Adriana Garcia Oct 5, 2023, 01:01 PM ET Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior testified on Thursday against three individuals accused of racially abusing him during a Spanish league game last season. The hearing took place in Valencia, but the Brazil international gave his testimony via video conference from Madrid. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
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Oct 5, 2023, 02:14 PM ET Kylian Mbappe cannot be satisfied with his recent performances, France coach Didier Deschamps said on Thursday as he named his squad for a Euro qualifier against the Netherlands and a friendly with Scotland. Mbappe has struggled this season despite scoring seven goals in Ligue 1 for Paris Saint-Germain. –
The Premier League‘s Independent Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled Diogo Jota should not have been sent off in Liverpool‘s controversial 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, ESPN can reveal. Jota was shown the red card after two challenges in little more than a minute, both on Spurs defender Destiny Udogie. – Stream on
James Olley, Senior Writer, ESPN FCOct 5, 2023, 09:16 AM ET Close James Olley is a senior soccer writer for ESPN.com. Read his archive here and follow him on Twitter: @JamesOlley. Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Ollie Watkins and Jarrod Bowen have been recalled to England‘s latest squad but Raheem Sterling
Jeff Kassouf Oct 5, 2023, 09:47 AM ET Ali Krieger and Esther Gonzalez of NJ/NY Gotham FC are shooed away by an assistant referee as the head ref watches a video replay on Sept. 16, 2023 in Harrison, New Jersey. Ira L. Black/Corbis/Getty Images On the same day that the Premier League had what became a
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 5, 2023, 05:15 AM ET André Onana is reluctant to take time away from Manchester United to play for Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in January after a difficult start to his career at Old Trafford, a source has told ESPN. Onana quit international football following the World Cup
Oct 5, 2023, 03:56 AM ET Football Australia chief executive James Johnson said on Thursday they are still exploring a bid to host the 2034 World Cup, despite the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) having declared support for Saudi Arabia. After naming Morocco, Spain and Portugal as 2030 World Cup hosts on Wednesday, with Uruguay, Argentina
Denis Bouanga scored three first-half goals to take over the MLS scoring lead and Los Angeles FC earned a playoff spot with a convincing 5-1 victory over visiting Minnesota United on Wednesday. Bouanga scored in the sixth and 36th minutes as well as the first minute of first-half stoppage time as LAFC (13-10-9, 48 points)
ESPN News Services Oct 4, 2023, 07:58 PM ET Lionel Messi has been left out of Inter Miami CF‘s squad for the fourth consecutive game as the team faces Chicago Fire FC at Soldier Field on Wednesday night. The Argentina World Cup winner came back from international duty in September with the recurrence of a
Dan Burn said he realised a dream by scoring in Newcastle’s 4-1 Champions League win against Paris Saint-Germain after being left without a club following rejection by Fulham in his mid-20s. Newcastle sit on top of Group F in their first Champions League campaign since 2002-03 after defeating French champions PSG at St. James’s Park