Claudio Ranieri, whose Leicester City that he guided to a surprise EPL title last season but languishes in 15th place, is hoping fellow Italian Antonio Conte wins theEnglish Premier League title with current leader Chelsea. “As former Chelsea coach and as an Italian supporter, I hope that Conte can achieve the goal,” Ranieri said.“(Conte) came […]
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Video Pick: U.S. women prepping for next World Cup
A four-minute look at the first U.S. women’s national team camp of 2017 opens with Coach Jill Ellis addressing the squad — “Already 2019 comes into our focus, it’s on the horizon. Itwill go very, very fast, and I’m real excited to see what we’ve got” — and shows how Carli Lloyd and Co., get […]
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Video Pick: Dog and cat interrupt same game
The best field invasion of the year so far happened during Pachuca’s 1-0 Liga MX win over Chiapas during which a dog’s appearance was followed by a cat’s journey onto the grass.
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Video Pick: Madrid youngster goes long way for golazo
In Real Madrid’s 3-3 tie with Sevilla that sent Real to the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, Marco Asensiolatched on to the ball a few yards outside his own penalty area, dribbledto the other end, and stroked home from eight yards.
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Video Pick: MLS hopefuls take polygraph test
A group of players at the MLS Combine, including Walker Hume (UNC), Brandon Aubrey (Notre Dame) and Nick DePuy (UC Santa Barbara), get pranked intotaking a lie detector test with a fake “Agent Brady” on hand. Questions include, “Have you cried watching ‘The Bachelor’?”
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Will a 48-team World Cup really hurt the quality of play?
By Mike Woitalla That expanding the World Cup by 16 teams to 48 is a financially driven, politically motivated move by the FIFA bosses raises our hackles. But the problem isn’tabout allowing “lesser” teams to the party. Yes, the European Championship, after expanding from 16 to 24 teams in 2016, was a dismal tournament with […]
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Badstuber joins Schalke on loan from Bayern
Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber will join Schalke on loan for the rest of the season. The German international has been plagued by injuries, having made just 18 Bundesligaappearances in the last four years.
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Man City's Bacary Sagna in Instagram trouble
Manchester City’s Bacary Sagna is the latest player in trouble for social media posting. He’s charged with misconduct by the English FA for a “10 against 12” comment after City wasreduced to 10 men in the 32nd minute of his team’s 2-1 win over Burnley.
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U.S. Abroad: Wright makes Schalke debut, Gaines assists
Christian Pulisic, who scored in Borussia Dortmund’s 4-1 win over PSV, isn’t the only American teenager on winter duty with a German club. Haji Wright debuted for Schalke 04’s firstteam, while McKinze Gaines assisted on Robert Hermann‘s second goal for Wolfsburg in its 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the Florida Cup.
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Man United nears League Cup final
Manchester United beat Hull City, 2-0, in a English League Cup first-leg semifinal clash thanks to goals by Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata. The win marked ManUnited’s ninth straight in all competitions.