Oct 8, 2023, 06:46 AM ET Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised the decision by world football’s governing body to hold the World Cup in six countries across three continents. Morocco, Spain and Portugal were named hosts of the 2030 tournament, while Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will also host the opening matches to mark
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Oct 7, 2023, 11:09 PM ET Wayne Rooney has left his role as D.C. United head coach after the team was eliminated from MLS playoff contention on Saturday. D.C. defeated New York City FC 2-0 at home on Saturday in its final game of the regular season but results elsewhere meant it can no longer
ESPN News Services Oct 7, 2023, 06:51 PM ET Lionel Messi has returned to Inter Miami‘s matchday squad for the first time in five matches, after being named as a substitute for Saturday’s key MLS matchup at home to FC Cincinnati. The 36-year-old has missed five of Inter Miami’s last six matches, plus another for
A late goal by United States star Christian Pulisic earned AC Milan a 1-0 win at Genoa that put them top of Serie A on Saturday as striker Olivier Giroud went in goal after keeper Mike Maignan was sent off in stoppage time. The game took a chaotic turn when Milan goalkeeper Maignan saw red for
AS Monaco moved top of Ligue 1 after Ismail Jakobs, Folarin Balogun and Wissam Ben Yedder scored in their 3-1 win at fourth-placed Reims on Saturday. Monaco took the lead just before half-time when defender Jakobs netted from close range for his first Ligue 1 goal since he joined the club from Cologne in 2021.
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 7, 2023, 03:07 PM ET Erik ten Hag hit out at his Manchester United players after the dramatic 2-1 win over Brentford telling his squad “if you can’t handle the pressure, don’t play here.” United needed two stoppage time goals from substitute Scott McTominay to avoid a third successive defeat at Old
Chelsea secured back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since March after coming from behind to thrash Burnley 4-1 on Saturday. Looking to end a run of four successive home defeats on their return to the top flight this season, promoted Burnley raced into a 15th-minute lead, Wilson Odobert scoring his first goal in
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Oct 7, 2023, 01:30 PM ET Vinicius Junior praised Jude Bellingham as “incredible” and said the midfielder “was born to play for Real Madrid” after the England international scored twice in the club’s 4-0 LaLiga win over Osasuna on Saturday. Bellingham opened the scoring in the ninth minute at the Bernabeu,
Borussia Dortmund scored twice in five second-half minutes to come from a goal behind and beat visitors Union Berlin 4-2 on Saturday to climb to second place in the Bundesliga table. Unbeaten so far this season, Dortmund are on 17 points from seven matches, one behind leaders VfB Stuttgart, who beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 with a
Tottenham Hotspur went top of the Premier League table with a 1-0 win at Luton Town on Saturday, despite playing the whole of the second half with 10 men. Dutch defender Micky van de Ven scored the only goal of the game in the 52nd minute when he poked home a first-time shot after a