Month: February 2021

7:30 AM ET Manchester City may have sauntered into the FA Cup quarterfinals with a routine 3-1 win over Swansea City on Wednesday, but it was a result that made history (stream the replay on ESPN+ in the U.S.). Goals from Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus were enough to secure the result at

5:29 PM ET Thomas Tuchel believes Kepa Arrizabalaga can still rescue his Chelsea career but urged the goalkeeper not to try too hard to impress on his first start for the new Blues boss. Kepa’s future at Stamford Bridge looked doomed under Tuchel’s predecessor Frank Lampard after falling out of favour as the club brought

5:39 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain‘s Neymar is in a race to be fully fit for next week’s Champions League clash against Barcelona after the Brazil star was injured in Wednesday’s 1-0 French Cup win over Caen. Neymar went down after a robust challenge from Steeve Yago in the 56th minute, holding his left thigh as

6:44 PM ET Harry Kettle The transfer window may have slammed shut, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. Spurs, Juve want Damsgaard Tottenham Hotspur and Juventus are interested in signing Sampdoria

1:50 PM ET At half-time on Sunday at Anfield, as the Liverpool and Manchester City players were making their way back down the tunnel en route to the dressing room, Ilkay Gundogan grabbed Phil Foden by the shoulder with a smile on his face. You would not have guessed that he had missed a penalty

12:37 PM ET Serie A’s top scorer, with 16 goals, is Cristiano Ronaldo, who turned 36 last week. Just behind him, you’ll find a trio of players on 14: Romelu Lukaku, 27 years old, is the baby of the three, Ciro Immobile is 30 and Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a venerable 39 years old. Ordinarily, this

8:24 AM ET Facebook has said it is “horrified” at the abuse footballers have received on social media platforms. Manchester United quartet Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Axel Tuanzebe (twice) and Lauren James as well as West Bromwich Albion‘s Romaine Sawyers, Chelsea‘s Reece James and Southampton‘s Alex Jankewitz have been victims of racist abuse online in

9:12 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.

12:41 PM ET With the news that the members of the MLS Players Association and MLS both ratified a revised Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on Monday, MLS has guaranteed itself labor peace, at least for this season. It wasn’t easy. The just-concluded talks marked the third time in roughly a year that the two sides

4:34 PM ET Juventus have moved on to the Coppa Italia final after a 0-0 draw with Internazionale in Turin saw them advance 2-1 on aggregate on Tuesday night. Andrea Pirlo’s side came into the tie with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg in Milan on the back of a Cristiano Ronaldo brace, as