Month: February 2025

Lizzy Becherano Feb 21, 2025, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano confirmed not all players will be available for the 2025 Major League Soccer season opener against New York City FC on Saturday night at Chase Stadium after what he called an “unprecedented” turnaround for the club. The team
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Feb 21, 2025, 09:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Hansi Flick launched an impassioned defence of referees in Spain on Friday, criticising how they have been treated and calling on the Royal Spanish Football Federation [RFEF] to show how strong they are. Referee José Luis Munuera Montero this week
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Feb 21, 2025, 07:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United have been drawn to face Real Sociedad in the Europa League round of 16, while Tottenham Hotspur will take on AZ Alkmaar. Elsewhere, Rangers will face Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce, AS Roma go up against Athletic Club and Ajax drew Eintracht Frankfurt. United last faced
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Feb 21, 2025, 11:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAFC fended off Lionel Messi‘s Inter Miami to retain their status as the most valuable Major League Soccer team for a third consecutive year, according to the annual 2025 list published by business magazine Forbes on Friday. LAFC were valued at $1.25 billion, up 4% from
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Feb 21, 2025, 01:01 PM ET The highest court in global sport dismissed an appeal by former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales on Friday after he was banned from any football-related activity for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent at the 2023 Women’s World Cup final. World football governing body FIFA had banned Rubiales
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James Regan Feb 21, 2025, 02:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Joseph Parker weighed in at a career-heaviest 267 pounds on Friday while his new opponent Martin Bakole was still on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bakole was called up to replace IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois, who is ill,
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2025, 02:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers outfielder Akil Baddoo had surgery to repair a broken bone in his right hand and will miss the start of the regular season. Manager A.J. Hinch said Friday that Baddoo had more tests done after some continued wrist soreness
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Jorge CastilloFeb 21, 2025, 09:30 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — The
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