Soccer

6:59 PM ET Larrys Mabiala scored a dramatic goal in the 90th minute as the visiting Portland Timbers earned a 1-0 victory over the top-seeded Colorado Rapids on Thursday to advance to the Western Conference final. Mabiala scored for the second straight postseason game during a scramble following a corner kick. Felipe Mora had his

10:19 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are in advanced talks to appoint Ralf Rangnick as the club’s interim manager until the end of the season, sources told ESPN. Rangnick, 63, is set to leave his role as head of sports and development at Lokomotiv Moscow and sign a six-month contract at Old Trafford. Sources

4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen There is now less than a year until the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar on Nov. 21, with a number of teams having already confirmed their participation in the recent international break. The World Cup often offers young players a chance to shine on the biggest stage

6:22 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Publicly at least, Mauricio Pochettino is happy at Paris Saint-Germain and not distracted by the possibility of managing Manchester United, but you would never have guessed it from his pained expression on the touchline during his team’s 2-1 Champions League defeat at Manchester City. Second-half goals from Raheem Sterling

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7:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have had an initial enquiry about the immediate availability of Mauricio Pochettino knocked back by Paris Saint-Germain, sources have told ESPN. United have made Pochettino their top target as their next permanent manager following the dismissal of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sunday. The club are open to appointing

5:58 PM ET LONDON — Trevoh Chalobah and Reece James set Chelsea on their way to a commanding 4-0 victory over Juventus and a Champions League last-16 spot, but the pair’s ongoing emergence is strengthening the club in other notable ways. The serenity with which the Blues have negotiated the formative months of this season

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4:45 AM ET Manchester United are back in the market for a new manager, for the fifth time since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013, after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s 35-month reign in charge came to an end on Sunday. The absence of a proven — and available — candidate to replace Solskjaer has prompted United

5:43 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain have made contact with Zinedine Zidane in case of a potential departure of manager Mauricio Pochettino, sources have told ESPN. The former Real Madrid manager is the No. 1 candidate for the club’s owners if they lose Pochettino to Manchester United. – Ogden: Can Man United do what it takes

10:58 AM ET The weekend in European soccer was full of talking points as per usual: Manchester United‘s latest defeat led to the long-awaited exit of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Xavi’s official debut as Barcelona manager was a winning one, and Liverpool shrugged off a red-hot Arsenal team with ease at Anfield. There were lessons learned

4:30 AM ET Manchester United failed to take their first opportunity to hire Mauricio Pochettino as manager, but they can’t afford to miss their second chance following Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s departure on Sunday. It will require ambition and a readiness to pay whatever it will take to get him, but sources have told ESPN that

3:54 PM ET Xavi, right, got a win in his official first game as Barcelona manager. It was far from perfect, but there’s something he, and they, can build on. JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images The weekend will be dominated by events at Manchester United, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was finally relieved of his managerial duties,

8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent In an alternate universe, Mauricio Pochettino’s Manchester United have just cruised past Watford to keep pace with the Premier League leaders and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is preparing his Molde team for a trip to Brann. Instead, the reality is that Solskjaer, who was meant to hand over the reins to

5:32 AM ET Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has left his position as Manchester United manager, the club have confirmed. A humiliating 4-1 defeat to Watford on Saturday was the final straw for the club’s owners, the Glazer family, with Solskjaer out amid a wretched run of five defeats in seven Premier League games. A club statement

4:25 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent WATFORD, England — On Friday, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spent his usual pregame news conference talking, via video, about how well his Manchester United players trained during the international break and his belief that the problems they have faced in recent weeks have been ironed out. A game against Watford, newly

11:56 AM ET Manchester United struggled as they fell to a fifth Premier League defeat of the season. John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images Manchester United slumped to a 4-1 defeat against Watford on Saturday as pressure grows on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following the side’s fourth defeat in their last five Premier League games. Harry

6:01 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona defender Oscar Mingueza said the players had “stopped believing” under former coach Ronald Koeman and has welcomed the appointment of Xavi Hernandez. Mingueza, 22, was promoted to the first team by Koeman and handed his full debut by the Dutchman, but believes a change of manager was