1:06 AM ET Oct 3 (Reuters) – Arsenal’s Nicolas Pepe may have had a slow start to life at the north London club but manager Unai Emery is prepared to go the extra mile to help unlock the Ivorian forward’s potential. Pepe joined the Premier League side from Lille in the close season for a
Month: October 2019
Gabriel ‘Gabigol’ Barbosa and Bruno Cortez square-off in Wednesday’s Copa Libertadores semifinal first leg. The all-Brazilian semifinal of the Copa Libertadores always held promise — and Wednesday’s first leg certainly did not disappoint. In the battle between the two best footballing sides in the land — Gremio and, especially, Flamengo — fought out a pulsating
12:11 AM ET Tom Marshall Jose Juan Macias starred for Mexico as they beat Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly on Wednesday. ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images TOLUCA — A young Mexico national team defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 on Wednesday in Estadio Nemesio Diez in a tune-up game ahead of upcoming CONCACAF Nations League matches.
11:52 PM ET Pepe scored Gremio’s equalizer in the 88th minute. Lucas Uebel/Getty Images Gremio survived intense pressure and a string of favourable VAR decisions to grab an equaliser with two minutes remaining and rescue a 1-1 draw against Flamengo in the first leg of their Copa Libertadores semifinal on Wednesday. The visitors from Rio had
2:56 AM ET Joseph Parker is out of his scheduled bout with Dereck Chisora at the O2 Arena in London on Oct. 26, Eddie Hearn has confirmed. The New Zealander (26-2, 20 KOs) is suffering from illness, Matchroom Boxing promoter Hearn said. Hearn took to Twitter to announce the development, adding: “We are working on
3:05 AM ET WASHINGTON — It was an awfully close shave. Not the Washington Nationals‘ stunning, one-run, come-from-behind wild-card win against Josh Hader and the Milwaukee Brewers. Although that was close, too. The shave in question was the one on Davey Martinez’s face on Tuesday afternoon. “I screwed up,” said Washington’s manager, explaining why his
Thomas Deng talks about his new role amongst the Melbourne Victory leadership group ahead of the 2019/20 A-League season. The world’s newest sovereign state, South Sudan, will begin its long road to qualify for the 2021 African Cup of Nations on Oct. 7 with a match against the Seychelles. Remarkably, 12 of the 32-man squad
1:16 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” WASHINGTON — At 11:24 p.m. on Tuesday, less than half an hour after Trent Grisham committed the error that cost the Milwaukee Brewers their season, the man he replaced approached his locker
12:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers mowed through the regular season with a franchise-record 106 victories and stand as favorites to reach the World Series for a third consecutive fall. They trailed only the Houston Astros in run-differential, led the National League in OPS and paced the entire sport in ERA.
Adelaide United have defeated the Central Coast 2-1 to progress through to the FFA Cup final. The Reds will now take on Melbourne City in the final. Melbourne City reached the FFA Cup final with a 5-1 win and prevented Brisbane Strikers becoming the first team from outside the A-League to do so. The disaster