Month: December 2021

5:12 PM ET Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool beat Everton 4-1 in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday night. The win keeps Liverpool in second place in the Premier League standings, behind Chelsea but ahead of Manchester City. Both those teams also notched victories. Jordan Henderson gave Liverpool a deserved lead nine minutes into the
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1:43 PM ET Former Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio is among the candidates LAFC plans to interview for its vacant coaching position, a source confirmed to ESPN. The role opened on Nov. 18, when the club mutually parted ways with Bob Bradley after four seasons. Bradley has since been named the head coach and sporting
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3:15 PM ET Associated Press Both sides left the field after Chelsea’s clash with Watford was suspended due to a medical emergency. Getty Images The Premier League match between Watford and Chelsea was halted after 13 minutes on Wednesday because of a medical emergency in the crowd. Both teams were taken off the field by the
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8:45 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Michael Carrick has said he is yet to speak to incoming Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick and suggested the German will not be able to impact selection or tactics for the Premier League clash with Arsenal because of ongoing work permit issues. Rangnick has now arrived in Manchester after
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11:30 AM ET The North Carolina Courage have named Sean Nahas as head coach, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team said on Wednesday. The Courage terminated the contract of former coach Paul Riley, who led them to back-to-back NWSL championships in 2018 and 2019, in September after an Athletic report outlined allegations of sexual
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6:55 AM ET The Premier League have held discussions with Qatar-owned beIN Sports following an anti-gay rant by pundit and former Egypt international Mohamed Aboutrika on one of its shows. Aboutrika spoke for two uninterrupted minutes about the Rainbow Laces initiative in the league, criticising it and LGBTQ+ players several times. – Stream ESPN FC
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6:34 AM ET Manchester United‘s final Champions League Group F opponents, Young Boys, have appealed to the Swiss government to be granted sporting exemption status in order to travel to England for next Wednesday’s fixture at Old Trafford, sources have told ESPN. The Dec. 8 clash is in doubt following the Swiss government’s decision to
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5:55 AM ET Arsenal defender Gabriel fought off an attacker armed with a baseball bat who attempted to steal various items including a Mercedes parked inside the garage of his north London home. Abderaham Muse was jailed for five years last month after attempting to steal the Brazilian’s £45,000 car, a mobile phone and a
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10:57 AM ET Messi’s seventh Ballon d’Or shouldn’t get you too riled up. It’s an award given to the glamorous players and isn’t intended to serve as a definitive world’s best player prize. FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images Count the Ballon d’Or as one of those grand old institutions that’s insanely popular. There are several reasons
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has told Jack Grealish that the start to his Manchester City career has been “better than maybe he believes.” Grealish has admitted he has found life at the Etihad Stadium “difficult” after leaving Aston Villa to become English football’s first £100 million player in the summer. He returns
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11:14 PM ET Leeds United CEO Angus Kinnear has compared calls for a transfer levy and an independent regulator to Maoism and the Great Chinese Famine, adding that the recommendations would not make English football any fairer. A transfer levy on top-flight clubs and appointment of an independent regulator for the English game were among
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10:55 PM ET Alexander Callens capped a perfect 5-for-5 shootout for fourth-seeded New York City FC en route to a 5-3 win on penalty kicks over the top-seeded New England Revolution in an MLS Eastern Conference semifinal matchup on Tuesday night in Foxborough, Mass. The teams played to a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes plus
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5:21 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Marcelo Flores has been cleared by Arsenal to play for Mexico in a friendly against Chile. David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images Arsenal have cleared Marcelo Flores to play for Mexico against Chile in a Dec. 8 friendly in Austin, Texas, outside of the FIFA window. The call-up would be the
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