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Associated Press Oct 19, 2023, 09:41 AM ET UEFA said on Thursday the result of the European Championship qualifying game between Belgium and Sweden, which was abandoned this week after two Swedish fans were killed before kickoff, will stand. The game was called off at half-time with the score 1-1. Both the Belgian and Swedish

Oct 19, 2023, 10:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It has been an extraordinary few months for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which owns the vast majority of Newcastle United. Over the summer, the fund (commonly known as PIF) spent nearly $1 billion to acquire some of the world’s best players, from Ballon d’Or winner

ESPN News Services Oct 18, 2023, 05:07 PM ET Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on Wednesday called for an end to the violence between Israel and Hamas, saying humanitarian aid must immediately be allowed into the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Salah released a video message on his social media accounts, making his first comments on

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCOct 18, 2023, 09:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions England booked their place at Euro 2024 with Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over Italy at Wembley, a game in which they were down 1-0 before two Harry Kane goals and one from Marcus Rashford lifted the Three Lions to all three

Open Extended Reactions How VAR could have changed football’s future Illustration by T.M. Detwiler It’s six years since the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) arrived in soccer. Today it is, for better or for worse, fully woven into the fabric of the game around the world. Before 2017, football was so much simpler. When a referee made

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 18, 2023, 12:36 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions After two more than two years, Giovanni Reyna‘s goalless drought with the United States is over. The 20-year-old attacking midfielder bagged his first-ever international brace as the U.S. overwhelmed Ghana,

Harry Kane scored a brace and Marcus Rashford joined him on the scoresheet as England came from behind to beat holders Italy 3-1 and march into the Euro 2024 finals in a Group C qualifier at Wembley on Tuesday. The visitors stunned the home crowd when Gianluca Scamacca swept in a cross from Giovanni di

Oct 17, 2023, 09:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) officials involved when Liverpool were wrongly denied a goal in last month’s Premier League loss at Tottenham Hotspur will return for this weekend’s fixtures. Officials Darren England and Dan Cook were replaced for two matches that same weekend, before being excluded

ESPN News Services Oct 16, 2023, 04:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Euro 2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden was suspended at half-time after two Swedes were shot dead in Brussels earlier on Monday. The Swedish players told UEFA that they did not want to play the second half, and the Belgians agreed, Swedish

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 16, 2023, 10:28 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Saturday’s match against Germany gave U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter a chance to try out what he calls his “Plan B” in the

Open Extended Reactions England are the team to beat at next summer’s European Championship. There are no more excuses or mitigating factors for coach Gareth Southgate and his squad to fall short again. Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka, John Stones, Kyle Walker, plus Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Declan Rice and Marcus Rashford, are players

Spain secured a place at Euro 2024 after Gavi‘s second-half goal was enough to beat Norway 1-0 away on Sunday and they will be joined by their Group A rivals Scotland and Turkey from Group D following an eventful night in qualifying. Spain and Scotland both secured spots in the top two with 15 points

Ross Devonport Oct 15, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi‘s Inter Miami will embark on a two-game postseason tour to China, the team announced Sunday. Just over two weeks after their 2023 MLS campaign ends, Inter Miami will travel to face Chinese Super League sides Qingdao Hainiu FC

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 15, 2023, 07:11 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Prior to the U.S. men’s national team’s match with Germany on Saturday, manager Gregg Berhalter said “we need to learn” from playing such a high-powered

Cesar Hernandez Oct 14, 2023, 02:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The U.S. men’s national team stumbled to a 3-1 friendly loss against Germany at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut on Saturday. Initially up 1-0 after a perfectly struck shot from Christian Pulisic in the 27th minute, the USMNT were at first

Maturing Socceroos show promise in England friendly, but questions still remain In the end, Australia’s 1-0 defeat against England won’t be remembered as fondly as the famous meeting between the two sides 20 years ago. But even if the Socceroos snatched an unlikely result, one wonders if it would have hit the same as then

Oct 14, 2023, 07:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest paid footballer in the world in 2023, earning more than the likes of Lionel Messi and Neymar during the past 12 months, according to Forbes. Ronaldo, who Forbes also ranks as the highest paid athlete of any sport, topped the list

Oct 13, 2023, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions France‘s Kylian Mbappé rediscovered his touch in spectacular fashion as he grabbed a double to lead his side to a 2-1 away win against an injury-ravaged Netherlands and early qualification for Euro 2024 on Friday. The World Cup runners-up, who will be joined in the June