Manchester United’s slim opportunity of a Champions League round-of-16 spot ended with a 1-0 defeat by group winners Bayern Munich at Old Trafford on Tuesday, piling more misery on Erik ten Hag’s beleaguered team in an already…
Barcelona will be without eight first-team players for Wednesday’s final Champions League group stage fixture versus Antwerp in Belgium. Robert Lewandowski, Frenkie de Jong, Ilkay Gündogan and Ronald Araújo will all be rested for the match with qualification to the round of 16 already guaranteed. The decision…
Eintracht Frankfurt pulverised Bayern Munich 5-1 with a three-goal first-half performance on Saturday to snap the champions’ undefeated run in the Bundesliga this season. In an explosive first half, Eintracht overran Bayern and exposed their error-prone backline, scoring three times…
Erik ten Hag stated he was warned not to become Manchester United manager before taking over at Old Trafford, with people telling him it was an “impossible” job. The Dutchman joined United from Ajax in the summer of 2022,…
Declan Rice’s header deep in stoppage time sealed an enthralling 4-3 triumph for Arsenal over Luton Town to send them five points clear at the top of the Premier League on Tuesday. Six minutes of stoppage time were almost up when…
Former Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea is open to joining Newcastle United as cover for Nick Pope, a source has told ESPN. Pope suffered a dislocated shoulder during the second-half of Newcastle’s 1-0 victory over United on Saturday. The England goalkeeper could be…
Liverpool scored two late goals a minute apart including Trent Alexander-Arnold’s winner in the 88th minute in their breathless 4-3 triumph over Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday. Wataru Endo scored in the 87th minute, while a debut strike from Alexis Mac…
Inter Miami CF and star Lionel Messi will start their preparations for the 2024 season with a friendly versus the El Salvador national team in San Salvador on Jan. 19, the club announced Thursday. The game at the Estadio Cuscatlán…
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández says his side took a “big step forward” after reaching the Champions League knockout rounds for the first time since 2021. João Cancelo and João Félix strikes helped Barça come from a goal down to…
Arsenal are eyeing up a reshuffle of their midfield in January with Aston Villa’s Douglas Luiz a leading target and the future of Thomas Partey unclear, sources have told ESPN. Arsenal had three bids for Luiz rejected in September 2022 —…
Juventus and Inter Milan’s top-of-the-table Serie A encounter ended in a 1-1 draw after the visitors’ Lautaro Martinez cancelled out Dusan Vlahovic’s goal in Turin on Sunday. In the 27th minute, Vlahovic broke the deadlock for Juve, receiving a…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has stated his side are “a bit closer” to Manchester City this season but remains wary of the strength the Premier League champions possess ahead of their meeting on Saturday. The last time the two sides…
Lionel Messi ended his final match of the calendar year with a groin injury that forced him to be substituted in Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Brazil on Tuesday at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. The Argentina captain, who…
Nicolas Otamendi scored with a towering header to give Argentina a 1-0 away victory over Brazil in a bad-tempered World Cup qualifier that was delayed by half an hour on Tuesday after police clashed with fans at Maracana Stadium. It was…
Jamaica defeated Canada 3-2 on a controversial late penalty Tuesday, capping a three-goal comeback in a wild second half that turned into a 4-4 aggregate tie and triumph for the Reggae Boyz on the away…
Manchester United are refusing to let Jadon Sancho leave on the cheap if he moves in January, a source has told ESPN. United will listen to offers for the England forward while he stays exiled from the first-team squad following…
Napoli have hired Walter Mazzarri as their new head coach after firing Rudi García just four months into his tenure, the club revealed on Tuesday. Mazzarri, who previously coached the Italian champions from 2009 to 2013,…
Luis Suárez returned to Uruguay’s national team on Monday for two South American World Cup qualifying matches, including one at Argentina versus Lionel Messi. The 36-year-old Gremio striker, one of the top scorers in the Brazilian league with 14 goals in…
Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool kept their 100% winning record at Anfield this season with a 3-0 triumph over Brentford on Sunday, their sixth successive Premier League win at home. Salah — who now has 200 goals in English football with…
Liverpool suffered a dramatic 3-2 loss at French side Toulouse in Europa League Group E on Thursday after the English side had a potential equalizer ruled out in the final minute of added time. The hosts broke the…
Harry Kane, the leading scorer for Bayern Munich, scored twice in the final seven minutes of play to lead his club to a 2-1 victory over Galatasaray on Wednesday and guarantee a berth in the…
Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of returning to the top of the Premier League table were dashed in extraordinary fashion as they went down 4-1 at home to Chelsea on Monday in a frenetic London derby that they concluded…
Nottingham Forest snapped a six-match winless run to defeat Aston Villa 2-0 in a Premier League Midlands derby on Sunday, denying the visitors a top-four spot after Ola Aina and Orel Mangala scored goals from outside the box. The defeat ended Villa’s six-match…
Al Hilal striker Neymar underwent surgery on his left knee on Thursday to repair anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus injuries in his left knee that he sustained while playing in Brazil’s World Cup qualifying loss to Uruguay in October. Dr. Rodrigo Lasmar, surgeon for the…
Third-tier Saarbrücken stunned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich 2-1 with a last-gasp winner on Wednesday to dump them out of the German Cup in the second round. Marcel Gaus netted the winner for the hosts deep into second-half stoppage time…
Erik ten Hag stated he’s “certain” he can turn around Manchester United’s fortunes after a disastrous start to the season. The derby defeated to Manchester City on Sunday was United’s seventh of the season after just 14 matches.…
Inter Miami CF star Lionel Messi has collected the Ballon d’Or for a record eighth time, fending off competition from Manchester City striker Erling Haaland after leading Argentina to the World Cup last year. Messi, 36, becomes the first MLS-based player to claim the coveted prize, although…
Erling Haaland scored twice and set up another goal as Manchester City defeated Manchester United 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday to again showcase the gap between the teams. Defending champion City put in…
Liverpool thrashed Toulouse 5-1 at Anfield on Thursday, asserting their control over their Europa League section with a perfect record at the halfway mark of the group stage. Diogo Jota opened the scoring for the hosts after nine minutes,…
They’ve spent millions over the past couple of seasons, had superstars come and go, but one constant at Paris Saint-Germain stays the same, for the time being at least: if Kylian Mbappé finds his rhythm, he can turn the…
