9:30 AM ET New signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is not afraid of the supposed curse of the No. 9 shirt at Chelsea, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Friday. Speaking to reporters ahead of Saturday’s league game at home to West Ham, he said expects the Gabon striker to bring a host of qualities to the squad.
Month: September 2022
9:25 AM ET Mikel Arteta has said he was frustrated at Arsenal‘s failure to sign a midfielder on deadline day after confirming Mohamed Elneny will be sidelined for several months with a hamstring injury. Sources told ESPN that Arsenal had three bids rejected for Aston Villa‘s Douglas Luiz on Thursday — the last of which
6:52 AM ET Premier League clubs have broken their transfer spending record for a season in the summer window alone, spending £1.9 billion ($2.2 billion) during the period, according to analysis from finance company Deloitte. The summer transfer window, which closed on Thursday, beat the previous record of £1.86 billion ($2.5 billion) spent in a
11:37 AM ET Associated Press Champions League referees must be tougher with players who exaggerate contact trying to get an opponent shown a yellow card, UEFA said Friday. UEFA wants to punish attempts to “dupe” referees with “acts of simulation or by overreacting to light-contact fouls” when European club competition groups start next week. –
10:51 AM ET Antonio Conte said Tottenham are still behind Premier League rivals after transfer window shut. Photo by Eddie Keogh/Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur‘s manager Antonio Conte said spending in the transfer window is a step in the right direction to improve their squad but there is still a gap between them and their Premier League
8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Anthony Martial will miss Manchester United‘s Premier League clash with Arsenal on Sunday with Erik ten Hag unable to give a timeframe for the striker’s return. Martial has missed the last two games with an Achilles injury picked up during the 2-1 win over Liverpool on Aug. 22. He also
4:56 AM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was the subject of an assassination attempt. Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images All football matches in Argentina were suspended on Friday after an assassination attempt on the country’s vice president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) made the announcement Thursday night after the
5:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent As Erik ten Hag sat down for his news conference at Manchester United‘s Carrington training ground on Wednesday afternoon, he told reporters he wasn’t in a position to talk much about prospective new €95 million signing Antony until the paperwork was completed. His smile, though, said everything. By that point,
11:01 AM ET NEW YORK — Away from the spotlight of the box office night matches, Andy Murray is greeted with reverence and a hint of nostalgia whenever his name is read out. But this isn’t a farewell tour for the 2012 US Open winner. With a metal hip and near misses with retirement in
11:50 AM ET Phil Mickelson said he has heard from “numerous” professional golfers from both LIV Golf and the PGA Tour about the current upheaval in the sport and the changes that have come as a result of it. “I think players on both sides of LIV and the PGA Tour are appreciative of what