Dec 31, 2024, 04:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wayne Rooney has departed as manager of second-tier Plymouth Argyle after agreeing to mutually parts ways with the club after 25 games. Rooney, the Manchester United and England legend, had been hoping to kickstart his non-playing career in his fourth role in management but leaves after
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 31, 2024, 04:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has said he’s not expecting reinforcements to his squad in the January transfer window as he attempts to arrest Manchester United‘s worrying slide towards the relegation places. Defeat to Newcastle at Old Trafford on Monday was United’s fourth in a row in
Dec 31, 2024, 04:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna hailed a special night for his club as they won a home match in the Premier League for the first time in more than two decades, and suggested more victories would come for the relegation-threatened club. Goals from Liam Delap and
Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCDec 31, 2024, 04:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlético Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has backed his team to win LaLiga this season, as they go into 2025 top of the table, ahead of rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona. Atlético begin the new year as league leaders, on 41 points from 18
Lizzy Becherano Dec 30, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brandon Vázquez is set to depart from CF Monterrey after mutually agreeing to terminate his contract with the Liga MX team, sources told ESPN. The United States forward now leaves the Mexican club less than a year after joining Monterrey on Jan. 10, 2024
Dec 30, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former England manager Gareth Southgate was among the hundreds named in King Charles’s New Year honours list published on Monday. The full list includes more than 1,200 people in politics, sport, the arts or community service to be awarded honours ranging from Member, Commander or Officer
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 30, 2024, 07:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — There has been a simmering discontent at Manchester United for a while now, but at Old Trafford on Monday night the dial was turned up to near mutiny in a loss to Newcastle United. With just 30 minutes gone and Man
Open Extended Reactions Manchester United ended 2024 with their worst-ever Premier League calendar year points tally, and the club’s worst since 1989, after Monday’s 2-0 home defeat against Newcastle United saw the team earn just 51 points between January and December. Head coach Ruben Amorim, who replaced the sacked Erik ten Hag in November, has
Liam Delap and Omari Hutchinson scored either side of the break as Ipswich Town finally ended an almost 23-year wait to win a Premier League match at Portman Road with a 2-0 victory over Chelsea on Monday. Not since April 2002, and a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough, have Ipswich celebrated home success in the top
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 30, 2024, 06:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has accepted Manchester United are in a relegation battle following their 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United and admitted his “focus is on survival.” United slumped to a fourth straight defeat in all competitions and a third consecutive loss in the Premier League