Month: September 2024

Sep 12, 2024, 10:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Heidenheim an der Brenz in southern Germany has not traditionally been on the list of football groundhoppers’ away days. It’s not that the hilly Ostalb region is unattractive — far from it. It’s more that getting to this community of 50,000 represents a bigger challenge than

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino began his tenure as United States men’s national team coach saying his players should aspire to achieve as much as the American women. “We are here because we want to win,” he said Friday at his introductory news conference. “We have many

Adriana Garcia Sep 13, 2024, 09:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Valencia forward Rafa Mir has been reinstated to the squad one week after being sidelined amid an investigation into alleged sexual assault but will not play in the next two matches. Mir, 27, was arrested last week by the Spanish Guardia Civil police for

Lizzy Becherano Sep 13, 2024, 10:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami head coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino confirmed Lionel Messi will be available to play against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Messi is set to return to action for Miami for the first time in two months,

Sep 13, 2024, 08:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fabian Hürzeler has been named the Premier League‘s manager of the month for August after leading Brighton to an unbeaten start this season in the 31-year-old’s debut month in charge. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Brighton picked up seven points from their first three league games, with

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 13, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said that he is “looking forward” to the result of the hearing into Manchester City‘s charges for 115 alleged breaches of the Premier League‘s financial rules which begins on Monday. The hearing is related to charges for alleged breaches of the rules

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 13, 2024, 08:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has backed the decision by the United States men’s national team to hire Mauricio Pochettino as their head coach while also branding the job as “fascinating.” Pochettino will lead the U.S. into a home World Cup in 2026 after

Sep 13, 2024, 07:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Nicolas Jackson has scored twice for Chelsea this season. Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson has penned a two-year contract extension that ties him to the club until 2033 at Stamford Bridge, the Premier League side announced on Friday. The 23-year-old joined Chelsea from

Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool will be without midfielder Harvey Elliott for several weeks due to a fractured foot, manager Arne Slot said on Friday, disappointing news for the club ahead of a gruelling stretch of seven games across three competitions over the next three weeks. Slot is expecting to

Adriana Garcia Sep 13, 2024, 04:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Cristiano Ronaldo on Thursday thanked his supporters after reaching the milestone of one billion social media followers across all platforms. The Al Nassr captain has 638 million followers on Instagram, 170m on Facebook and 113m on X, previously known as Twitter. Editor’s Picks 2

João Castelo-Branco Sep 13, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For many of the Premier League‘s South American stars, Nico Frangione is the man they have to thank for helping them get a little taste of home while living in England. Married to an Argentine woman in London, Frangione has turned his love of

Sep 12, 2024, 08:55 PM ET A trial of eight health workers charged with “homicide by negligence” over the death of Diego Maradona has been postponed from October until March, according to a court ruling on Thursday. A court in San Isidro, a town on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, granted the request of three

ESPN News Services Sep 12, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona and Spain teenage sensation Lamine Yamal said he wants to be his own player and that comparisons with Lionel Messi are unfair since it’s impossible to reach that level. Yamal was already on the soccer world’s radar thanks to his starring role

Sep 12, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boavista‘s first and second-choice goalkeepers both suffered serious knee injuries in the same training session leaving the Portuguese side with 17-year-old Tomé Sousa as their only fit keeper. Boavista said João Gonçalves and Luís Pires ruptured their anterior cruciate ligaments during training, with both goalkeepers set

Open Extended Reactions OSLO, Norway — “You’re here to talk about VAR?,” Mykle, a pint of lager in one hand and jabbing his finger with the other, said. “It’s all bulls—: nobody wants it here.” This is Norway, ranked the seventh-happiest country in the world earlier this year by the World Population Review, and usually

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 12, 2024, 11:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Erik ten Hag has aimed a barb back at Cristiano Ronaldo by suggesting the Portugal forward doesn’t know what he’s talking about because he is “far away from Manchester.” Ronaldo criticised Ten Hag in a podcast hosted by Rio Ferdinand by