Month: January 2023

1:54 PM ET Romeo Beckham has joined Brentford’s B team on loan from Inter Miami II until the end of the season, the clubs announced Friday. The 20-year-old, son of former England captain, David, had been training with the Premier League club’s reserve side for the past three months in order to keep fit following
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9:09 AM ET Associated Press Noussair Mazraoui had COVID-19 during the World Cup and is now suffering from pericarditis, Bayern Munich said. Photo by Pablo Morano/BSR Agency/Getty Images Bayern Munich said Friday that full-back Noussair Mazraoui tested positive for the coronavirus during Morocco‘s historic run to the semifinals of the World Cup and has since been
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10:58 AM ET Chelsea have completed the signing of Vasco da Gama midfielder Andrey Santos, with sources telling ESPN the fee is in the region of £18 million. Santos, 18, has agreed a long-term contract at Stamford Bridge in a move announced by the Brazilian club on Friday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more
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7:53 AM ET UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin is the only candidate for presidential elections at European football’s governing body scheduled to take place at its congress in April, it said on Friday. UEFA had previously said that Ceferin, a Slovenian lawyer, would stand for a third term as president. The 55-year-old was re-elected unopposed for
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9:18 AM ET FIFA will next week introduce widespread rule changes on how football agents operate, including a cap on the transfer commissions they receive and the introduction of an exam, the sport’s governing body said on Friday. Fees paid by clubs for the services of intermediaries were $622.8 million in 2022, FIFA said last
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9:11 AM ET Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk will be out for “more than a month” with a hamstring injury as he suffers a fresh injury blow, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday. Van Dijk sustained the injury in Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Brentford on Monday and was substituted at half-time. – Stream on ESPN+:
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5:03 AM ET Manchester United have signed goalkeeper Jack Butland on loan for the remainder of the season from Crystal Palace, the club announced on Friday. Butland is set to arrive from Palace after Newcastle United recalled Martin Dubravka from his season-long loan at Old Trafford. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The
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5:15 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said the Super League “could be a reality by 2025” as football awaits a court verdict on whether UEFA’s attempts to prevent the breakaway competition’s launch breached European competition law. Last month the European Court of Justice’s Advocate General delivered his non-binding opinion
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5:07 AM ET Gianluca Vialli has died after a long battle with cancer. Photo by Chris Ricco – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Former Chelsea and Juventus star Gianluca Vialli has died at the age of 58 following a long battle with cancer. Vialli was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017 and for a second time
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6:01 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN USWNT teen Alyssa Thompson was named the national high-school player of the year in 2022. Ezequiel Becerra/AFP/Getty Images Angel City FC has acquired the top pick in next week’s NWSL draft in a three-team trade involving the Portland Thorns and NY/NJ Gotham FC, the Los Angeles club announced Thursday. Angel City
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6:42 PM ET Chelsea boss Graham Potter has said he has “never experienced anything like it” after the club’s injury situation worsened as Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic limped out of Thursday’s 1-0 home defeat to Manchester City. Sterling was forced off after five minutes with Pulisic following him 17 minutes later with a knee
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1:48 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Violence around the Banorte stadium in Culiacan has led to the postponement of two matches. RASHIDE FRIAS/AFP/Getty Images Thursday’s second division Mexico league match between Dorados and Correcaminos and Friday’s Liga MX match between Mazatlan and Leon have been postponed due to violence in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, both leagues
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4:53 PM ET Manchester City closed the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal back to five points and left Chelsea languishing down in 10th position after a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. After City struggled to make inroads in an unfamiliar formation in the first half, substitutes Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez combined
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Jadon Sancho is working to overcome “physical and mental” issues before returning to the Manchester United team, according to manager Erik ten Hag. Sancho has not featured since October and missed United’s training camp in Spain during the World Cup, instead travelling to the Netherlands to take part in an
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4:02 PM ET Associated Press Netherlands veteran Daley Blind has signed a deal to join Bayern Munich. Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Bayern Munich signed veteran Netherlands defender Daley Blind on Thursday to cover for the injured Lucas Hernandez. Blind was a free agent after parting ways with Ajax Amsterdam by mutual consent last week with six months
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