Feb 6, 2024, 01:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Fire have acquired striker Hugo Cuypers for a club-record fee reported at $12 million. Cuypers, 26, arrives as a designated player from KAA Gent, a top-flight club in his native Belgium. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) As part of the deal
Month: February 2024
Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 02:06 PM ET After being escorted in handcuffs into the Barcelona courtroom, Dani Alves sat in silence and listened to a stream of witnesses give testimony during the second day of his sexual assault trial on Tuesday. Alves is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the bathroom of an
Bayer Leverkusen reached 30 games unbeaten in all competitions this season with a 3-2 comeback win over VfB Stuttgart to reach the DFB Pokal semifinals Tuesday. Jonathan Tah‘s 90th-minute header won the game and spared Xabi Alonso’s team of having to play extra time ahead of a league game Saturday against title rivals Bayern Munich. –
Feb 6, 2024, 02:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Jürgen Klinsmann has accepted responsibility as coach for South Korea‘s Asian Cup semifinal elimination at the hands of Jordan but said he has no plans to resign. The former Germany and United States coach said that he was angry after the Taeguk
Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 05:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COLUMBIA, S.C. — Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney, South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer and Coastal Carolina football coach Tim Beck all came together at the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to pass a law allowing their schools to directly compensate their athletes. The call
Sid Lowe, Spain writerFeb 6, 2024, 09:07 AM ET Iñaki Williams of Athletic Club celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal during the Copa del Rey quarterfinal match against Barcelona on Jan. 24. (Photo by Diego Souto/Getty Images) The butterfly effect. A goalkeeper flaps his hands in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and there is an earthquake in
Graham Hunter, Spain writerFeb 6, 2024, 09:03 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions Following their 1-1 draw in the Madrid derbi, Atlético Madrid should have absolutely no chance of winning LaLiga. By the same token, though,
Andre Snellings, ESPNFeb 6, 2024, 04:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions This season is unique, because we’ve already had a whole raft of blockbuster deals come down the pike since September that have already re-shaped the NBA landscape multiple times. The result, to me, changes the dynamic of this season’s NBA trade deadline, which is
Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 04:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BARCELONA, Spain — Ricky Rubio signed a short-term contract with Barcelona on Tuesday, a month after he announced that his 12-year NBA career was over. The 33-year-old Rubio, who had stepped away from playing to address mental health issues, agreed to a deal through
Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Atlanta’s Trae Young is going back to the All-Star Game after all, and Toronto’s Scottie Barnes will play in the NBA’s showcase event for the first time. NBA commissioner Adam Silver picked Young and Barnes as injury replacements on Tuesday, adding