Manchester United lost in the group stage of this season’s UEFA Champions League for the first time as they were humbled in a 2-1 loss to Istanbul Basaksehir on Wednesday night. A bizarre lapse of judgement on the halfway line allowed Demba Ba a breakaway to open the scoring before Edin Visca made it two,
Month: November 2020
7:50 AM GMT In spite of a promising beginning that peaked with a polished early stint in Australia’s ODI team, Callum Ferguson‘s career ultimately ended with a long, slow fade to retirement after the brief high of a Test debut in 2016. That Test, against South Africa in Hobart, saw Ferguson ignominiously run out on
8:20 PM ET Chivas has expelled Dieter Villalpando amid a sexual abuse allegation, while three other players have been suspended. Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire Liga MX giant Chivas has expelled midfielder Dieter Villalpando from the club after he was accused of committing a sexual abuse crime against a female at a party, while Eduardo “La Chofis” Lopez, Jose
7:12 PM ET Gerard Pique acknowledged that decline had set in at Barcelona in recent seasons, but says the demands at the Catalan club will not allow for a transition year. The 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in August triggered changes at Camp Nou from top to bottom, with president Josep Maria Bartomeu, coach Quique
10:12 PM ET Major League Soccer players Rodolfo Pizarro and Jonathan dos Santos have been called into Mexico‘s men’s squad for friendlies in Austria against South Korea and Japan, although Sporting Kansas City‘s Alan Pulido misses out. Pulido would likely have missed the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs with Sporting KC due to
2:48 AM ET Associated Press Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored in the 78th minute, but the LA Galaxy were eliminated from playoff contention in the Western Conference despite their 1-1 draw with the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday. Raul Ruidiaz scored his 11th goal of the season in the third minute of injury time for the defending
10:49 PM ET Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. — California‘s season-opening football game Saturday night against Washington is in jeopardy following a positive coronavirus test on the Golden Bears on Wednesday that has caused what coach Justin Wilcox said is a “significant” number of players needing contact tracing. Wilcox said that Cal’s athletic department was in
10:03 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya spent all week talking up his City Kickboxing teammate Carlos Ulberg, ahead of Ulberg’s appearance on Dana White Contender Series. Turns out, the champ wasn’t lying about his buddy’s potential. Ulberg (3-0) joined Adesanya amongst the UFC ranks on Wednesday, as he earned a UFC contract by
9:13 PM ET LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are reeling from the shooting death of Ericka Weems, the 37-year-old older sister of Cavs director of scouting Brandon Weems. James took to Twitter on Wednesday to make a plea for any information connected to the shooting. Weems was discovered Monday afternoon in the bedroom of
8:27 PM ET Louisville has paused all football-related activities, and its game at Virginia set for Saturday is being moved to Nov. 14 after a coronavirus outbreak has impacted the Cardinals, the ACC announced Wednesday night. Both teams had an open date next weekend, allowing the game to be moved without further scheduling disruption. Fifteen