Soccer

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

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

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

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

Feb 14, 2023 The 2023 Women’s World Cup is fast approaching, and time is running out for the U.S. women’s national team to get ready for the summer tournament in Australia and New Zealand. This week the USWNT will compete in the SheBelieves Cup, which is the last good chance to identify problems (and solutions)

7:38 AM ET Associated Press Cristiano Ronaldo joined Saudi club Al Nassr in January. Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Images A Las Vegas lawyer has been hit with a £277,966 ($335,000) penalty for pressing a bid in U.S. courts to force Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the £311,156 ($375,000) in hush money he paid to

4:28 PM ET Manchester City overtook Arsenal to go top of the Premier League after Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland scored second-half goals to give the champions a 3-1 win in a thrilling contest at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. Grealish capped a superb team move with a low deflected finish past the grasp of

1:30 PM ET Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League for the first time since November with a 3-1 win at Arsenal in the biggest game of the season so far. Goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland — a Bukayo Saka penalty equalised for the Gunners in the

9:06 AM ET Rob Dawson Sam Marsden It’s a question that’s been asked so often since the summer transfer window, but at least this time Frenkie de Jong’s girlfriend, Mikky Kiemeney, had an answer. After a summer of speculation about De Jong possibly moving to Manchester United, she was asked during an Instagram Q&A, “When’s

11:39 PM ET PARIS — First, the negatives: Paris Saint-Germain lost their third game in a row Tuesday night, a 1-0 Champions League defeat against Bayern Munich. The losing sequence is a rarity; it has happened only twice since the Qataris took over the club 11 years ago. They have now been defeated five times

8:02 AM ET The Champions League is back, and it promises to deliver all the knockout-round drama we’ve been promised. With the round of 16 creating mouthwatering matchups between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, and AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur, ESPN is bringing you the latest updates, highlights and commentary with Champions League Live. We’re