Soccer

5:50 AM ET Chelsea are stepping up their search for a striker after making enquiries for Barcelona‘s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Red Bull Salzburg’s Benjamin Sesko, sources have told ESPN. The Blues are keen to add further reinforcements after allowing Romelu Lukaku to re-join Inter Milan on a season-long loan and are assessing their options before

3:00 AM ET The 2022-23 soccer campaigns across Europe are upon us, so which teams will win their leagues, which ones will be relegated and who will take the Champions League title? Getty The 2022-23 European soccer season will soon begin, with teams still fine-tuning their squads during an exciting transfer window. From the two-horse race

6:52 PM ET Adam Brown Bernardo Silva could be leaving Man City this summer, but will it be for Spain or France? Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images The summer transfer window is here, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and

6:17 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag has branded Cristiano Ronaldo‘s decision to leave Old Trafford during Manchester United‘s 1-1 draw with Rayo Vallecano as “unacceptable.” Ronaldo started the match but was substituted at half-time. He was pictured leaving the stadium before the full-time whistle. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)–

4:00 AM ET The transfer window for the English Premier League closes on Sept. 1, and many of the big sides have already done a lot of their business this summer. However, with the season starting this weekend, clubs will spend the next few weeks honing their squads and deciding who will stay or go.

6:09 AM ET As one of the most iconic footballers of all time, it stands to reason that Diego Maradona has had his likeness captured in statue form more than most. 2 Related Unfortunately, the resemblance is not always particularly favourable, and Maradona has suffered his fair share of bad busts and shoddy sculptures over

4:00 AM ET As is often true during the ceremony when a club unveils its new signing, the most interesting thing said when Barcelona paraded Jules Kounde at their training ground on Monday wasn’t uttered by the player. Instead, it was said about him. It came when Mateu Alemany, Barcelona’s new director of football and

1:55 PM ET Ryan Rosenblatt Two 4-4 games? Major League Soccer was having itself a weekend. Hidden behind those eight-goal affairs was a two-goal stoppage-time comeback, an MVP candidate staking his claim, the league leaders mounting an impressive come-from-behind victory and Mother Nature’s fury. Oh, and there are three days before the transfer window slams

10:38 AM ET Jeff Kassouf The only team not to concede a goal at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship also came out of the tournament without any obvious clarity around its starting back four and No. 1 goalkeeper. Go figure. U.S. women’s national team head coach Vlatko Andonovski started a different back line in each

3:43 AM ET If Erling Haaland has more games like Saturday’s 3-1 Community Shield loss to Liverpool, where he missed two clear chances, you can expect the knee-jerk reactions to flood in like spam after leaving your email on a dubious website: “This ain’t the Bundesliga; this is next level.” “Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City work

2:39 PM ET England ended their wait for a major trophy as Chloe Kelly’s extra-time winner handed them a 2-1 win against Germany in the women’s European Championship final. Watched on by a record-breaking crowd of 87,192 at Wembley Stadium, England went ahead through substitute Ella Toone before being pegged back by Germany’s Lina Magull.

5:50 PM ET LONDON — The full-time whistle on England’s 2-1 Women’s Euro 2022 final win against Germany was still being blown Sunday when “Three Lions” — aka “Football’s Coming Home” — began to ring out from Wembley Stadium’s sound system. The song has been something of a curse for English football since being released

Jul 29, 2022 Sophie Lawson When Germany arrived in England ahead of the 2022 European Championships, there were familiar questions around the eight-time champions. But Germany, with a resolute team spirit and a resilient midfield, have impressed en route to Sunday’s file (watch LIVE at 11:30 a.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+). Although most players

4:30 AM ET TEDDINGTON, England — England‘s training session on Friday at the team’s base was the most competitive yet. According to veteran Jill Scott and others who were there, it was the most full-throttle of the past nine weeks. Tackles were flying in — Scott felt the full force of a one-on-one with Millie

2:22 PM ET LEICESTER, England — Erling Haaland will have better days in a Manchester City shirt, you can be certain of that, but his first taste of English football saw him resoundingly upstaged by Liverpool‘s Darwin Nunez and City teammate Julian Alvarez as the FA Cup holders claimed a 3-1 Community Shield victory over

10:10 AM ET Rob Dawson Erik ten Hag suffered his first defeat as Manchester United manager as Atletico Madrid recorded a 1-0 win in their preseason friendly in Oslo. Joao Felix scored the only goal of the game three minutes from time after a feisty encounter which saw Fred sent off in stoppage time. –

1:35 PM ET After more than three weeks of intense competition, it all comes down to this. England will be hosting Germany at Wembley for the 2022 Euro final (Watch LIVE, starting at 11:30 a.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+) and one team will lift the trophy. England and Germany came into this tournament on

5:02 PM ET Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has hit out at former club Bayern Munich, accusing them of making up “bulls—” in order to appease the club’s supporters over his exit. Lewandowski was speaking exclusively to ESPN FC’s Cristina Alexander in his first interview since moving to the Camp Nou earlier this month for an