5:44 AM ET Adriana Garcia Emiliano Martinez was named the best goalkeeper at the 2022 World Cup. Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has said he regrets making a vulgar gesture at the World Cup final but placed the blame on his teammates. After being handed the “Golden Glove” for being the best
Month: March 2023
7:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag has told Liverpool fans that his Manchester United players won’t be fazed by the hostile atmosphere at Anfield on Sunday. United head to Liverpool looking for their first away win against their fierce rivals for more than seven years. The home supporters will attempt to create a
6:53 AM ET Manchester United‘s Marcus Rashford has a “mix of everything” and can score goals in numerous ways, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said as he called on his side to work as a unit to contain the England forward in Sunday’s Premier League clash at Anfield. Rashford has been in red-hot form this season,
8:01 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar is out of the Champions League round-of-16 second-leg clash away at Bayern Munich next week, manager Christophe Galtier said. Neymar was stretchered off with an ankle injury midway through PSG’s 4-3 comeback win against Lille last month. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The scans revealed
11:23 AM ET Associated Press Brazil interim coach Ramon Menezes left Neymar, Gabriel Martinelli and Alisson out of his squad Friday for the international friendly against Morocco on March 25 in Tangier. Brazil will be playing for the first time since their elimination from the World Cup by Croatia in the quarterfinals in December. –
10:19 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid‘s board were disappointed by coach Carlo Ancelotti’s tactics in the side’s 1-0 Copa del Rey semifinal first-leg defeat to Barcelona on Thursday, sources have told ESPN. Some senior figures at the club criticised the manager’s lack of a plan B, sources said, after a performance in
6:32 AM ET Achraf Hakimi has been charged with rape after an investigation. Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi has been indicted for rape, the prosecutor’s department of Nanterre told ESPN on Friday. A preliminary investigation was opened against Hakimi last week after a 23-year-old woman went to the police accusing
5:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent “We want more. My contract is long, so hopefully I can win something more.” These words sound a lot like something Erik ten Hag could have said in the aftermath of Manchester United‘s Carabao Cup final victory against Newcastle on Sunday, but they belong to Jose Mourinho, who had been
10:49 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud said he believes that he’s been the best player in college football the past two years, but he has no desire to join or replace former Buckeyes star Justin Fields with the Chicago Bears in the NFL. Chicago has the top pick of the April
The ICC rates a pitch as poor if any of the following criteria apply The pitch offers excessive seam movement at any stage of the match The pitch displays excessive unevenness of bounce for any bowler at any stage of the match The pitch offers excessive assistance to spin bowlers, especially early in the match