Month: May 2022

9:18 AM ET Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney watch Wrexham vs. Grimsby Town. Bradley Collyer/PA Images via Getty Images Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney watched their side lose 5-4 to Grimsby in an nine-goal thriller on Saturday with promotion to League Two on the line. The National League sides met in a one-legged playoff semifinal
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5:07 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has raised concerns about the playing surface at the Stade de France ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, saying it was an “interesting idea” to lay a new pitch less than 72 hours before kick-off in Paris. The entire grass surface at the stadium, which
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4:30 AM ET A consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly has completed its takeover of Premier League club Chelsea in a deal worth up to £4.25 billion. The deal was formally announced on Saturday, bringing Roman Abramovich’s 19-year tenure to an end and freeing Chelsea from restrictions relating to sanctions imposed on
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7:41 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Mexico coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino confirmed that he isn’t willing just yet to guarantee a return to the national team for LA Galaxy striker Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez. Ahead of a friendly against Nigeria at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas this Saturday, Martino stated in a Friday press conference that despite
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3:43 PM ET Teams from Belarus and Ukraine will be prevented from being drawn against each other in any UEFA competition going forward, the executive committee of European soccer’s governing body said on Friday. The move comes following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for which Belarus has been a key staging area. Teams from Russia and
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1:21 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Fernando Ortiz has been rewarded for an impressive spell in interim charge of Club America. AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo Club America have announced that interim coach Fernando Ortiz will continue to lead the team for the 2022 Apertura season. America and Ortiz have agreed to a one-year contract, sources confirmed to ESPN’s
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2:34 PM ET Thibaut Courtois has sent a warning to Liverpool with the Champions League trophy on the line by declaring: “When Real Madrid play a final, they win it.” Real face Liverpool in Saturday’s showpiece at the Stade de France aiming to lift the trophy for a record-extending 14th time. Since the European Cup
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12:42 PM ET Associated Press Zack Steffen has been in a battle with Matt Turner to be the USMNT’s starting goalkeeper. Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Manchester City‘s Zack Steffen will miss the United States‘ four World Cup prep matches next month for what the team said was family reasons, and he was replaced on
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11:45 AM ET Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has downplayed talk of wanting revenge against Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final, and said that midfielders Fabinho and Thiago Alcantara have given the club a major fitness boost by returning to training. Mohamed Salah said earlier this month he wanted to play Madrid in Saturday’s final
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10:46 AM ET Antonio Conte is expected to stay on as Tottenham Hotspur head coach next season following positive talks with the club’s managing director Fabio Paratici in Turin on Friday, sources have told ESPN. Despite qualifying for next season’s Champions League with a 5-0 win at Norwich City on the final day of the
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2:31 AM ET Liverpool forward Sadio Mane will reveal his future plans only after Saturday’s Champions League final against Real Madrid, the Senegal international said on Thursday. Mane, who joined Liverpool in 2016 and has scored more than 120 goals for the Premier League club, was considering leaving Jurgen Klopp’s side in search of a
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7:23 PM ET Associated Press Eduardo Berizzo previously spent close to two years in charge of Paraguay. Elvis Gonzalez – Pool/Getty Images Chile hired Eduardo Berizzo as national team coach on Thursday as they seek to recover from another disappointing performance in South American qualifying for the World Cup finals tournament. The Chilean soccer association said
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6:26 PM ET Canada Soccer has cancelled a friendly between the men’s national team and Iran next month, the national governing body said on Thursday, following widespread opposition to the fixture. No reason was given for the cancellation of the game that was set to be played on June 5 in Vancouver and would have
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1:31 PM ET Ligue 1 president Vincent Labrune has hit back at his LaLiga counterpart Javier Tebas who attacked Paris Saint-Germain following Kylian Mbappe‘s contract extension, saying his denigration of the French league and its players was ‘unacceptable’. Mbappe, who had been linked with a move to Real Madrid, rejected an offer to join the
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12:00 PM ET Leeds United have signed United States men’s national team star Brenden Aaronson from FC Salzburg, the club announced. The midfielder has joined the Premier League club for a fee believed to be $29.5 million, sources have told ESPN, and on a contract until 2027. Aaronson becomes Leeds’ first signing of the summer
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