Soccer

10:16 AM ET Alex Kirkland Sam Marsden Barcelona emerged victorious two weeks ago when the Catalans met Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey semifinals. Ruben Albarran/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images We’re little more than 24 hours away from a Clasico that stands to have considerable implications on this season’s LaLiga title race. Barcelona lead Real

4:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erling Haaland scored another hat trick as Manchester City thrashed Burnley 6-0 in the FA Cup, booking a spot in the competition’s semifinals for the fifth-straight season. Pep Guardiola’s Man City team made it 13 goals in two games after their 7-0 demolition of RB Leipzig in the Champions League

10:12 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Luka Modric and Toni Kroos are on the wrong side of 30, yet their impressive play is keeping expensive young midfielders out of Real Madrid’s starting XI. Diego Souto/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Two old guys sit on a bench and quietly watch the world go by. They’re tired, their bodies

12:32 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag has confirmed he met potential Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe on Friday during the British billionaire’s talks to buy the club. Ratcliffe and other members of his consortium met United CEO Richard Arnold at Old Trafford on Friday morning before touring the Carrington training base. –

7:26 AM ET Holders Real Madrid have been drawn to face Chelsea in the Champions League quarterfinals, while Manchester City will play Bayern Munich. The winner of those two ties will face each other in the semifinals, which were also drawn on Friday in Nyon, Switzerland. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)– Manchester

9:00 AM ET LONDON — Christian Pulisic is as committed and passionate about the U.S. men’s team immediately focusing on winning the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by Mexico and Canada, as he was determined to drive the rebuild after Bruce Arena’s squad failed to qualify for Russia 2018. It was a promise on which Pulisic

6:51 PM ET Sporting CP beat Arsenal in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw at the Emirates on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie to advance to the quarterfinals. The tie was level on aggregate after this past Thursday’s 2-2 draw in Lisbon and Granit Xhaka struck in the

2:05 PM ET Thierry Henry has turned down the chance to coach the France women’s national team following the dismissal of Corrine Diacre last week, French federation (FFF) committee member Jean-Michel Aulas has said. Henry, who is second on the France men’s team all-time scoring list with 51 goals, was most recently an assistant coach

9:00 AM ET United States forward Christian Pulisic told ESPN the team does not need to make wholesale changes as it looks for a new head coach and said the controversy surrounding Gregg Berhalter and the Reyna family has been “extremely childish.” Berhalter has been allowed to remain as a candidate for the vacant U.S.

3:45 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent SEVILLE, Spain — Erik ten Hag said he is ready to risk Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro against Real Betis on Thursday despite the threat of suspension. Manchester United‘s midfield pair are one booking away from missing the Europa League quarterfinal first leg should Ten Hag’s team progress. – Europa League

6:15 PM ET MADRID — Karim Benzema‘s second-half goal earned Real Madrid a 1-0 win against Liverpool, clinching a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals for the defending title holders. The result at the Santiago Bernabeu completed a 6-2 aggregate victory for Carlo Ancelotti’s side in the round of 16. With Liverpool needing to win

9:00 AM ET LONDON — Arsenal may have exceeded all expectations to top the Premier League in mid-March, but manager Mikel Arteta is just getting started. When Arteta, 40, laid out his blueprint for restoring the Gunners to pre-eminence in conversation with the Kroenke family upon his appointment in December 2019, his plan had five

6:25 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Erling Haaland scored five times as Manchester City hammered RB Leipzig 7-0 to book their place in the Champions League quarterfinals. City reached the last eight for the sixth year in a row after Haaland found the net five times in under an hour at the Etihad

5:53 PM ET Erling Haaland celebrates after becoming one of only three players to score five goals in a Champions League game. James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images Erling Haaland made history with five goals, including a first-half hat trick, to send Manchester City into the quarterfinals in emphatic fashion with a 7-0 win over RB Leipzig

5:51 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens LaLiga president Javier Tebas feels “ashamed” by “the worst reputational crisis” he can remember in Spanish football as Barcelona face corruption charges for payments made to the former vice president of the refereeing committee. Prosecutors last week alleged Barca had sought favourable treatment from match officials as part

7:30 PM ET The findings of the U.S. Soccer Federation’s investigation into the domestic violence incident involving former U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter and his wife Rosalind — as well as the behavior of Claudio and Danielle Reyna as it related to the World Cup playing time of their son, Gio Reyna —

2:46 PM ET Out-of-contract United States men’s national team coach Gregg Berhalter can contend for the open USMNT’s coaching job, U.S. Soccer said on Monday following an investigation into allegations of domestic violence against him. After an independent investigation, the U.S. Soccer Federation found that both Berhalter and his wife, Rosalind, accurately portrayed the nature

7:00 AM ET If you believe that Harry Kane is destined to leave Tottenham Hotspur for Manchester United this summer, think again. It seems the obvious solution for both Kane and United. Kane approaches his 30th birthday in July still waiting to win his first major trophy, while United have made a proven goal scorer