Month: March 2024

Heather Dinich Close Heather Dinich ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Pete Thamel Mar 14, 2024, 04:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff is on the brink of moving one important step closer to an expected 14-team playoff that would begin in 2026, as
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 14, 2024, 01:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall rematch has been postponed … again. Taylor suffered an injury that forced him to withdraw from the April 27 return bout vs. Catterall in Leeds, England, sources told ESPN. Taylor-Catterall 2 is expected to be rescheduled as soon as late
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 14, 2024, 12:18 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — It’s Monday, March 4, the morning after PSV’s 2-2 draw with Feyenoord,
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Mar 14, 2024, 02:24 PM Open Extended Reactions Veteran centre Manu Tuilagi has been named on the bench for England ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations clash with France in Lyon in what could be his final game for his country. Tuilagi, 32, has been heavily linked with a move overseas when his contract at Sale
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Mar 14, 2024, 02:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The ATP Tour and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) are pushing ahead with efforts to merge the commercial and media rights of the men’s and women’s tennis tours, bringing in an external adviser to study options, three people familiar with the situation said. The groups,
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Mar 14, 2024, 10:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has named six newcomers, including Bayern Munich teenager Aleksandar Pavlovic, for their friendly internationals against France and Netherlands later this month in his last tests before Euro 2024 on home soil. Nagelsmann also decided not to select Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka and
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Adriana Garcia Mar 14, 2024, 09:23 AM ET LaLiga confirmed to ESPN on Thursday that it will report to the Spain prosecutors’ office the “deplorable racists chants” from a group of Atlético Madrid supporters. LaLiga said the chants of “Vinícius chimpanzee” were directed at Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior and were heard in a video
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Mar 14, 2024, 01:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konaté has returned to the France squad for this month’s friendlies against Germany and Chile despite injury, while Chelsea‘s Axel Disasi has been left out of the 23-man list announced on Thursday. Konaté suffered a muscle injury earlier this month and has not
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ESPN News Services Mar 14, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The FIFA Under-17 World Cup will be held annually instead of biennially, with the next five editions from 2025 to take place in Qatar, world soccer’s governing body said on Thursday. Like the senior men’s World Cup, the Under-17 tournament will be expanded
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Open Extended Reactions Gareth Southgate has revealed Ben White is refusing to play for England. The England boss on Thursday named a 25-man squad for upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Belgium with Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite and Newcastle winger Anthony Gordon both selected for the first time while Ivan Toney was recalled following his eight-month suspension
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