the noise and focus on winning the tie, starting with the first game in Kumasi on Friday. The build-up to the fixture has been

1:22 AM ET MEXICO CITY — It didn’t get the historic win it was looking for, but the United States national team picked up an important point at the Estadio Azteca, taking a significant step toward World Cup qualification in a 0-0 draw with Mexico. Coupled with Panama‘s 1-1 draw with Honduras, the United States

12:07 AM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. men’s national team went to Mexico on Thursday to begin the crucial final window of 2022 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, and coach Gregg Berhalter promised they’d be aggressive. Unfortunately for Berhalter (and fans), that approach didn’t result in any goals for the U.S. — and likewise for Mexico,

11:10 PM ET It wasn’t pretty, but Uruguay found a way to win against Peru and booked a spot at the 2022 World Cup. Getty Images It started a few mysterious minutes late and ended in confusion, but the consequence of Uruguay‘s 1-0 win over Peru on Thursday is that, with a round to spare, South

7:25 PM ET Luke Thrower Riyad Mahrez is drawing interest from some of the top clubs in Europe. Visionhaus/Getty Images The 2022 January transfer window is closed, but there’s still plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals!

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7:05 PM ET PORTO, Portugal — Cristiano Ronaldo‘s dream of a World Cup swan song in Qatar remains alive, but only after Portugal survived the late drama of a missed penalty by Turkey’s Burak Yilmaz in a tense 3-1 Path C playoff semifinal victory in Porto. Portugal are developing a habit of making life difficult

6:53 PM ET Bruno Fernandes is close to agreeing a new five-year contract at Manchester United, sources have told ESPN. The 27-year-old midfielder, who arrived at United from Sporting for an initial €55 million in Jan. 2020, still has three years to run on his existing deal at Old Trafford. – Ogden: Ten Hag interviewed

6:56 PM ET Gareth Bale has responded to his critics in Spain and said they should be “ashamed of themselves” after his stunning brace helped Wales past Austria in their World Cup playoff semifinal on Thursday. Bale produced a wonderful free kick in the first half to open the scoring for Wales before doubling their

5:46 PM ET Italy will miss out on the World Cup for the second successive tournament after the Euro 2020 winners were stunned by a stoppage-time winner from North Macedonia in Thursday’s playoff semifinal in Palermo. With Italy frustrated for 90 minutes by a heroic North Macedonia defensive performance, Aleksandar Trajkovski, a former Palermo player,

10:22 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona plan to meet with Ronald Araujo‘s agents in the coming days to discuss a contract extension with Premier League clubs Liverpool and Manchester United monitoring the situation, sources have told ESPN. Araujo, 23, is out of contract in 2023 and initial talks to renew his terms at

9:33 AM ET MEXICO CITY — As you drive down the Avenida del Iman, Estadio Azteca looms on the horizon. From afar, it looks like a hulking birthday cake was plopped down in the Santa Ursala neighborhood of Mexico City. As you get closer, the concrete supports look like the collective arms of Mexico supporters,

7:18 AM ET Adriana Garcia LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said Real Madrid are leading a new continental project that would exclude English clubs and go against UEFA and the Premier League. Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, three of the original Super League founding clubs, have remained committed to the project and, according to Spanish media

5:17 AM ET Ada Hegerberg will return to the Norway squad for their 2023 World Cup qualifiers against Kosovo and Poland. Photo by Roland Krivec/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Lyon striker Ada Hegerberg has returned to the Norway squad for the first time in five years, ending her dispute with the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) over