Soccer

6:00 PM ET The Women’s World Cup is less than five months away, and the last good chance for the U.S. women’s national team to test itself before then is on Wednesday against Brazil in the SheBelieves Cup. For this crucial match, ESPN is live-blogging to bring you all the latest as-it-happens news, analysis, highlights,

8:56 AM ET Havertz continues to play the traditional striker role to little effect for Chelsea, but the club isn’t too bothered. Dennis Bresser/Soccrates/Getty Images Chelsea‘s season continues to spiral downward, and you can pick your own poison when it comes to describing their plight. Winless in five games. Out of both domestic cups, 10 points

6:36 PM ET Carlo Ancelotti said Real Madrid are “no way” through to the Champions League quarterfinals, despite inflicting Liverpool‘s biggest-ever home defeat in Europe with a 5-2 round of 16 first-leg victory at Anfield. Madrid’s win, which came after being 2-0 down inside 14 minutes, is second only to Ajax’s 5-1 European Cup victory

5:24 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — Real Madrid left Liverpool on the brink of Champions League elimination after fighting back from a two-goal deficit to win 5-2 in a classic game at Anfield. Reigning European champions Real Madrid had fallen 2-0 down inside 14 minutes after goals from Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah. But

6:00 AM ET FIFA called out this stunning long-range goal by Oli Babington (not pictured) for Clevedon Town as a potential Puksas Award contender, but it didn’t make the 2022 shortlist. Twitter @veocamera From Mohamed Salah to Neymar to Cristiano Ronaldo, some of the biggest names in the game have won FIFA’s Puskas Award since its

10:29 AM ET Remember the Super League? You know, the 12-club power play that was going to revolutionize European football and instead ended within 48 hours amid fan protests, political outrage and public apologies from owners such as Liverpool‘s John W. Henry? The three clubs that never officially pulled out — Real Madrid, Juventus and

11:54 AM ET With just one week left to run until the 2023 Major League Soccer season whirs into life, all 29 of the clubs set to compete in the league’s 28th year have unleashed their new kits. Each of the individual 2023 jerseys are inspired by a central theme; a unique kernel of creative

3:11 AM ET For a man who never played against them and didn’t coach a team against them until he was fully 15 years into his managerial career, it might seem strange how absolutely obsessed Carlo Ancelotti once was with Liverpool FC. When Real Madrid‘s Italian manager takes his Spanish, European and World champions to

Feb 12, 2023 It was another weekend of headlines, golazos and unpredictable finishes across Europe’s biggest leagues. From Paris Saint-Germain‘s dramatic 4-3 win over Lille, to two veterans in Seamus Coleman and James Ward-Prowse coming up big for their clubs, to Chelsea slumping to yet another loss, there was no shortage of drama. ESPN correspondents

5:14 PM ET Sergi Roberto and Robert Lewandowski were on target as Barcelona restored their eight-point lead at the top of LaLiga with a 2-0 win over Cadiz at Camp Nou on Sunday. Both goals came late in the first half. Roberto broke the deadlock after good work from Ferran Torres before Lewandowski scored his

3:00 PM ET NEWCASTLE, England — Liverpool blew the race for Champions League qualification wide open by cruising to a 2-0 win at Newcastle on a day when the home side played with ten men for 68 minutes following the first-half sending off of goalkeeper Nick Pope. The red card means that Pope will be

10:30 AM ET BIRMINGHAM, England — Arsenal scored twice in stoppage time to snatch a dramatic 4-2 win at Aston Villa to return to the top of the Premier League. Just as it appeared Mikel Arteta’s side were on the verge of dropping more points, Jorginho fired a 93rd-minute shot against the crossbar which rebounded

12:30 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer Chelsea‘s nightmare start to 2023 continued with a damaging and deserved 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge to Premier League relegation-threatened Southampton. The Blues were vociferously booed from the field at both half-time and full-time after a disjointed performance bereft of almost any attacking cohesion. Bottom-of-the-table Saints, meanwhile, produced a

3:34 AM ET Ghana winger Christian Atsu has been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey after last week’s massive earthquake, his Turkish agent said on Saturday. Atsu, who was 31, had been missing since the Feb. 6 earthquake following the collapse of an apartment building in Hatay province. “Atsu’s lifeless

12:59 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Diego Cocca is expected to guide Mexico after struggling at the 2022 World Cup. Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images Mexico‘s men’s national team is now in a new era under the management of Diego Cocca. The 51-year-old Argentine coach was unveiled last week as the leader of an El Tri side that is

6:29 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank, has launched a bid to buy Manchester United, he confirmed in a statement Friday. Qatar Islamic Bank’s assets are estimated at more than £40 billion ($48bn) and Al Thani is the son of former Qatar Prime Minister Hamad

5:30 AM ET Every week, Luis Miguel Echegaray offers his latest thoughts from the world of football. You have the analysis; now comes LME’s commentary. Welcome to The Tap-In. A ballad for Napoli There’s a scene in “Maradona,” Asif Kapadia’s wonderful documentary about the iconic Argentine player, that essentially paints the perfect picture of Napoli

9:31 PM ET The U.S. women’s national team opened the 2023 SheBelieves Cup with a solid 2-0 victory over reigning Olympic champions Canada. Winger Mallory Swanson scored twice in the first half, the first with a sharp finish and the second via a giveaway deep inside Canada’s defensive third. The rest of the match was