The Australian women’s team will get an early indication of their World Cup prospects when they face defending champions the United States in a friendly in Denver on Thursday. The Matildas, under new boss Ante Milicic, made short work of New Zealand, South Korea and Argentina to win the inaugural Cup of Nations on home
Month: April 2019
A hat-trick from David Williams dented the Newcastle Jets’ A-League finals hopes as Wellington Phoenix run out 4-1 winners. Wellington Phoenix scored first against the run of play before a Keisuke Honda penalty meant the two sides would share the points. New Zealand Football continued overhauling its governance after a tumultuous 2018 by electing Johanna
6:36 AM ET ESPN staff Ferrari has confirmed Charles Leclerc’s loss of engine power at the Bahrain Grand Prix was a caused by a cylinder failure. Ferrari suffered a nightmare Bahrain Grand Prix after an engine issue cost Charles Leclerc victory and Sebastian Vettel spun out of podium contention while battling with Lewis Hamilton. Engine
Zlatan Ibrahimovic earned a penalty in each half as the LA Galaxy held off the Portland Timbers for their third win of the season. Zlatan Ibrahimovic said he failed to fulfil a promise to his son after his two-goal performance helped the LA Galaxy defeat the Portland Timbers on Sunday. The former Sweden international scored
5:18 AM BST Aaron Smith has set his sights on playing 100 Tests for the All Blacks, after bucking the trend of his countrymen and re-signing with New Zealand Rugby beyond this year’s World Cup. It’s a proposition he could be a little further towards, too, had he come to understand a little sooner that
England women’s national team head coach Phil Neville shares his expectations for the Lionesses ahead of this summer’s World Cup in France. Cameroon routed Mozambique 8-1 in their 2018 COSAFA Women’s Cup tie at Wolfson Stadium in Nelson Mandela Bay, with Mpeh Bissong Christiane scoring a hat-trick. England women’s coach Phil Neville has called on
3:52 AM ET Kash Ali has had his boxing license suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) after he was disqualified for biting opponent David Price on Saturday. Ali was on the ropes in the fifth round against forming sparring partner Price when he bit the Liverpudlian on the torso after the pair
A hat-trick from David Williams dented the Newcastle Jets’ A-League finals hopes as Wellington Phoenix run out 4-1 winners. Adelaide United kept their finals hopes on track with a hard fought 1-0 win over Central Coast. Melbourne Victory put an end to Perth Glory’s 13 game win streak as they ran out 2-0 winners. Oriol
The international break ended and club soccer resumed with a bang this weekend that saw drama in the Premier League and a slew of controversial moments around Europe. Gab Marcotti recaps the action in his Monday Musings. Jump to: Zidane begins sorting his Real | Dortmund get a boost | VAR drama in Chelsea’s win
Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson and Joe Gomez pranked Rhian Brewster in a video released in April 1. For the uninitiated or unaware, trawling through the football news on the first day of April in years gone by would present a veritable minefield of untruths and misinformation. These days, clubs don’t seem to engage with April Fools’