Associated Press Sep 26, 2023, 05:34 PM ET Spain‘s women’s team received the support of a record crowd on Tuesday in its first home match since winning the World Cup title. A crowd of 14,194 saw Spain rout Switzerland 5-0 in the Nations League, surpassing the previous record of 11,209 fans for a women’s national
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Sep 26, 2023, 01:48 PM ET Arsenal‘s Bukayo Saka has joined the club’s growing injury list and is doubtful for their next two matches, manager Mikel Arteta said on Tuesday ahead of a League Cup tie against Brentford. England forward Saka picked up a knock in the 2-2 home draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday
Arsenal and Chelsea are among the clubs expected to test Brentford‘s resolve in keeping forward Ivan Toney during the January transfer window, sources have told ESPN. The 27-year-old is currently serving an eight-month ban from football after admitting 232 breaches of the Football Association’s betting rules. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Toney
Sep 26, 2023, 05:00 AM ET A group of Manchester United supporters based in the United States have flown a banner reading “Glazers Out” over the Raymond James Stadium in Florida. The banner was seen over the stadium ahead of the Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers —
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Sep 26, 2023, 08:16 AM ET Carlo Ancelotti said he hopes Xabi Alonso can coach Real Madrid “one day” after the Bayer Leverkusen boss was linked with the position following Real’s 3-1 derby defeat to Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Alonso, 41 — who twice played for Ancelotti, including at the end
Sep 26, 2023, 09:10 AM ET Chelsea co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly are welcome in the team’s locker room after matches, manager Mauricio Pochettino said on Tuesday. The west London club, who are 14th in the Premier League with five points from six games, have struggled since their change in ownership last year and
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Sep 26, 2023, 10:26 AM ET Real Madrid‘s Arda Güler is facing another three weeks out of action, sources have told ESPN, after the club confirmed that the midfielder had suffered a thigh problem just as he was set to return from a previous injury. Highly-rated Güler, 18, joined Madrid from
Graham Hunter, Spain writerSep 26, 2023, 04:00 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. On Monday morning in Spain, Álvaro Morata got up early — much earlier than his aching body wanted to — and drove his kids to school.
Associated Press Sep 25, 2023, 04:21 PM ET Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko is tired of being compared to Erling Haaland. Those comparisons, though, are somewhat inevitable. Both players are 6-foot-4 strikers who took formative steps in their careers at Austrian team Salzburg before moving to German clubs, with Sesko joining Salzburg’s sister club Leipzig this
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Sep 25, 2023, 01:16 PM ET Spain players Alexia Putellas, Irene Paredes and Misa Rodríguez have been called as witnesses in the case against former Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales, judicial sources have confirmed to EFE. Barcelona duo Putellas and Paredes and Real Madrid goalkeeper Rodríguez will all testify