Adriana Garcia Nov 20, 2023, 04:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid-bound wonderkid Endrick has said he is more of a Cristiano Ronaldo fan than Lionel Messi ahead of his Brazil team’s World Cup qualifier against Argentina. Palmeiras striker Endrick, 17, made his Brazil debut in a 2-1 defeat at Colombia on Thursday and
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Stephanie Brantz, ESPN ColumnistNov 19, 2023, 04:00 PM ET Close Stephanie Brantz has spent the past 20 years in sports media. With a particular passion for both football and women’s sport she now brings her experience and enthusiasm to the ESPN team. Open Extended Reactions Ten nations from around the globe came together in Sydney
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Nov 19, 2023, 04:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona midfielder Gavi suffered a “significant knee injury” in Spain‘s 3-1 Euro 2024 qualifying win against Georgia on Sunday, a Spanish Football Federation [RFEF] spokesperson confirmed to ESPN. Gavi, 19, will undergo tests on Monday to determine the full severity of the
Nov 19, 2023, 06:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The mid-season World Cup in Qatar last year led to players from Europe’s top five leagues spending an average of eight days longer on the sidelines due to injury in the months after the tournament, a study has revealed. Insurance group Howden published its European Football
Striker Romelu Lukaku scored four goals in 20 first-half minutes as brilliant Belgium cruised to an emphatic 5-0 victory over 10-man Azerbaijan in a Euro 2024 Group F qualifier in blustery Brussels on Sunday. Lukaku put on a magnificent display of clinical finishing as he took his tally in the pool to 14 in eight
LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Ukraine coach Serhiy Rebrov has said UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin made his players “angry” when he said it would be a “disaster” for Euro 2024 if Italy fail to qualify for the tournament. Reigning European champions Italy face Ukraine the German city of Leverkusen on Monday — all of Ukraine’s Group C
Nov 19, 2023, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions France captain Kylian Mbappé was prouder of his team’s achievement than his own personal milestone as Didier Deschamps’ side ran riot in a record 14-0 win over Gibraltar on Saturday. Mbappé’s hat-trick in Nice saw him become the youngest player to reach 300 goals in Europe’s
Barcelona dominated Real Madrid from start to finish in Sunday’s El Clásico as they recored an in impressive 5-0 win in front of a crowd of 38,707 at the Olympic Stadium. Aitana Bonmatí, Caroline Graham Hansen and Mariona Caldentey all scored in the first half, with Clàudia Pina and Vicky López chipping in late on
Nov 19, 2023, 09:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Teenage midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery is to miss “several weeks” for Paris Saint-Germain with an ankle injury suffered in France‘s record-breaking rout of Gibraltar on Saturday, according to national team coach Didier Deschamps. Zaïre-Emery, 17, sustained the injury scoring on his international debut, when he became France’s
Nov 19, 2023, 06:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions England players hoping to compete at next year’s European Championship in Germany will have to ensure their fitness is up to the mark, manager Gareth Southgate has said, with UEFA having reduced the permitted squad size to 23 players. Squad sizes were increased from 23 to