Month: October 2023

Daniel Gazdag scored his fourth career MLS Cup Playoff goal and the Philadelphia Union did all their damage before halftime in a 3-1 victory over the visiting New England Revolution in Game 1 of their best-of-three Round One series. Mikkel Uhre and Nathan Harriel also scored for Philadelphia, the defending Eastern Conference champions who earned
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ESPN News Services Oct 28, 2023, 08:35 PM ET Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday said the mother of Liverpool soccer player Luis Díaz had been rescued after being kidnapped in northern Colombia, but officials were still searching for his missing father. The Colombian attorney general’s office earlier said that it assembled a team of
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 28, 2023, 07:19 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. A day after Northwestern State announced it canceled the rest of its football season and coach Brad Laird resigned, the family of slain football player Ronnie Caldwell Jr. said Friday it will pursue
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Associated Press Oct 28, 2023, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Thornton has officially announced his retirement from the NHL following a 24-year career as one of the game’s top playmakers. The 44-year-old Thornton hadn’t played since the 2021-22 season with Florida but hadn’t made an official declaration about his
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Mike Coppinger Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Oct 28, 2023, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The fight is finally here. Tyson Fury, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion, takes on former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou on
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Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino has played down a row between a Chelsea fan and striker Nicolas Jackson during Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat against Brentford at Stamford Bridge. With the game goalless at the break following an opening 45 minutes in which Chelsea dominated, a supporter shouted in Jackson’s direction, with some close to the
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Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah ended his scoring drought in stunning fashion with a hat trick in his side’s 5-0 thrashing of hapless Sheffield United in the Premier League on Saturday. The 24-year-old, who made his full England debut this month, had not scored for Arsenal since August but found bottom club Sheffield United’s defence much
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Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 28, 2023, 01:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández was left frustrated after losing Saturday’s El Clásico 2-1 to Real Madrid in a game he felt his team deserved to win. Ilkay Gündogan opened the scoring but a second-half brace from Jude Bellingham, including a 92nd-minute winner, saw
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