Month: August 2022

4:27 PM ET Erling Haaland continued the blistering start to his Manchester City career by scoring a perfect hat trick inside 38 minutes as the Premier League champions smashed promoted Nottingham Forest 6-0 on Wednesday. Haaland has scored nine goals in five league games since joining City from Borussia Dortmund and has back-to-back hat tricks
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4:52 PM ET Liverpool snagged a dramatic stoppage-time winner through Fabio Carvalho to beat Newcastle United 2-1 at Anfield on Monday night. The Portuguese attacker celebrated his 20th birthday on Tuesday and came off the bench to complete Liverpool’s comeback from a goal down after they looked to be heading for a point. “It feels
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5:19 PM ET Fabio Carvalho snatched a 2-1 victory for Liverpool against Newcastle United with a stunning volley five minutes into stoppage time that ended the visitors’ unbeaten start to the season and kept Jurgen Klopp’s team in touch with the early Premier League pace-setters. Alexander Isak‘s debut goal for Newcastle had given Eddie Howe’s
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4:22 PM ET Gabriel Martinelli celebrates his winning goal for Arsenal against Aston Villa. David Rogers/Getty Images Arsenal continued their perfect start to the Premier League season, making it five wins from five games after a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. Summer signing Gabriel Jesus continued his impressive start to
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3:09 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens AC Milan are hopeful of beating Villarreal to the signing of United States international Sergino Dest on loan from Barcelona, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Dest was reconsidering an offer from LaLiga side Villarreal after a phone call from coach Unai Emery, but sources say the 21-year-old is
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12:19 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona‘s Sergino Dest is reconsidering an offer from LaLiga side Villarreal after a phone call from coach Unai Emery, sources have told ESPN. Villarreal approached Dest about a season-long loan earlier this week after losing right-back Juan Foyth to injury, but the United States international was initially reluctant
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12:24 PM ET Associated Press Ryan Giggs made a club-record 963 appearances for Manchester United during his 23-year senior career. Photo by Cameron Smith/Getty Images The jury in the trial of Ryan Giggs was discharged Wednesday after failing to reach a verdict on domestic violence charges against the former Manchester United star. Giggs, 48, had been
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10:09 AM ET Associated Press RedBird Capital Partners have purchased a controlling interest in AC Milan for €1.2 billion. Nicola Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images AC Milan announced their latest ownership change on Wednesday, which involves a minority stake for the New York Yankees. RedBird Capital Partners completed the deal to purchase a controlling interest in the
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8:34 AM ET Chelsea have completed the signing of Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana on a seven-year contract, the club announced on Wednesday. ESPN reported on Saturday that Chelsea agreed a fee in the region of £75 million for Fofana after Leicester demanded the same £80m fee they received for defender Harry Maguire when he
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8:12 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag insists Cristiano Ronaldo will still be a Manchester United player after the transfer deadline, while also suggesting the club’s spending will come to an end after the completion of deals for Antony and Martin Dubravka. United are finalising moves for Ajax winger Antony and Newcastle goalkeeper Dubravka
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7:02 AM ET The 2022 Women’s European Championship was the most watched edition of the tournament with a projected global cumulative live viewership of 365 million, European football governing body UEFA said on Wednesday. The viewership for this year’s tournament, which was won by hosts England after they defeated Germany in the final, was more
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6:30 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Sources have told ESPN the injury will keep Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang out for around three weeks. David Ramos/Getty Images Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang suffered a broken jaw during a robbery at his house earlier in the week, sources confirmed to ESPN. Aubameyang was assaulted in the early hours of Monday
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11:15 PM ET Associated Press A Las Vegas police report compiled a decade after a woman first made a 2009 rape complaint against international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo almost became public Tuesday by mistake, before a Nevada judge backtracked and kept it sealed. Clark County District Court Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells decided to at least temporarily
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7:09 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain have signed central midfielder Fabian Ruiz from Italian side Napoli with the Spain international signing a five-year contract, the Ligue 1 club said on Tuesday. Financial details were not disclosed but media reports said PSG paid an initial fee off €21.5 million ($21.5m). – Storylines to watch ahead of transfer
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2:54 PM ET French prosecutors are investigating allegations that Paul Pogba, seen here with Kylian Mbappe, was the target of extortion by his brother. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images World Cup winner Paul Pogba paid €100,000 ($100,000) to an organised group, including his brother, that was trying to extort him for millions, French officials said Tuesday. French prosecutors
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4:54 PM ET German Cup holders RB Leipzig began their defence of the trophy with a commanding 8-0 victory over fourth division side Teutonia Ottensen after Timo Werner grabbed a first half hat trick on Tuesday. The match was moved to Leipzig’s stadium after the pitch at Dessau’s Paul Greifzu stadium was left unplayable after
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