Feb 23, 2024, 03:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois could return from his ACL injury at the end of April, sources have told ESPN. The Belgium international underwent surgery after rupturing his ACL in his left knee in training in August last year. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more
Football
James Regan Feb 23, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Malo Gusto has said youth is not an excuse for Chelsea‘s failures this season and targeted beating Liverpool in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final in order to galvanise the team and push them on from their midtable Premier League struggles. Having endured patches of poor
Tim Vickery, South America correspondentFeb 23, 2024, 10:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions As soon as the final whistle blew the Sunday before last, and Argentina‘s U23 side had beaten Brazil, the speculation started to spike. The win meant that Argentina had qualified for the Paris Olympics. Come the tournament, the U23 side can be
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentFeb 22, 2024, 08:40 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Manchester United assistant Eric Ramsay signed a contract to coach MLS side Minnesota United on Thursday, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Loons had been without a permanent manager
Associated Press Feb 22, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentina scheduled exhibitions against El Salvador and Nigeria in the United States next month as part of Copa America preparations, replacing a China tour canceled after Lionel Messi didn’t play at Inter Miami‘s preseason game in Hong Kong. Argentina will play El Salvador on
Toma Tabatadze’s late own goal spared Karim Benzema‘s blushes as the defender gifted Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad a 2-1 win over Navbahor of Uzbekistan on Thursday to set up an Asian Champions League quarterfinal meeting with compatriots Al Hilal. The French striker headed Jamshid Iskanderov‘s free kick into his own net in the 25th minute to give the
Feb 22, 2024, 11:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sean Dyche has called for clarity around his Everton team’s 10-point deduction over breaches of the Premier League‘s profit and sustainability rules (PSR) and subsequent appeal, saying a swift decision is “for the greater good of football.” Everton were docked the points in November for the
Open Extended Reactions Declan Rice has urged Arsenal to show more “savviness” after admitting their Champions League inexperience cost them in Wednesday’s round-of-16 defeat to Porto. Arsenal were beaten 1-0 in the first leg at Estadio do Dragao as Galeno curled in a stunning 94th-minute winner following a passage of play in which the visitors
Ryan Rosenblatt Feb 22, 2024, 10:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Remember the MLS days of plain white shirts with a crest and sponsor? Kits so bland that even copywriters could do little else than call them “clean”? Thankfully, those days are gone as the league is delivering us some surefire heat now. – Stream
Feb 22, 2024, 04:19 AM ET Catalonia’s top court on Thursday found former Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022, sentencing him to four and a half years in prison. The court also ordered that Alves pay €150,000 ($162,990) to the victim. “The sentence considers that