Month: March 2022

1:20 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — A bunch of Red Sox players reached out to recruit longtime Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story when he was considering whether to sign with Boston. Even Xander Bogaerts, the man he might soon replace. “Bogie’s been amazing throughout this process of me coming here,” Story said
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12:54 PM BST Frenchman Loik Le Priol has been arrested in Hungary in connection with the murder in Paris last weekend of former Argentine rugby international Federico Aramburu, a source at the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. “I can confirm that Loik Le Priol was arrested last night in Hungary,” said the source, following
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9:56 AM ET Cook Islands and Vanuatu have withdrawn from World Cup qualification due to COVID-19. Matthew Ashton – AMA via Getty Images FIFA have changed the format of the World Cup qualification tournament for the Oceania region after the Cook Islands and Vanuatu withdrew due to cases of COVID-19 that affected their national teams, world
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6:07 AM ET Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has said he experienced depression during Jose Mourinho’s time at the club. Pogba re-signed for United during Mourinho’s first season at Old Trafford in 2016 for a then-world record fee of £89.3 million from Juventus. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more– Don’t have
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12:59 PM ET England striker Harry Kane has said he plans to speak with other national team captains to organise a unified approach to highlighting human rights issues ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. England manager Gareth Southgate held a 30-minute meeting with his squad on Tuesday to discuss a variety of controversies surrounding
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9:01 AM ET The family that owns the Chicago Cubs, who are bidding for Premier League club Chelsea and facing social media criticism in England due to past anti-Islamic comments made by the family’s patriarch, released a statement condemning racism on Wednesday. The Ricketts family has agreed to meet Chelsea fans amid a social media
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9:03 AM ET United States women’s international Megan Rapinoe said so few male footballers have come out because the environment is not “safe.” Rapinoe was speaking to Chelsea pair Pernille Harder and Magda Eriksson, who are a couple, on their Sky Sports show The HangOUT. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more–
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10:37 AM ET Associated Press Russia is launching a bid to host the 2028 European Championship in a challenge to the British Isles entry or against Italy for the 2032 edition, despite its teams being suspended from international competitions over the war in Ukraine. A meeting of the Russian Football Union (RFU) executive committee decided
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