3:35 PM ET Guinea-Bissau goalkeeper Alberto Coli’s horror error saw him cost his side as they lost 2-0 to Guinea in the quarterfinals of the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations Plate competition at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal on Oct. 3. It was certainly not the most entertaining opening half with both teams
Month: October 2019
7:35 AM ET Manoj BhagavatulaESPN MUMBAI — Over the last weekend of September, a visitor to the Gateway of India in the evening would have seen the city’s iconic landmark lit up in varying patterns of red, white and blue. Someone passing close to the Bandra-Worli Sealink bridge on the evening of October 2 and
8:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Justin Turner‘s first baseball memory occurred 39 days before his fourth birthday, at his grandmother’s house in Lakewood, California, where he watched Kirk Gibson hit the legendary home run that propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to a World Series title in 1988. His recollections of that moment are hazy,
7:00 AM ET The all-or-nothing wild-card round is behind us, and now it’s time for teams to take the field knowing they’re guaranteed to stick around for a little while as the National League Division Series start up Thursday. What’s on tap The most important thing of the day: We’ll certainly be eager to see
Ahead of the WAFU Cup of Nations quarterfinals, ESPN Africa’s Ed Dove picks out five players who have impressed him during the First Round of the West African championship in Senegal. Which of this quintet will have the biggest role to play as we approach the business end of the biennial regional showpiece? Gnama Akate
7:20 AM ET Robert Kubica’s sponsor has asked Williams to provide an explanation for the Polish driver’s retirement from the Russian Grand Prix. Kubica, who will leave the team at the conclusion of the 2019 season, was brought into the pits to retire the car one lap after teammate George Russell crashed during a Virtual
7:00 AM ET IRVINE, Calif. — Dallas Eakins is used to these kinds of journeys. The ones that test your endurance. The ones that try to break your will. The ones where people doubt you can reach your destination, especially for a second time. The ones where you constantly battle against the self-doubt that they’re
2:50 PM ET Manchester United’s lean goalscoring form continued in a turgid 0-0 draw away to Dutch club AZ Alkmaar in their second Group L match in the Europa League on Thursday. United never looked like scoring for most of the evening on the plastic surface of the Kyocera Stadium in The Hague and failed
There are different paths to beating your opponent in a football match. You can outrun them, and you can outmuscle them. You can out-will them, and you can outwit them. All of the above are probably more satisfying to a coach whose job is to prepare, condition and motivate his players. After all, it shows
The Exploding Heads are back to broker a deal for Jadon Sancho and revive Christian Pulisic’s grim start. Craig Burley feels the UCL favourites all have one thing in common; their lack of defensive structure. There’s a new No. 1 thanks to Bayern Munich’s Champions League demolition of Tottenham, while two wins from Barcelona sees