Soccer

10:17 PM ET Liverpool followed up their historic 7-0 win over Manchester United with a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth — classic Liverpool — while Borussia Dortmund‘s title hopes took a hit and Kai Havertz came up big for a Chelsea side in need of heroes. ESPN correspondents Mark Ogden, Rob Dawson, Julien Laurens, Sam Marsden,

6:50 PM ET Raphinha provided a match-winner for the second week running as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao in another 1-0 win, this time at San Mames on Sunday, despite some late drama as Inaki Williams had an equaliser ruled out by VAR. Williams thought he had earned a point for the home side in the

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10:00 AM ET Liam Wheeler Liverpool missed the chance to leapfrog Tottenham Hotspur and move into the top four of the Premier League as Philip Billing‘s goal lifted Bournemouth off the bottom of the table with a 1-0 win at the Vitality Stadium. The Reds started brightly and created an early flurry of opportunities, but

12:45 PM ET LEICESTER, England — Chelsea deepened Leicester City‘s relegation fears and increased the heat on Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers with a comfortable 3-1 win at the King Power Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. Goals from Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic — Patson Daka had equalised for Leicester in the

9:40 AM ET BOURNEMOUTH, England, March 11 (Reuters) – Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah missed a second-half penalty as his side fell to a 1-0 defeat away at Bournemouth, with Philip Billing’s goal lifting the south-coast side off the bottom of the Premier League table and out of the relegation zone. The win in the first league

4:25 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier has said he would not have to “convince” Kylian Mbappe to stay at the club following their Champions League elimination to Bayern Munich this week. A disappointed Mbappe refused to discuss his future beyond this season following PSG’s 3-0 aggregate loss in the round of 16 on

10:30 AM ET Earlier this week, I investigated a simple premise: that the most consistently awesome teams in European soccer are less awesome this season. Of the top teams in the UEFA coefficient rankings — a.k.a. the teams that have enjoyed the most consistent success in European competitions — a majority have regressed this season.

5:13 AM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo kicked water bottles in anger as he walked off the pitch following Al Nassr‘s 1-0 league defeat at title rivals Al Ittihad on Thursday. The result allowed Al Ittihad to leapfrog Al Nassr into first place in the Saudi Pro League after 20 games. – Stream on ESPN+:

4:52 PM ET Manchester United totally outclassed a quality Real Betis side in a 4-1 Europa League round-of-16, first-leg win on Thursday night. With the snow falling at Old Trafford, Marcus Rashford and Ayoze Perez traded first-half tallies before United hit top gear in the second stanza with goals from Antony, Bruno Fernandes and Wout

5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United bounced back from the horror show against Liverpool to take control of their Europa League tie with Real Betis by beating the Spanish club 4-1 on Thursday. United won their last-16 first-leg fixture at Old Trafford thanks to goals from Marcus Rashford, Antony, Bruno Fernandes

5:00 AM ET They have been here before, of course. The same disappointment, the same flaws, the same mistakes, the same elimination, the same regrets. Paris Saint-Germain know all too well what it is crash out early in the Champions League. It is another round-of-16 exit, this time against a Bayern Munich side that was

5:45 PM ET Lionel Messi and PSG were eliminated in the Champions League last 16 for the second straight season on Wednesday. Alex Grimm/Getty Images MUNICH — Bayern Munich booked their place in the Champions League quarterfinals as second-half goals from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry sealed a 2-0 win and ended Paris Saint-Germain‘s latest

12:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Kyle Walker was given two days off following Manchester City’s win over Newcastle last weekend. James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images Manchester City defender Kyle Walker is being investigated by police after allegedly exposing himself in a public place. The incident reportedly occurred at a bar in Wilmslow, England, on Sunday. Walker,

5:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent It was after a 4-0 defeat at Everton in April 2019 that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suggested it was the end of the road for some of the Manchester United players he had inherited from Jose Mourinho. Appointed caretaker manager in December and then permanent boss three months later, Solskjaer was

5:08 PM ET Chelsea beat Borussia Dortmund at Stamford Bridge 2-0 on Tuesday to book their place in the Champions League quarterfinals and ease the mounting pressure on head coach Graham Potter. Needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Germany three weeks ago, Chelsea made a fast start but had to

11:51 AM ET Abdel Bouhazama leaves Angers with the club bottom of the Ligue 1 table. Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images Abdel Bouhazama has left Angers after a series of poor results and a row triggered by inappropriate comments made by the head coach, the Ligue 1 club said on Tuesday. Bouhazama appeared to

5:39 AM ET Lionel Messi has praised Kylian Mbappe for scoring a hat trick in the World Cup final and said it was “crazy” his display wasn’t enough to see France lift the trophy. Messi won his maiden World Cup title with Argentina after they beat France 4-2 on penalties following a thrilling 3-3 draw