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Lizzy Becherano Apr 3, 2024, 07:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi will not play for Inter Miami CF against Monterrey in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal clash on Wednesday due to an ongoing right hamstring issue. Though Messi trained with the rest of the squad on Tuesday, Miami head
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Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 12:17 PM ET Top-tier Trabzonspor were ordered to play six games without fans as punishment by the Turkish Football Federation for violent clashes on the field after a Superlig game against Fenerbahce. The federation also fined Trabzonspor more than 3 million Turkish lira ($94,000) on Wednesday. – Stream on ESPN+:
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Apr 3, 2024, 05:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brighton coach Roberto De Zerbi has said Ansu Fati must give more as the forward moves into the final few months of his season-long loan from LaLiga side Barcelona. Ansu, 21, joined Brighton amid much fanfare at the start of the campaign
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Apr 3, 2024, 06:48 AM ET Former Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales was detained by police on Wednesday after returning to Spain as part of a corruption probe into the deal to move the Spanish Supercopa to Saudi Arabia. Rubiales was in the Dominican Republic on March 21 when
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Wrexham’s hopes of securing back-to-back promotions suffered a setback Tuesday when the Welsh side were beaten 1-0 at Doncaster Rovers. The result leaves Wrexham, owned by celebrity duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob Rob McElhenney, in third position in League Two with five games of their season remaining. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, NWSL more
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ESPN News Services Apr 2, 2024, 03:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions English Championship club Leicester City on Tuesday announced a pre-tax loss of £89.7 million ($112.73 million) for the 2022-23 season, which ended with the East Midlands side being relegated from the Premier League. Leicester could face a points deduction after the top flight
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Emily Keogh Apr 2, 2024, 08:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal midfielder Frida Maanum has not reported for international duty with Norway after collapsing in the 95th minute of her teams’ 1-0 win over Chelsea in the Continental Tyres League Cup final on Sunday. The club has confirmed Maanum is stable, doing well and
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Adriana Garcia Apr 2, 2024, 04:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LaLiga has reported the racist and xenophobic abuse aimed at Sevilla defender Marcos Acuña and his coach Quique Sanchez Flores by home fans during Saturday’s league game at Getafe. Sevilla condemned the abuse and LaLiga has now filed an official complaint with the Anti-Violence
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Substitute Saul Niguez scored a late winner to give Atletico Madrid a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Villarreal on Monday, as Diego Simeone’s side climbed back into LaLiga’s top four. Atletico defender Axel Witsel headed in from a corner to give the visitors the lead in the ninth minute but Alexander Sorloth equalised five minutes after
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Apr 1, 2024, 02:08 PM ET The design for the No. 4 on Germany‘s national team shirts will be changed over concerns that the No. ’44’ resembled the symbol used by Nazi ‘SS’ units, the German Football Association (DFB) said on Monday. The new kit, launched before Germany host the European Championship in June and
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Apr 1, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fenerbahce are set to vote on whether they will go through with their threat of withdrawing from the Super Lig on Tuesday, with the Turkish top-flight club’s future hanging in the balance. In March, Fenerbahce said they would consider withdrawing from the league after their players
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Apr 1, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique has criticised journalists for always asking him about decisions around Kylian Mbappé‘s playing time, calling the line of questioning “boring.” His PSG team earned an impressive 2-0 win over great rivals Marseille in Le Classique on Sunday despite playing with 10
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Arsenal showed their title credentials by holding reigning champions Manchester City to a 0-0 draw on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium, allowing Liverpool to take top spot on a pivotal day in the Premier League’s three-way title race. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, in the hunt for their first league title in 20 years, are second in
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Cristiano Ronaldo‘s second-half hat trick helped Al Nassr beat visiting Al Tai 5-1 in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has a league-leading 26 goals for the Riyadh club he signed for in December 2022. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, NWSL more (U.S.) Al Nassr, the nine-time champions, were
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Bayern Munich‘s Bundesliga title hopes all but evaporated following a 2-0 home loss to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday that left them 13 points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen with seven games remaining. Dortmund, who tightened their hold on fourth place, scored with their first chance as Karim Adeyemi completed a lightning quick break with a fine
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Patrik Schick also scored the late winner against Qarabag in the Europa League earlier in March. Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen scored twice late in the game with Robert Andrich and Patrik Schick to earn a remarkable 2-1 comeback win over Hoffenheim on Saturday and edge closer to the league title.
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