Month: September 2024

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 14, 2024, 01:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Pep Guardiola says Erling Haaland is in the best form of his Manchester City career and praised the striker’s character after he scored twice against Brentford despite dealing with the death of a close personal friend in the build-up to the
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Champions Bayer Leverkusen cruised to a 4-1 victory at Hoffenheim on Saturday thanks to a dazzling performance by Victor Boniface that included two goals and an assist. Leverkusen, who face Feyenoord at the start of the Champions League campaign next week, bounced back after losing to RB Leipzig just before the international break for what
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MANCHESTER, England, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Manchester City beat Brentford 2-1 at home on Saturday to maintain their perfect start to the Premier League season after Erling Haaland netted twice following the fastest goal of the season from the visitors. Brentford had the perfect start when Yoane Wissa opened the scoring 22 seconds after kickoff
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A superb second-half goal from substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi gave Nottingham Forest the biggest surprise win of the Premier League season so far as they beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield on Saturday. The home side dominated the opening half and Luis Díaz hit a post in the 17th minute, but too often the Liverpool attackers found
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Sep 14, 2024, 10:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tom Brady has responded to his former NFL rival Eli Manning joining Wrexham’s supporter base ahead of the Welsh team’s game against Birmingham City on Monday with a boast about his Super Bowl success. Brady, who has a 3.3% stake in Birmingham, was called out by
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Sep 14, 2024, 09:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Hollwood actor Will Ferrell attended Leeds United‘s Championship fixture against Burnley on Saturday. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The Anchorman star became a minority shareholder in Leeds earlier this year. The club, who play in the second tier of English football, are run by the owners of
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New signing Matthijs de Ligt grabbed his first goal while Marcus Rashford scored for the first time since March in Manchester United‘s 3-0 Premier League victory at Southampton on Saturday. Alejandro Garnacho added a late goal for Erik ten Hag’s side who started the day 14th in the table after back-to-back losses. They now have
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Sep 14, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona turned down an offer for England international Keira Walsh before the Women’s Super League (WSL) transfer window closed on Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN. Sources told ESPN both Arsenal and Chelsea had expressed an interest in signing Walsh this summer,
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentSep 13, 2024, 06:57 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions MLS expansion side San Diego FC has finalized its deal to hire former U.S. men’s national team assistant coach Mikey Varas as its first manager, sources tell ESPN. An
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Sep 13, 2024, 05:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid have said they’ve decided to “provisionally reschedule” all upcoming concerts at their Santiago Bernabéu stadium over noise concerns, after complaints from local residents. Neighbours have expressed concerns about noise levels at the redeveloped, city centre stadium after it began hosting
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 13, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag has accepted Manchester United must start winning if he’s going to retain the faith of the club’s hierarchy. The Dutchman has come under increased pressure following the 3-0 defeat to Liverpool before the international break. Speaking before the Liverpool game, CEO
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Open Extended Reactions Merel van Dongen has recently faced a lingering question from her Netherlands international teammates: Why move to Mexico’s Liga MX Femenil? “They always say I want to end my career,” the 2019 World Cup runner-up, who signed with Monterrey (commonly known as Rayadas) on loan from Atlético Madrid in January, tells ESPN.
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Open Extended Reactions The English Football Association have no plans to investigate Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernández after his racist and anti-gay chanting, despite charging Rodrigo Bentancur with aiming a racist slur at Tottenham teammate Son Heung-Min, a source has told ESPN. Bentancur has until next Thursday to respond after the FA charged the Uruguayan international
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