4:45 PM ET Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has shocked the football world by announcing that he intends to retire, not at the end of the current season but midway through the current campaign when the Spanish league breaks for the World Cup later this month. 2 Related Pique revealed that Barca’s upcoming game against Almeria
Month: November 2022
9:30 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer “Culers, I have to tell you something,” he posted at 6.36 p.m. on a grey Thursday evening in November, and just like that, it was over. Twenty-five years after he joined the club where he’d been a member from the day he was born, and 15 years since he
8:23 AM ET Adriana Garcia Spain‘s women’s team coach Jorge Vilda has extended an olive branch to the rebel 15 players by declaring his willingness to have dialogue but is also ready to move forward without them. With the World Cup eight months away, Vilda on Friday left out the players that refused to be
8:28 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said the football world is “guilty” for the amount of players set to miss the World Cup through injury. A number of high-profile players including Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, Diogo Jota and Timo Werner have been ruled out of the tournament through injury, with the tournament starting
7:12 AM ET Adriana Garcia LaLiga has slammed plans of another attempt by Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus to relaunch the Super League. The breakaway competition, which included 12 elite European clubs, was launched in April 2021 but collapsed 48 hours later after English Premier League clubs pulled out because of a widespread public backlash
7:44 AM ET Associated Press FIFA president Gianni Infantino has urged the 32 nations preparing for the most political World Cup in the modern era to focus on the game in Qatar and avoid handing out lessons in morality. A letter urging teams to “let football take center stage” was sent by Infantino and FIFA
6:21 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Atletico Madrid chief executive Miguel Angel Gil has called on fans to back under-fire manager Diego Simeone, while admitting the team’s Champions League exit was “a failure.” Atletico lost 2-1 at Porto on Tuesday to end a disastrous Champions League campaign that saw them finish bottom of Group
5:58 AM ET Adriana Garcia LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said he has doubt Gerard Pique will one day become a “great president of Barcelona.” Pique, 35, announced his retirement professional football on Thursday, with Saturday’s LaLiga clash against Almeria his last game at the Camp Nou. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more
5:00 AM ET The battle for Jude Bellingham is hotting up, with Liverpool in pole position — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: Real Madrid ready for battle | Barcelona plan more spending | Shakhtar set for MLS fundraising drive | Alonso’s new deal | Prem clubs to help financially struggling fans Liverpool
9:38 PM ET Cesar Hernandez LAFC winger Carlos Vela urged Mexico fans on Thursday to support the team at the World Cup and forget about whether or not he or Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez would be a part of the team that goes to Qatar. Vela, who is readying for his team’s MLS Cup final against
8:47 PM ET MLS commissioner Don Garber addresses the media during his annual State of the League address. USA Today Images LOS ANGELES — Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber said on Thursday that the league doesn’t “see any reason at all” for Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson to sell the club. An independent investigation into
7:26 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Philadelphia Union head coach Jim Curtin brushed off suggestions he needs to test himself in Europe by stating that Major League Soccer could become the “top league in the world” by 2026. Curtin was speaking to ESPN’s Herculez Gomez ahead of Saturday’s MLS Cup final, where his team will take
5:54 PM ET Arsenal clung to an important 1-0 win over FC Zurich at the Emirates Stadium in their final Europa League Group A match on Thursday to advance directly to the round of 16 as winners. Mikel Arteta’s side could have been forced into the Europa League playoff round if they had finished second
4:09 PM ET Carlos Tevez called an emergency press conference on Thursday to announce he was stepping down as coach. Getty Images Carlos Tevez has left his role as manager of Argentine club Rosario Central five months after taking the job, the former Manchester City striker said on Thursday. Rosario finished 20th in the 28-team Argentine
MOURINHO: “ORA ARRIVANO GLI SQUALI” 03/11/2022 23:32 “E’stata una partita davvero difficile, nel secondo tempo abbiamo dato tutto e siamo entrati con un atteggiamento e una spinta diversa”. Josè Mourinho, dopo la vittoria sul Ludogorets per 3-1, dice la sua sulla qualificazione al playoff di Europa League: “Ora arrivano gli squali -scherza-. Sono club di
4:52 PM ET Associated Press AC Milan right back Sergino Dest is the latest injury worry for the United States ahead of the World Cup, while Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner missed his third straight match Thursday. Dest did not play in Milan’s Champions League group stage finale against FC Salzburg on Wednesday because of adductor
3:38 PM ET Alejandro Garnacho scored his first Manchester United goal but a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad wasn’t enough to avoid finishing second in their Europa League group and facing a playoff against a team dropping out of the Champions League. United needed to win by a two-goal margin in San Sebastian to overhaul
2:46 PM ET Associated Press Qatar relaxed limits Thursday on international visitors arriving during the World Cup and will allow entry for fans without tickets from Dec. 2 when the group stage ends. Fans will still need to apply for and get a Hayya Card tournament identification document before traveling but a match ticket will
2:00 PM ET Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has announced that he will retire from football when the Spanish league breaks for the World Cup this month. Pique, 35, says Saturday’s match against Almeria in LaLiga will be his last at Camp Nou for the Catalan club after 14 years in the first team following his
1:18 PM ET The next time the Champions League becomes the dominant topic in soccer, we will be approaching Valentine’s Day. An entire World Cup will have come and gone. We’ll have spent many thousands of words talking about player wear and tear, particularly for players on the four teams that will have played seven