By Rune Gjerulff @runegjerulff Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel was unsurprisingly not happy after Wednesday’s 1-0 loss to Lazio. Thomas Tuchel.Photo: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 4.0 Pressure is mounting on Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel after a 3-0 defeat to title rivals Bayer Leverkusen was followed by a 1-0 loss to Lazio in the Champions League on Wednesday. In a post-match interview, Tuchel said he was “frustrated and angry” at the defeat and that his team “lost their conviction” in the second half. ”We’re frustrated and angry about the defeat. I think we lost the game; I’m not sure Lazio won…
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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has welcomed the ambition of new investor Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS team, which is set to see Dan Ashworth appointed as sporting director.The influence of Ratcliffe’s has already been felt with the appointment of Omar Berrada as incoming chief executive, formerly in charge of football operations at the rival City Football Group. Ashworth is known to be specifically admired by Sir Dave Brailsford, Ratcliffe’s most trusted sporting advisor.It will mean someone else coming into the Old Trafford hierarchy, but Ten Hag is happy for the help and to see that his new…
Care to place a wager on the winner of the UFC 300 main event sweepstakes? Online oddsmaker Bovada just put up a line for the April 13 headliner that’s generated a frenzy of speculation as time ticks toward the banner event. Right now, there’s just one fight you can put your money on, and that’s a welterweight title fight between champ Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad. The fight has been teased by Edwards, and Muhammad has said UFC CEO Dana White has given assurances that UFC 300 will host the five-rounder. Yet with less than two months remaining, the UFC…
Overland Park (Kans.) Blue Valley linebacker Dawson Merritt picked up an Alabama offer on Wednesday.“I know about what kind of winning culture Alabama has which brings a crazy feeling to earn a scholarship offer from them,” he said. “Playing for Alabama is stuff you dream about as a kid.”Merritt hopes to visit the Tide and other programs in the spring but hasn’t locked those in yet.
shares share tweet pin sms send email By HoopsHype staff | February 15, 2024 One of the most exciting parts of every All-Star Game is finding out what the uniforms will be. Every year, the NBA styles the players in the best possible fits that flash on-screen. Below, you can check out every NBA All-Stara uniform since 1990. USA TODAY Sports MVP: Magic Johnson (West). Stats: 22 points, six rebounds and four assists in 25 minutes. AP Photo/Susan Regan MVP: Charles Barkley (East). Stats: 17 points, 22 rebounds and four assists in 35 minutes. (AP Photo) MVP: Magic Johnson (West).…
Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 15, 2024, 04:16 PM ETCloseKevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia. You can follow him via Twitter @SeifertESPN.Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips has entered a guilty plea stemming from a 2023 traffic stop in Minneapolis, according to court documents.As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Phillips will plead guilty…
If Barry John were watching from the heavens, he would probably have switched off with a few minutes to spare. This was hardly rugby from the Gods. It was scrappy and tense and ended with an English victory that will not be remembered as one of the generational classics.George Ford architected a second-half fightback, kicking and squeezing England to two wins from two in the Jamie George era. There were moments when Welsh fans were praying that Dan Biggar would swap his pitch-side punditry suit for a pair of boots, as the visitors coughed up a nine-point lead. Their 12-year…
By Ultan Corcoran @UltanCorcoran The Breisgauers travelled to face RC Lens for their UEFA Europa League playoff round meeting which finished 0-0. The return leg will take place at the Europa-Park Stadion on Thursday 22nd February. Freiburg battled to an all-important draw tonight in Northern France against a talented RC Lens outfit. The French club dropped into the Europa League by virtue of their third place finish in Champions League Group B, however they struggled at times against their hard-working German opponents. The first-half this evening passed by with no goals and relatively few scoring opportunities. Freiburg boasted the lion’s…
Manchester United are reported to have eyes on Southampton director of football Jason Wilcox as the behind the scenes shakeup at Old Trafford continues.Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 25% buy-in and takeover of football operations has already influenced the appointment of incoming chief executive Omar Berrada and is also seeing the club target Newcastle United sporting director Dan Ashworth.The Athletic reports that United are now looking to make Wilcox a “key figure” in the new sporting hierarchy too. The idea is that he would work under a sporting director, expected to be Ashworth.Wilcox, a 1995 Premier League winner with Blackburn Rovers during…
According to Italian outlet Calciomercato, Manchester United are deemed favourites to sign Inter Milan star Denzel Dumfries during the summer transfer window. The Red Devils could invest on a new right-back at the end of the campaign with Aaron Wan-Bissaka set to enter the last year of his contract. If he does not accept terms over a renewal, the club could make the decision to sell him for a reasonable fee. This could see them invest on a new signing and Calciomercato report that Man United are in the front seat to recruit Dumfries, who is also in a contract stand-off…