ESPN News Services Nov 7, 2023, 05:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Christian Pulisic was substituted due to injury in second-half stoppage time of AC Milan‘s win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday. The United States attacker was attempting to run down a loose ball when he pulled up and grabbed his
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 7, 2023, 06:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — Manchester City had Young Boys beaten by half-time on Tuesday and their UEFA Champions League group stage campaign is done and dusted after just four games. Pep Guardiola will want to secure the top spot in Group G but 12 points
ESPN Nov 7, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for matchday four! Europe’s premier club competition returns for 2023-24 with eight matches on Tuesday across the continent, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from all the matches as Newcastle United visit Borussia Dortmund,
Open Extended Reactions Ange Postecoglou said VAR is “diminishing the authority” of referees after Tottenham’s 4-1 home defeat to Chelsea featured nine separate checks leading to 21 minutes of added time. Spurs fell to their first Premier League loss of the season despite taking an early lead through Dejan Kulusevski as Cristian Romero and Destiny
Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The most chaotic, frenetic and mesmeric game of this — and possibly any — Premier League season ended with Tottenham Hotspur fans singing tributes to their manager, Ange Postecoglou, after losing 4-1 at home to Chelsea on Monday. Spurs’ commitment to “Angeball” is absolute, no matter what mayhem it delivers.
Nov 6, 2023, 10:09 AM ET The release of Liverpool footballer Luis Díaz‘s father by Colombian rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) will be delayed while military operations continue in the region, the group said. Díaz’s mother Cilenis Marulanda and father Luis Manuel Díaz were taken by armed men as they were driving in
Open Extended Reactions Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR
Sophie Lawson Nov 5, 2023, 03:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Moments after Chelsea‘s emphatic 6-0 Women’s Super League (WSL) win at Aston Villa, the club announced that manager Emma Hayes would leave at the end of season. ESPN sources have confirmed she is now set to take the United States job, and those unaware
Nov 5, 2023, 01:56 PM ET Luis Díaz made an extraordinary return for Liverpool as he scored a 95th minute equaliser as his team drew 1-1 with Luton Town in the Premier League while awaiting the promised release of his kidnapped father by Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas on Sunday. After scoring his late
Nov 5, 2023, 06:41 AM ET Newcastle United have condemned racist abuse sent to Bruno Guimarães and Joe Willock on social media following Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League. “Our message is clear. There is no room for racism in football or society,” the club said in a statement. “We are providing
Nov 4, 2023, 06:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Another weekend of European football provided plenty of drama, excitement and goals. If you checked the box scores, you’d think there were few surprises as the weekend’s action got underway, but those full-time figures tell only half the story. On Saturday, Harry Kane starred for Bayern
Nov 4, 2023, 11:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea coach Emma Hayes is to leave the club at the end of the Women’s Super League (WSL) season “to pursue a new opportunity outside the WSL and club football”, the club announced in a statement following a 6-0 thrashing of Aston Villa on Saturday. Hayes,
Cesar Hernández Nov 3, 2023, 05:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA Galaxy have parted ways with Mexico striker Javier “Chicharito” Hernández after the expiration of his contract, the MLS club announced on Friday. “We are grateful to Javier for his dedication and contributions to the LA Galaxy,” said head coach and sporting director Greg
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 3, 2023, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag has branded Marcus Rashford‘s decision to go to a nightclub after Manchester United‘s defeat to Manchester City as “unacceptable” and revealed the forward has apologised. Rashford was spotted at Chinawhite club in Manchester on Sunday night hours after the 3-0 derby
ESPN news services Nov 3, 2023, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami CF have agreed a deal with Grêmio’s Luis Suárez, sources have confirmed to ESPN in Uruguay. As confirmed last month by his current coach at Grêmio, Renato Gaucho, Suárez, 36, will depart the Porto Alegre-based club at the end of the
Adriana Garcia Nov 3, 2023, 05:41 AM ET CONMEBOL has called for “peace and harmony” following a brawl between Boca Juniors and Fluminense fans at Copacabana beach ahead of Saturday’s Copa Libertadores final. Images posted on social media appeared to show Boca and Fluminense supporters clashing near the fan zone on the beach in Rio
Nov 2, 2023, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions So who saw Saarbrücken becoming a serious part of the narrative this week? Bayern Munich‘s Blamage (a great German word for “disgrace”) in the DFB-Pokal has only added another layer of interest and complexity to assessing how Saturday’s showpiece event might go. Internationally, the Borussia Dortmund-vs.-Bayern
Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 02:12 PM ET Colombia‘s government said Thursday that the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, known as ELN, was responsible for the weekend kidnapping of the father of Liverpool and Colombian national soccer team forward Luis Díaz. The peace delegation of the government, which is currently in negotiations with ELN, said