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Open Extended Reactions Son Heung-Min and Mohamed Salah were born just over three weeks apart in the summer of 1992. Both are legends at their respective clubs. But while one of them describes this season as the best of his life, with Liverpool now overwhelming favorites to win the Premier League, the other has found

Feb 28, 2025, 11:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor has said that United States women’s national team defender Naomi Girma will make her debut for the club vs. Brighton & Hove Albion in Women’s Super League play on Sunday. The squad inclusion is Girma’s first since joining the club in a

Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has hit back at Roy Keane’s criticism of Bruno Fernandes by telling the former Manchester United midfielder that it’s the opinion of the head coach which matters most. Speaking on the Overlap podcast, Keane said that “Bruno’s a talented player, but talent isn’t enough” and “Bruno is not a fighter.”

Open Extended Reactions Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has revealed that Alejandro Garnacho will pay for a team dinner following his decision to walk straight to the dressing room in response to being substituted during the first half of the victory over Ipswich Town. Amorim said he would “talk” with Garnacho following the incident at

Feb 28, 2025, 08:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has said he wants the older players of his squad to remain at Manchester City next season despite the influx of younger talent in the January transfer window. After a torrid first half to the season, City spent £180m ($223m) last month to replenish

Open Extended Reactions Archie Gray believes Tottenham Hotspur have a “golden” chance to end their 17-year trophy drought by winning the Europa League this season. Ange Postecoglou’s side have endured a difficult campaign to date. They are 13th in the Premier League and have exited both domestic cup competitions. But Europe offers an opportunity to

Feb 28, 2025, 04:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Javier Tebas has accused Manchester City of financial deception. Carlos Lujan/Europa Press via Getty Images LaLiga president Javier Tebas has revealed that he reported Manchester City to the European Commission for allegedly manipulating their balance sheets. Speaking at the Financial Times’ “Business of Football” summit on Thursday,

Feb 28, 2025, 06:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alexander Isak has been in scintilatting form for Newcastle United this season. Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe is unsure whether he will have his top scorer Alexander Isak available for Sunday’s FA Cup fifth round match against Brighton, but is positive

Feb 28, 2025, 05:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has responded to fan criticism over his stewardship of the club, dismissing concerns as “par for the course.” Chelsea supporters marched with banners criticising Boehly ahead of Tuesday’s 4-0 win over Southampton. Chief among their concerns was the lack of silverware since

Open Extended Reactions The Premier League spent two years testing a number of artificial intelligence-based semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) providers, and now it’s ready to be rolled out. UEFA was first to introduce SAOT in the Champions League from the start of the 2022-23 season group stage, quickly followed by FIFA for the World Cup

Feb 28, 2025, 03:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The French referees union has said its members would exercise their right to withdraw if they or their families are put at risk after a match official faced an “outpouring of hate” following comments by Marseille president Pablo Longoria. Local media reported that Longoria had objected

Feb 27, 2025, 11:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Iraq want their World Cup qualifier against Palestine next month moved from the Jordanian capital of Amman, having also knocked back a Palestinian proposal to stage the match just outside Jerusalem. The last soccer international played in the Palestinian territories was in October 2019 and Palestine

ESPN News Services Feb 27, 2025, 06:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho was handed a four-match ban and fined by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) on Thursday following his comments about Turkish referees after a match at Istanbul rivals Galatasaray. The TFF fined the 62-year-old Portuguese 1,617,000 Turkish lira ($44,000) after

Feb 27, 2025, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea‘s squad at the end of the 2024 financial year was the most expensive ever in terms of transfer fees per the annual European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report, commissioned by UEFA. The publication analyses all of Europe’s top leagues through submissions and detailed reviews.

Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — United States women’s national team coach Emma Hayes played down the significance of the team’s first loss since she took charge last year, saying after Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat to Japan in the SheBelieves Cup that “development isn’t linear.” “We’ve won the gold medal in the summer, and we are

Lizzy Becherano Feb 27, 2025, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mexico national team head coach Javier Aguirre confirmed he contacted dual-national Richard Ledezma ahead of the March international window to discuss his future with El Tri. Ledezma, born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Mexican parents, has exclusively featured for the United States men’s national team,

Open Extended Reactions NUUK, Greenland — This weekend, Greenland’s football team will travel over 6,000 miles for a game. They will swap the snow-covered playing fields of Nuuk, the territory’s capital, for the Brazilian city of Curitiba and hope that their passion for the game will, for a short time at least, remove the distraction