Month: October 2020

2:04 PM ET Former Mexico national team coach Javier Aguirre feels Major League Soccer is more attractive to him than Liga MX at this stage of his career, citing the relative stability in the head coach’s position. The 61-year-old is currently out of work after parting ways with Leganes, who were relegated on the last
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2:50 PM ET Mikel Arteta insists Mesut Ozil’s Arsenal exile is solely due to football reasons and he takes “full responsibility” for omitting the 31-year-old from the club’s Premier League and Europa League squads. The Gunners confirmed on Tuesday that their highest-paid player, earning £350,000-a-week, was not included in their 25-man squad for the current
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4:12 PM ET Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford‘s campaign to extend free school meals over the holidays suffered a setback after members of the British Parliament voted against the provision. England forward Rashford, who has been awarded MBE for his work in tackling child poverty amid the COVID-19 pandemic, forced a government U-turn in July
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5:40 PM ET Jurgen Klopp saw Liverpool edge out Ajax in the Champions League. Photo by Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool‘s performance against Ajax was not perfect but he was happy to win the game as his side began their Champions League campaign without several key players. Liverpool were without Alisson,
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4:29 PM ET Alex Kirkland Zinedine Zidane has taken responsibility for Real Madrid‘s Champions League defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk, calling the 3-2 loss “a bad game, a bad night” and vowing to “find the solution” ahead of El Clasico on Saturday. Madrid trailed 3-0 at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium after a disastrous defensive display,
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6:47 PM ET Mike DiRocco JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Defensive end Aaron Lynch has unretired and been reinstated to the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ exempt list. He must go through five days of COVID-19 testing and could be eligible to return to the facility as soon as Monday. Lynch, who signed a one-year contract with the Jaguars in
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3:00 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — New Indiana Pacers coach Kevin Bjorkgren went right to work Wednesday. Less than 24 hours after accepting the job, the 45-year-old former Toronto Raptors assistant started explaining his plan. He expects the Pacers to move the ball and take more 3-pointers. He wants the defense to be more
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5:18 PM ET Five weeks after the LA Clippers suffered an embarrassing playoff collapse, Tyronn Lue addressed the team’s chemistry and leadership issues on his first official day as the franchise’s new head coach. Lue, who won a championship and went 128-83 in less than three full seasons as head coach in Cleveland, will try
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2:12 PM ET Stan Van Gundy has agreed to a multiyear deal to become the next head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Van Gundy, the former Miami Heat, Orlando Magic and Detroit Pistons head coach, becomes the seventh coach in Pelicans franchise history. The Pelicans and Van Gundy’s representative,
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