Month: January 2024

Jan 27, 2024, 01:07 PM ET A fan had to be restrained by coaches and staff after running onto the pitch to confront the referee during the League One fixture between Port Vale and Portsmouth on Saturday. The supporter entered the field of play shortly after referee Craig Hicks awarded a penalty to Portsmouth that

Real Madrid midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni came off the bench and scored a late header to snatch a 2-1 come from behind win at Las Palmas to take his side top of LaLiga on Saturday. After a lacklustre first-half, Real were shocked by the hosts in the 53rd minute when Javi Munoz tapped in from close-range after Sandro

Maidstone United recorded a famous FA Cup upset on Saturday as the non-league team beat Championship side Ipswich Town 2-1 to reach the fifth round of the competition. Lamar Reynolds put Maidstone ahead with a sublime chip in the 43rd minute before the forward set up Sam Corne’s winner in the second half to send

Jan 27, 2024, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City midfielder Jill Roord has suffered a rupture to her anterior cruciate ligament, the Women’s Super League (WSL) club confirmed on Saturday. The 26-year-old, who joined City from Wolfsburg in July 2023 in a £300,000 ($381,269) deal to become the club’s record signing, suffered the

Jan 27, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp’s shock announcement that this will be his last season as Liverpool manager was hard to take for the players but will spur them on even more for the rest of the season, club captain Virgil van Dijk said on Saturday. Klopp has been in

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 26, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola says he will “sleep better” now Jurgen Klopp has announced his exit as Liverpool manager while hinting that he could extend his contract with Manchester City. Klopp will step down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season after winning the

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 26, 2024, 06:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — There were times on Friday night when it looked like Manchester City were determined to extend their run of never scoring at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but eventually, after 88 minutes and 18 shots, Nathan Aké finally forced one in. As scrappy

FA Cup holders Manchester City left it late to book their place in the fifth round with Nathan Ake‘s scrappy 88th-minute effort clinching a 1-0 victory at Tottenham Hotspur on Friday. City had never won at Tottenham’s new stadium, nor even scored a goal in their six previous visits. But Ake flicked in from close-range

Open Extended Reactions It’s the news that Liverpool and their supporters never wanted to hear, but Jurgen Klopp is stepping down as manager at the end of this season after 8½ years in charge at Anfield. The 56-year-old, who succeeded Brendan Rodgers in October 2015, has restored Liverpool to greatness during his time at the

Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 03:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Egyptian Football Association has sacrificed a cow in a bid to bring the team more luck at the Africa Cup of Nations. Team spokesman Mohamed Morad told The Associated Press on Friday the federation killed the cow and distributed the meat to needy

Cesar Hernandez Jan 26, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Venezuela international Deyna Castellanos has left Manchester City and signed with NWSL expansion club Bay FC, the team announced Friday. Castellanos has signed a contract through 2026 with an option for the 2027 season. A source indicated to ESPN that the deal is estimated

Jan 26, 2024, 12:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Napoli owner Aurelio de Laurentiis has said he “knew” Victor Osimhen was likely to leave at the end of the season, adding that he expects the striker to join a team in the Premier League, Real Madrid, or Paris Saint-Germain. De Laurentiis was asked by Italian

Jan 26, 2024, 01:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A football disciplinary body has ruled that a match in the top tier of Belgian football between Anderlecht and Genk will be replayed in full after a VAR error led to a misapplication of the laws of the game. The incident occurred in the 23rd minute

Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp has said he will not help Liverpool identify his successor at Anfield after confirming plans to step down from his post as manager at the end of this season. Klopp, 56, signed a four-year contract extension in 2022 that would have tied him to the club until the end of

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCJan 26, 2024, 11:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions There’s no good way to do something like this. No way that will leave the fans and players the way Jurgen Klopp wants them: happy, hopeful and energized. And so the Liverpool manager chose the “least bad” way, placing honesty, transparency

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Jan 26, 2024, 09:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Xavi Hernández said he has “less time than more” left as Barcelona coach after a new wave of criticism following Wednesday’s Copa del Rey quarterfinal exit at the hands of Athletic Club. Xavi, 44, led Barça to their first LaLiga title since