Month: September 2019

2:50 PM ET Club Brugge and Galatasaray played out a goalless stalemate in their opening Champions League Group A game at the Jan Breydelstadion on Wednesday. Both teams hit the woodwork in an otherwise uneventful match ahead of the much-awaited clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid in the same group. – Champions League group
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2:48 PM ET Olympiakos battled back from two-goals down to earn a 2-2 draw with Tottenham in their Champions League Group B opener in Athens on Wednesday night. Olympiakos started brightly, but it was Spurs that opened the scoring in the in 26th minute when Harry Kane converted his spot kick after Yassine Meriah had
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Western United FC show a glimpse of the preparations going into their debut season in the A-League. The head of Football Federation Australia has promised that anyone found guilty of match-fixing will be banned from football for life. Western Sydney coach Markus Babbel’s disappointment with the Wanderers’ limp FFA Cup loss to Melbourne City has
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Western United FC show a glimpse of the preparations going into their debut season in the A-League. The head of Football Federation Australia has promised that anyone found guilty of match-fixing will be banned from football for life. Melbourne Victory have bolstered their midfield with the signing of experienced Albania international Migjen Basha on a
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6:00 AM ET Vaughn McClure Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Bears for seven seasons at Chicago Tribune Also worked at Chicago Sun-Times, Fresno Bee Honorable mention, Football Writers Association of America for enterprise writing, 2002 Mike Wells Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously worked at Indianapolis Star, covering the Indiana Pacers for nine seasons Also covered
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5:54 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tim Paine has revealed he suffered a broken thumb towards the end of the final Test against England, and praised Peter Siddle for battling through an injury he sustained early in the match. The exact details of Paine’s injury are yet to be confirmed, but he expects to be back
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4:30 AM ET Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is committed to playing for Team USA in next summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. “That is the plan, for sure,” Curry said in an interview with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols. “You know, obviously knock on wood, you don’t want any injuries or things like that to interfere.”
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Edson Alvarez didn’t want to hear Frank De Boer’s criticism of his play. Mexico international Edson Alvarez was unhappy with Ajax youth coach and club legend Ronald de Boer‘s comments about the 21-year-old lacking the creativity to play as a central midfielder against certain teams. De Boer suggested that he wasn’t yet sure whether Alvarez
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PSG forward Kylian Mbappe with the Coupe de la Ligue trophy in 2018. The French football league says it’s ending the League Cup competition after this season’s edition. The decision comes as the European Club Association pushes for cuts in national fixture schedules to create more space for an expanded Champions League in 2024. The
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