Month: April 2022

12:00 PM ET Jurgen Klopp has signed a contract extension at Liverpool that will see him remain at the club until 2026. Klopp’s deal was set to expire in 2024, with the expectation that he would take a sabbatical, but he has committed to a new contract. Klopp’s assistants Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz have
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6:29 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will play their home games during the 2023-24 season at the Olympic Stadium in the city with work due to begin on revamping Camp Nou this summer, the club confirmed on Thursday. Barca members approved a €1.5 billion funding package to regenerate the club’s ageing 99,354-seater stadium
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7:36 AM ET Adriana Garcia A Boca Juniors fan was arrested in Brazil for making racist gestures at Corinthians supporters during Tuesday’s Copa Libertadores group game between the two sides. Corinthians, who won 2-0, said in a statement that the Argentinian fan, who the club did not name, was reported by the home supporters to
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9:05 AM ET Mino Raiola is one of the most well-known agents in football. AMA/Corbis via Getty Images Renowned football agent Mino Raiola posted on Twitter on Thursday that he was angry amid a flurry of reports that claimed he had died. “Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in four months
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7:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The world’s best male players are getting younger but, as the likes of Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland, Barcelona‘s Pedri and Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden make headlines every week, is it finally time to crown successors to the legendary Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo? 2 Related For the fourth
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5:05 AM ET Tobin Heath has left Arsenal by mutual consent with three matches of the season remaining. Photo by ANP via Getty Images U.S. women’s national team striker Tobin Heath has been released from her contract at Arsenal, the club announced on Thursday. Both parties have agreed for Heath to leave the club early after
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4:32 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has proposed that the Manchester United squad vote on whether they want Harry Maguire to stay on as captain next season. Maguire was installed as skipper by former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer shortly after his £80 million move from Leicester in 2019. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
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2:42 AM ET Associated Press The Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC celebrate after a Peace Charity Match at Providence Park. Yellow won 4-3. Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports PORTLAND, Ore. — The final score didn’t matter in the end. Major League Soccer‘s Portland Timbers and the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League joined forces
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1:22 AM ET Juan Ignacio Dinenno scored a brace in Pumas’ 2-2 with the Seattle Sounders. Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images Nicolas Lodeiro converted two second-half penalties, including one in the ninth minute of stoppage time, to lift the Seattle Sounders to a 2-2 draw against Pumas UNAM on Wednesday at Mexico City in the first leg of
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10:48 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Luis Gerardo Chavez #20 of Mexico fights for the ball with Carlos Mejia #6 of Guatemala during Wednesday’s friendly match at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Getty Images An experimental Mexico team was held to a scoreless stalemate by Guatemala in a friendly Wednesday at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium. Despite
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4:45 PM ET Bologna’s Nicola Sansone celebrates after scoring the winner against Inter. Mario Carlini / Iguana Press/Getty Images A howler from Inter Milan‘s stand-in goalkeeper Ionut Radu cost his side dear as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Bologna on Wednesday, with Simone Inzaghi’s team missing the chance to go top of Serie A.
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6:54 PM ET Villarreal coach Unai Emery was relieved that his side will go into the second leg of their Champions League semifinal with Liverpool with only a 2-0 deficit after their defensive gameplan backfired at Anfield. Liverpool had looked frustrated in the first half as Villarreal manned the barricades but the hosts got their
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5:30 PM ET Thomas Tuchel said he believes Chelsea‘s ownership uncertainty is enabling their rivals to gain an early advantage in the summer transfer market. Under the terms of a special licence allowing the club to function despite owner Roman Abramovich’s sanctioning by the U.K. government, Chelsea are banned from signing players or agreeing contract
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4:23 PM ET Associated Press Two-time FIFA Player of the Year Carli Lloyd is re-joining NJ/NY Gotham FC as a minority owner, six months after retiring from the game. The National Women’s Soccer League announced the move Wednesday. The New Jersey native joins an ownership group led by Gov. Phil Murphy and his wife, Tammy.
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