Soccer

12:55 PM ET The German Bundesliga will go back behind closed doors from Nov. 2 for the rest of the month as the country’s government combats the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic with several restrictions to public life. At a virtual meeting on Wednesday, German chancellor Angela Merkel and the 16 heads of the

9:00 AM ET Barcelona‘s 3-1 home defeat to Real Madrid ahead of a testing trip to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday was a nasty little jolt to Ronald Koeman’s previously robust sheen as the new manager at Camp Nou. The Dutchman’s exuberant roll of the dice to start 17-year-old Pedri against La Liga’s

6:31 PM ET Tom Fenton Liverpool sealed a 2-0 win over FC Midtjylland on Tuesday night, though the game won’t exactly live long in the memory for all those who witnessed it. The Reds failed to spark into life for much of the game, with the Danish visitors having the best of the first-half chances

3:12 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Josep Maria Bartomeu has resigned as Barcelona president on Tuesday rather than await a fans’ vote of confidence on his future at the club. The rest of the board of directors have stepped down alongside Bartomeu, and an election will be scheduled within the next 90 days to

9:38 AM ET It was another dazzling, fun-filled week in Major League Soccer as the cream of the crop continued to separate itself in the final weeks before the playoff race. There were big, impressive wins for Philadelphia Union and Sporting Kansas City, some derby joy for LAFC against LA Galaxy on Sunday, and a

1:37 PM ET Real Madrid won their grudge match against Barcelona, Dortmund cruised to a win against their eternal rivals, Schalke, and two of the Premier League’s biggest clubs, Man United and Chelsea, played out a forgettable and needlessly defensive 0-0 draw. All in all, the soccer weekend was full of talking points. It’s Monday,

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6:00 AM ET This week, Mesut Ozil‘s exile at Arsenal has extended to unprecedented levels. The 32-year-old cannot play senior football again until January at the earliest after being left out of the Gunners’ Premier League and Europa League squads for what manager Mikel Arteta insisted on Wednesday night were solely footballing reasons. “My conscience

Only one of Arsenal and Leicester City started with a centre-forward on the pitch, but it says a lot about Alexandre Lacazette’s performance that you couldn’t really tell the difference. Mikel Arteta has made considerable progress in evolving Arsenal since taking charge last December, but Sunday’s 1-0 defeat was a slip back into the past

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4:05 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Managers Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Frank Lampard were keen to take the positives after Manchester United and Chelsea played out a 0-0 draw, but for anyone hoping to find out if either club can take advantage of what looks like the most-open Premier League title race in

3:53 PM ET We live in a world where it’s all about recycling — what can you do healthily, happily and usefully with what’s left over. A message which the two Clasico coaches interpreted absolutely differently during Real Madrid‘s 3-1 win over Barcelona at the Camp Nou, leaving Ronald Koeman looking out of date and

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6:22 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer In the final, tense moments before the clasico, the team came together in the dressing room. Outside, the arena was full: Their fans were waiting for them, waiting above all for the man who crossed the divide and now played for the other team, ready to give him hell.

Oct 21, 2020 On Nov. 25, 2017, I had a spring in my step while making the reassuringly familiar, brisk walk from the Westfalenhallen S-Bahn rail station past the numerous bratwurst vendors, to my favourite football stadium: the Signal Iduna Park, or the Westfalenstadion, as Borussia Dortmund fans still refer to it. The German Football

Oct 22, 2020 BARCELONA — Let me remind you of a Clasico-related statistic which is absolutely jaw-dropping and seems to be barely mentioned. Real Madrid are, pound for pound, the most successful and prestigious club side in the history of football. No doubt about it. Not because they’ve won the most Spanish league titles by

4:21 AM ET Paul Pogba’s Manchester United future is the subject of this week’s ESPN’s Insider Notebook. PLUS: Axel Tuanzebe shows captain material. Jump to: Tuanzebe a United captain in waiting | Fabinho set for new Liverpool deal | Hazard warning for Madrid | Tuchel wanted Suarez, PSG said no | Bale’s golf course bail

3:35 PM ET Tom Fenton Arsenal mounted a second-half comeback to secure a 2-1 win over Rapid Vienna on Thursday night. The away side went a goal down just after the break, following a dreadful mix up between David Luiz and Bernd Leno, which allowed Taxiarchis Fountas to slot home with ease. — Stream ESPN