Mexico Football Federation (FMF) commissioner Juan Carlos Rodríguez resigned from his position during a meeting with Liga MX club owners in which there were discussions to approve a $1.25 billion league investment. Rodríguez had commented behind the scenes that he would leave his post if Liga MX’s teams did not accept the deal from Apollo Global Management, sources told ESPN Mexico. The FMF announced that Liga MX president Mikel Arriola…
The first few matchdays of the 2024-25 Champions League campaign were a bit strange from a general vibes perspective. We saw plenty of interesting matches and great performances, but with the freshly expanded format — four more teams, two more matchdays, four-team groups ditched for a giant, 36-team table with two-thirds of teams advancing to the knockout rounds — it was hard to really glean the stakes of what we…
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Mexican side Pachuca stunned Copa Libertadores champions Botafogo 3-0 on Wednesday to advance to the Intercontinental Cup semifinals thanks to second-half goals from Oussama Idrissi, Nelson Deossa and Salomon Rondon.
Saudi Arabia has been announced as the host nation for the 2034 Men’s World Cup, with FIFA rubber-stamping the confirmation of the 2030 and 2034 editions of the tournament on Dec. 11. A joint bid involving Morocco, Portugal and Spain, combined with one game each in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay to mark the centenary of the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, will be confirmed by FIFA for 2030…
TURIN, Italy — José Mourinho has hit back at Pep Guardiola’s claim that he wants to see Manchester City relegated to League One by saying he only wants “justice in football.” Fenerbahce coach Mourinho, who built a fierce rivalry with then-Barcelona boss Guardiola during his time in charge of Real Madrid between 2010 and 2013, reignited hostilities with Guardiola by saying he won three Premier League titles “fairly and cleanly”…
Jhon Durán was angry. In October, a minute after he grabbed Aston Villa’s second goal against Bologna in the Champions League with a smart first-time finish, he was walking toward the bench having been substituted. The TV cameras caught him kicking the chair in front of him, throwing all manner of things around as the frustration at being substituted boiled over. Durán is one of the most lethal strikers in…
Tottenham Hotspur defender Cristian Romero has said his teammates are happy playing under Ange Postecoglou after Sunday’s 4-3 loss to Chelsea dropped them to 11th in the Premier League and heaped more pressure on the Australian manager. “We saw it in the first season [under Postecoglou]. In this second one we’ve suffered a lot of injuries,” Romero told Telemundo. “Players are the first ones to be criticised, then if we…
Fenerbahce coach Jose Mourinho offered genuine congratulations to the referee despite his team’s second derby defeat of the season. Mourinho’s side saw their five-game winning run end in Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Besiktas. The Portuguese, who has been punished in the past for criticising referees, had nothing but praise for the officiating of Mehmet Türkmen. “If we have referees like this one in every match of the title contenders, the…
Former Portugal winger Nani, who won four Premier League titles and the Champions League with Manchester United, announced his retirement from professional football on Sunday. The 38-year-old began his career at Sporting CP before he was signed by legendary former United boss Sir Alex Ferguson in 2007 and left to join Fenerbahçe on a permanent deal in 2015. Nani played for 10 clubs in total during his 19-year career, plying…