7:10 PM ET Associated Press The BBC has apologized after lewd noises were played on air during the broadcaster’s live coverage of an FA Cup match, apparently via a mobile phone that a someone playing a prank had hidden in the studio. The noises interrupted the coverage presented by former England striker Gary Lineker before
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Luke Shaw admitted to Erik ten Hag that he deserved to be dropped before rediscovering his best form, including keeping Erling Haaland quiet as a makeshift centre-back during the Manchester derby. Shaw was benched by Ten Hag following a 4-0 defeat to Brentford in August and was replaced in the
4:40 PM ET Harvey Elliott scored a spectacular goal to hand Liverpool a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in their FA Cup replay at Molineux on Tuesday. Liverpool, who were coming off a 3-0 defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion that left them ninth in the Premier League, drew 2-2 with Wolves in their first
3:35 PM ET ESPN News services Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir left Lyon to join Juventus in the summer of 2022. Harriet Lander/Copa/Getty Images FIFPRO, the global football players’ union, on Tuesday issued a reminder to all football clubs about women’s rights after helping former Olympique Lyonnais player Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir win a landmark maternity pay case against
1:51 PM ET Police charged a 35-year-old man with assault on Tuesday after Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was attacked at the end of his side’s 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in a fiery North London derby at the weekend. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that Joseph Watts had been charged with “assault by
2:00 PM ET Yunus Musah has been voted the 2022 U.S. Soccer Young Male Player of the Year after logging the most minutes and starts for a teenager in team history, as well as playing a vital role at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. This was the third time Musah was nominated for the
7:43 AM ET Argentina‘s World Cup-winning coach Lionel Scaloni said that if he had to choose between Lionel Messi or Diego Maradona as the greatest player of all time, he would pick Messi. “If I have to choose one I choose Leo, I have something special with him. He is the best of all time,
10:37 AM ET Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte has said there is a “bad habit” in English football of club executives choosing not to speak out and urged the club’s hierarchy to publicly explain the club’s strategy. Spurs are facing renewed questions over their future direction after losing Sunday’s north London derby against Arsenal to
8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag has said Anthony Martial “begged” to start in Manchester United‘s win over Manchester City but had to be substituted to protect the striker from further injury. Martial passed a fitness test on Saturday morning but was replaced at half-time during United’s 2-1 win at Old Trafford. –
1:27 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Sir Jim Ratcliffe has announced himself as a contender to buy Manchester United, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Ratcliffe, head of chemical company INEOS and Britain’s richest man with a reported worth of £9.8 billion, has registered an interest to buy the club from the Glazer family, who revealed in