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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 17, 2024, 08:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City midfielder Rodri has suggested players are “close” to going on strike because of concerns over their increasing workload. The Spain midfielder played 63 games for club and country last season in a campaign which didn’t finish until the Euro 2024 final on

Joseph Lowery Sep 16, 2024, 09:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s Monday, and another week of MLS action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings. Our Power Rankings are derived from a combination of key season statistics (points per game, goal differential, expected goal differential), recent performance, the Opta

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 16, 2024, 06:05 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Birmingham City minority owner Tom Brady was in attendance to see his team beat Wrexham

Open Extended Reactions Manchester City‘s judgement day — or at least the first of many days — has finally arrived. As sources first told ESPN back in August, the long-awaited hearing into the club’s 115 charges for allegedly breaching the Premier League‘s financial rules starts on Monday, Sept. 16 and the stakes, for both the

Sep 16, 2024, 02:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The independent hearing into Manchester City‘s alleged 115 breaches of Premier League financial regulations will finally begin on Monday. In what British media have dubbed as the “sports trial of the century,” a three-person commission will sift through reams of evidence for an estimated 10 weeks

Sep 15, 2024, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erling Haaland is practically a cheat code. It hardly seems fair that perhaps the most dominant centre-forward of the modern game just so happens to play for arguably the most peerless Premier League team in history. He almost signle-handedly turned a 1-0 deficit to Brentford into

Gabriel‘s second-half header earned Arsenal a crucial 1-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur in a feisty North London derby on Sunday to keep pace with early Premier League leaders Manchester City. Spurs started sharper, and David Raya was forced into early saves before Arsenal fought their way into the contest, although Jurrien Timber was perhaps fortunate

Lizzy Becherano May 24, 2024, 06:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi marked his return to the pitch Saturday night at Chase Stadium with two goals and one assist while playing the full 90 minutes to inspire Inter Miami‘s 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union. The Argentina forward spent two

Adam Brown Sep 14, 2024, 12:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the Premier League season on Saturday as they lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest at Anfield for the first time in 65 years. A mixed performance in the first half saw the Reds frustrated throughout by Nottingham Forest, with

New signing Matthijs de Ligt grabbed his first goal while Marcus Rashford scored for the first time since March in Manchester United‘s 3-0 Premier League victory at Southampton on Saturday. Alejandro Garnacho added a late goal for Erik ten Hag’s side who started the day 14th in the table after back-to-back losses. They now have

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino began his tenure as United States men’s national team coach saying his players should aspire to achieve as much as the American women. “We are here because we want to win,” he said Friday at his introductory news conference. “We have many

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentSep 13, 2024, 05:16 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK CITY — Amid the smiles and backslapping that took place during Mauricio Pochettino’s unveiling as the new U.S. men’s national team manager on Friday, there was one,

Lizzy Becherano Sep 13, 2024, 10:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami head coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino confirmed Lionel Messi will be available to play against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Messi is set to return to action for Miami for the first time in two months,

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 12, 2024, 11:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Erik ten Hag has aimed a barb back at Cristiano Ronaldo by suggesting the Portugal forward doesn’t know what he’s talking about because he is “far away from Manchester.” Ronaldo criticised Ten Hag in a podcast hosted by Rio Ferdinand by

Open Extended Reactions OSLO, Norway — “You’re here to talk about VAR?,” Mykle, a pint of lager in one hand and jabbing his finger with the other, said. “It’s all bulls—: nobody wants it here.” This is Norway, ranked the seventh-happiest country in the world earlier this year by the World Population Review, and usually

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 12, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The point at which Manchester United knew they were making progress in the summer transfer window — the club’s first under the new leadership team put together by Sir Jim Ratcliffe — came in mid-July. With Matt Hargreaves, director of football negotiations, locked in

ESPN News Services Sep 11, 2024, 07:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A TV cameraman said Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez “slapped me” after Colombia‘s 2-1 win in a World Cup qualifying match. Jhonny Jackson told Colombian media he approached Martínez after the final whistle in Barranquilla on Tuesday as the goalkeeper greeted another player. Footage

ESPN News Services Sep 11, 2024, 03:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé is not ready to compromise with Paris Saint-Germain. The France superstar rejected a mediation offer by the French soccer league’s legal commission on Wednesday in his dispute with his former club over wages and bonuses. Mbappé’s representatives met with PSG officials