Gareth Southgate has criticised the extent of Ivan Toney‘s eight-month ban and insisted the striker can still make England‘s squad for Euro 2024. Toney was suspended from playing until January 2024 and fined £50,000 after accepting 232 breaches of the Football Association’s rules on betting. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The FA
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 24, 2023, 06:24 AM ET Barcelona defender Jordi Alba will leave the Catalan club at the end of the existing season as a free agent, it was announced on Wednesday. Alba, 34, has a contract with Barca until 2024 but an agreement has been reached for him to depart this
Associated Press May 23, 2023, 03:27 PM ET LAFC midfielder Timmy Tillman has been approved by FIFA to change his national team affiliation to the United States from Germany, following a move made by younger brother Malik a year earlier. Timmy Tillman, 24, was born in Nuremberg, Germany, to a father in the U.S. military
May 24, 2023, 08:57 AM ET Ruud van Nistelrooy has quit as PSV Eindhoven coach citing a lack of management support and amid reports of a player revolt, despite leading the club to a Dutch Cup final victory last month and potentially a place in the Champions League next season. PSV confirmed on Wednesday that
Raheem Sterling has been left out of England‘s 25-man squad for next month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia while Eberechi Eze and Lewis Dunk have earned call-ups. Sterling has struggled for form and fitness this season after moving from Manchester City to Chelsea in a £47.5 million deal last summer, registering nine
May 23, 2023, 06:16 PM ET Vinicius Junior will not be suspended after receiving a red card in Sunday’s LaLiga match at Valencia and the club will have to close the stand where the Real Madrid forward was racially abused for five games after a ruling by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Tuesday. The
May 23, 2023, 02:07 PM ET U.S. women’s national team forward Catarina Macario has announced that she will not recover in time from an ACL injury to play in this summer’s Women’s World Cup. Macario, 23, has not played since suffering the injury in French club Lyon‘s final game of last season almost a year
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 24, 2023, 05:00 AM ET The treble is so rare in English football that when Sir Alex Ferguson addressed his players at Camp Nou ahead of the 1999 Champions League final, he likened it to flying to the moon. Manchester United had already lifted the Premier League trophy and the FA Cup
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 24, 2023, 04:50 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. When it comes to sports, this is the circle of life. The biggest clubs spend big on other teams’ burgeoning stars so they can win trophies, or at least signal to their fans that they’re trying
May 23, 2023, 04:57 PM ET The United States scored three second-half goals in a 3-0 U20 World Cup win over Fiji on Tuesday at the Bicentenario Stadium in San Juan, Argentina, to close in on a spot in the knockout rounds of the tournament. Michael Anthony Varas’ side dominated the match from the opening