Month: March 2022

6:51 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are ready to open contract talks with Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw after agreeing a new long-term deal with Bruno Fernandes, sources have told ESPN. Rashford and Shaw are considered part of a key group of core players that United want to keep at Old Trafford and they

9:42 AM ET Adriana Garcia Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has dismissed speculation that he could be approaching the end of his international career. Ronaldo, 37, spoke at a news conference ahead of his team’s playoff final against North Macedonia on Tuesday in Porto, with the winner of the game going to the 2022 World Cup.

2:26 PM ET With World Cup qualifying reaching its dramatic conclusion around the globe over the past few days, Gab Marcotti takes a slightly different approach to his Monday Musings this week. There’s a look at the weird way in which teams book their place (or don’t) at the World Cup, as well as the

1:52 PM ET New York Jets CEO Woody Johnson, who made an unsuccessful bid to purchase the Chelsea Football Club in the English Premier League, expressed mixed feelings about the outcome. “Not getting Chelsea is disappointing, but the numbers have gotten so enormous that on one hand I’m disappointed and on the other hand, financially,

10:18 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Tyler Adams has been the de facto captain for the U.S. men’s national team during this World Cup qualifying cycle, but when the U.S. players emerged from the tunnel on Sunday, Christian Pulisic was at the front, the armband wrapped tightly around his sleeve. It was fitting, too. On

8:00 AM ET The countdown to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will begin in earnest when the draw for the group stage takes place in Doha on Friday. From that point on, each team can work out how it will navigate its path to the final on Dec. 18. But the tournament promises to

3:00 AM ET Raphinha is edging closer to a move to LaLiga, with the Leeds star understood to have agreed terms with Barcelona. Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images The 2022 January transfer window is closed, but there’s still plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on

11:44 PM ET ORLANDO — It’s a manager’s lot in life to be second-guessed. Decisions get analyzed to the smallest of details. Mistakes get highlighted. That’s especially true of international managers, with a country’s armchair coaches never holding back. Credit is due then to U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter. Over the last week

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12:36 PM ET Manchester United‘s Paul Pogba said the lack of trophies at the club in the last few years has been sad and that he wants to “play for something” in the future. The France international re-signed for United in 2016 and won two pieces of silverware with the side in that first season

5:27 AM ET World Cup qualifying has entered its final stretch, with 19 of the 32 finalists now known. But who could take the 13 places that remain? We take a look at how qualifying looks. – World Cup 2022 qualifying: How it works around the world Europe Qualified (10/13):GermanyDenmarkBelgiumFranceCroatiaSpainSerbiaEnglandSwitzerlandNetherlands – Olley: England still a

5:30 PM ET Kane’s goal, and England’s win, were positives vs. Switzerland, but Saturday showed that this team needs some coherence ahead of the World Cup. Steven Paston/PA Images via Getty Images LONDON — Experimentation is the name of these friendly games and England‘s 2-1 win over Switzerland on Saturday exemplified the conundrum Gareth Southgate is