Adriana Garcia Oct 17, 2023, 05:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil coach Fernando Diniz has said that Neymar is “one of the greatest players in the history of world football” after recent criticism of the talismanic forward. Neymar was hit by a bag of popcorn thrown from the stands by supporters, an incident that
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Open Extended Reactions England are the team to beat at next summer’s European Championship. There are no more excuses or mitigating factors for coach Gareth Southgate and his squad to fall short again. Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka, John Stones, Kyle Walker, plus Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Declan Rice and Marcus Rashford, are players
Oct 17, 2023, 04:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Northern Ireland defender Jonny Evans said he faced the possibility that his career was coming to an end last year due to a succession of injuries before he was handed a lifeline by his former club Manchester United. Evans struggled with calf injuries at Leicester City
ESPN News Services Oct 16, 2023, 04:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Euro 2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden was suspended at half-time after two Swedes were shot dead in Brussels earlier on Monday. The Swedish players told UEFA that they did not want to play the second half, and the Belgians agreed, Swedish
Cristiano Ronaldo scored two early goals as Portugal made it eight wins from eight tries in 2024 European Championship qualification on Monday. The already qualified Portuguese made easy work of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a 5-0 win in Zenica, with Ronaldo netting a fifth-minute penalty and a second 15-minutes later to put his team up
Virgil van Dijk scored a dramatic late penalty for the Netherlands three minutes into added-time to snatch a crucial 1-0 Euro qualifying victory over Greece in Athens. Denzel Dumfries was fouled in the box to give Van Dijk the chance to win the game and Greece coach Gus Poyet later received a red card for
Adriana Garcia Oct 16, 2023, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni is not putting a timeline on how long Lionel Messi will play for the national team. Messi, 36, captained Argentina to World Cup glory in 2022 and won the Golden Ball in the process, but he has not given any
Oct 16, 2023, 12:27 PM ET England boss Gareth Southgate maintained his support for Jordan Henderson after the midfielder was booed during the win over Australia on Friday, reiterating that he’ll make selections on the basis of who is most likely to help the team win and not popularity. Asked at a news conference on
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 16, 2023, 10:28 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Saturday’s match against Germany gave U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter a chance to try out what he calls his “Plan B” in the
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 16, 2023, 06:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag will receive reassurances he is part of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s plans for Manchester United if the the British billionaire reaches a deal to run the sporting side of the club, a source has told ESPN. Ratcliffe, the founder of chemicals company