ESPN news services Dec 22, 2023, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States and former NJ/NY Gotham FC midfielder Kristie Mewis officially joined WSL side West Ham United on Friday. Mewis, 32, was a part of the UWSNT squad for the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand last summer, making a
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Dec 22, 2023, 11:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024-25 Premier League season will kick off on Aug. 17, the League said on Friday, 90 days after the current campaign ends. The new season begins just over a month after the European Championship ends, with the final scheduled for July 14. – Stream on
Dec 22, 2023, 08:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has backed Rasmus Højlund to break his Premier League goalscoring duck amid the team’s struggles in front of goal. Højlund was signed in the summer for a reported fee of £64 million ($82 million) from Atalanta after he scored 16
Dec 22, 2023, 09:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tottenham have one of the worst disciplinary records in the Premier League this season but manager Ange Postecoglou said on Friday that he has no intention of having a word with his players as missing games would teach them a lesson. Spurs have had 46 yellow
Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to end their Anfield hoodoo if they want to challenge for the Premier League title. Arsenal travel to Liverpool on Saturday evening seeking their first Premier League win in this fixture since September 2012, when Santi Cazorla and Lukas Podolski struck in a 2-0 win. – Stream
Dec 22, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona made it four wins out of four games in their Women’s Champions League group with a 7-0 win over Rosengard in which they had 40 shots. Alex Caparros/Getty Images Matchday four of the 2023-24 Women’s Champions League group stage is over and things are really starting
Newly crowned Liga MX champions Club América beat LaLiga title-holders Barcelona 3-2 in a friendly at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Thursday night. Barcelona, who flew to Dallas on Wednesday night right after a 3-2 win over Almeria in Spain, used an alternate roster in their midweek XI that featured six teenagers, three of
Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCDec 21, 2023, 05:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On Thursday, the European Court of Justice finally issued its judgement in the case pitting the remaining European Super League clubs (Barcelona and Real Madrid) against UEFA and FIFA. The Super League and its backers, A22 Sports, had argued that UEFA’s
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 21, 2023, 01:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City are in talks with Juventus over a January deal for Kalvin Phillips, a source has told ESPN. Phillips is keen to leave the Etihad Stadium after struggling to earn opportunities under Pep Guardiola in the 18 months since his £43 million move
Ajax Amsterdam‘s poor season went from bad to worse after they suffered one of the biggest shocks in their history with a 3-2 loss to fourth-tier amateur side USV Hercules in the last 32 of the Dutch Cup on Thursday. Trailing 2-0 in Utrecht after 82 minutes, Ajax looked to have saved themselves when Brian