Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Jan 28, 2024, 09:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona president Joan Laporta called for unity on Sunday and said the players will need the support of the fans more than ever after head coach Xavi Hernández revealed he will step down at the end of the season. Xavi, 44, made
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Open Extended Reactions Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones said that Jurgen Klopp’s decision to step down as manager at the end of the season is “sad news” and described the 56-year-old as the “dad of the whole city” following Sunday’s 5-2 FA Cup fourth round win against Norwich City. Jones opened the scoring for Klopp’s team
Guinea scored with the last kick of the game to end the giant-killing run of Equatorial Guinea at the Africa Cup of Nations and book themselves a slot in the quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory at Alassane Ouattara Olympic Stadium on Sunday. Mohamed Bayo’s superb glancing header in the eighth minute of stoppage time proved
Twelve-time FA Cup winners Manchester United gave up a two-goal lead before escaping Rodney Parade with a 4-2 victory over fourth-tier Welsh side Newport County. Antony scored in the 68th-minute for last year’s FA Cup runners-up Manchester United after Newport — ranked 76 places below United in England‘s football pyramid — had clawed their way
Jan 28, 2024, 10:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Maidstone United turned in the result of the FA Cup, downing Ipswich Town in the fourth round. Stephen Pond/Getty Images Maidstone United were drawn against either Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry City in the FA Cup fifth round as the lowest-ranked team in the competition missed out on
Forward Niclas Fullkrug scored a hat trick to earn hosts Borussia Dortmund a 3-1 victory over VfL Bochum in their Ruhr valley derby on Sunday and lift them into the top four with their third straight league win this year. Germany striker Fullkrug opened his account with a seventh-minute penalty to put the hosts in
Girona reclaimed top spot in LaLiga after a 1-0 win at Rafa Benitez’s Celta Vigo on Sunday, thanks to a Portu strike early in the first half the heroics of goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, who excelled for the unexpected league leaders. Girona sit alone at the summit with 55 points, one ahead of Real Madrid, who
Ademola Lookman‘s brace ensured Nigeria a place in next weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals as they beat long-standing foes Cameroon 2-0 in the round of 16 on Saturday. Lookman’s 36th minute goal at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium opened the scoring and he contributed a second on the stoke of full time as Nigeria largely
AC Milan were left to rue two missed penalties as they were held to a 2-2 home draw by Bologna who converted a late spot-kick themselves in a roller-coaster Serie A match on Saturday. Bologna broke the deadlock with a goal from Joshua Zirkzee in the 29th minute before Ruben Loftus-Cheek equalised just before the
ESPN News Services Jan 27, 2024, 06:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bayern Munich forward Kingsley Coman tore left knee ligaments against Augsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday and will be out for weeks. Coman suffered a torn MCL, Bayern said in a statement. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) “It’s obviously a