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Open Extended Reactions It’s the FA Cup fourth round this weekend, and the stakes are high for clubs, players, managers and owners desperate to keep alive their hopes of success this season — such as Manchester United, Tottenham, Marcus Rashford, Ruud van Nistelrooy and, of course, Tom Brady. The fourth round is about heavyweight clashes

Feb 5, 2025, 04:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool boss Arne Slot has confirmed that Trent Alexander-Arnold will miss the second leg of their Carabao Cup semifinal against Tottenham on Thursday. Alexander-Arnold went off in the 70th minute of Liverpool’s Premier League clash against Bournemouth on Saturday with a thigh injury. “He is going

Open Extended Reactions The Premier League believes its referees are setting a model for VAR that other leagues want to follow as the latest stats showed video review errors are down 35% on last season. After 23 rounds of the 2023-24 campaign, the Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel had logged 20 mistakes, and at the

Feb 5, 2025, 06:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Hayes has said her aims for the United States women’s national team go beyond just winning and has spoken of wanting to build a program that “sets the bar for the global game.” Hayes, who took over as USWNT head coach last summer after a

Feb 5, 2025, 05:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The head of Spain’s refereeing body, Luis Medina Cantalejo, has hit back at Real Madrid‘s accusations of “manipulation and adulteration” of the competition by officials, insisting that “my colleagues and I are not corrupt.” Madrid’s board sent an open letter to the Spanish football federation (RFEF)

Feb 5, 2025, 06:30 AM ET The Women’s Super League (WSL) has condemned the abuse suffered by Manchester City forward Khadija “Bunny” Shaw and Chelsea defender Millie Bright over the weekend. “We are shocked and saddened to hear about the incidents that occurred over the weekend relating to Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw and Millie Bright,” the

Adriana Garcia Feb 5, 2025, 02:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 40th birthday on Wednesday with no signs of slowing down his majestic career. The Portugal captain increased his record to 923 goals after scoring twice in Al Nassr‘s 4-0 triumph over Al Wasl in Monday’s Asian Champions League. It was

Open Extended Reactions The Premier League has said “significant progress” has been made with testing of semi-automated VAR offside technology (SAOT) in recent weeks, adding that it still plans to introduce the new system this season. It’s almost a year since clubs unanimously voted to bring in the technology, which is intended to reduce the

Feb 4, 2025, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United defender Tyrell Malacia has completed a loan move to Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven, the club confirmed on Tuesday. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Malacia was the first signing of Erik ten Hag’s two-and-a-half year tenure at United. He joined from Feyenoord in a £13 million

Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has described Kai Havertz as a genetic “powerhouse” and backed the Germany international to compensate for Arsenal‘s failure to sign a forward in January. The Gunners made no secret of their desire add an attacking player in the midseason window following injuries to Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus but were