5:14 PM ET Konrad de la Fuente has split time between Barca’s first team their B team this season. Photo by Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images United States international Konrad de la Fuente says it’s been difficult to bounce between Barcelona‘s first team and “B team” this season as he finally starts to feel the benefits
Month: May 2021
4:55 PM ET Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling was racially abused on Instagram less than 48 hours after English football’s social media boycott campaign came to an end. The abuse occurred after City’s Champions League semifinal victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) A spokesperson for Facebook,
7:30 AM ET After winning the first leg on foreign soil last week, Manchester City created history last night by galloping into the Champions League final after seeing off Paris Saint-Germain in a lively semifinal second leg. Despite the unseasonal snow and hail that swept over the Etihad, two goals from Riyad Mahrez saw City
6:51 PM ET Adam Brown The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, 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. TOP STORY: PSG holding out on Messi hopes Paris Saint-Germain
3:36 PM ET “I don’t think I have ever seen him play this well at club level. Not even at Juventus, where he was young and had the likes of Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal around him. He is at his absolute best at the moment and he is happy — you can tell.” Coming
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9:08 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed Manchester United fans’ right to protest but said the demonstration which forced the Premier League clash with Liverpool to be postponed went “too far.” Supporters calling for the removal of the Glazer family as owners broke into Old Trafford and surrounded the Lowry Hotel in
10:57 AM ET Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang said he lost a significant amount of weight after contracting malaria which left family members scared for his health, and after recovering vowed to kickstart his season by firing his side into the Europa League final. The 31-year-old opened up about his experience in detail for the first
12:50 PM ET You always knew there was going to be a next chapter; you just didn’t expect it was going to come two weeks and one day after being relieved of duty at Tottenham Hotspur. And, obviously, you wouldn’t have expected Roma. Not this Roma. The sheer speed of Jose Mourinho’s appointment at Roma
4:00 AM ET When Barcelona host Atletico Madrid on Saturday, and Sevilla travel to reigning champions Real Madrid the following day, each club will be within four games of potentially becoming Spain’s champions. This is the tightest (six points separate first from fourth), most open (four teams) La Liga title race in living memory. Still
1:07 AM ET Kacper Przybylko’s late goal ensured that the Philadelphia Union progressed past Atlanta and into the CCL semis. Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group/Daily Times The Philadelphia Union cruised into the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals, completing a 4-1 aggregate victory over Atlanta United with a 1-1 draw in the second leg on Tuesday in Atlanta. The Union
5:39 AM ET Hertha Berlin have sacked former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann hours after former Germany international Dennis Aogo posted on Instagram a screenshot of a racist WhatsApp message Lehmann had sent him. Lehmann, who was part of Arsenal’s 2003-04 “Invincibles” team, had been acting as a member of Hertha Berlin’s supervisory board on behalf
6:14 PM ET The National Women’s Soccer League said on Tuesday that no disciplinary action would be taken in regards to an April 9 incident in which Chicago Red Stars defender Sarah Gorden said she and her boyfriend were racially profiled by a Houston security guard. “Based on the findings of the independent investigator, no
3:22 AM ET Manchester United owner Avram Glazer has refused to apologise to fans for the club’s involvement in the failed breakaway European Super League. Avram is a member of the American Glazer family who own United. Their ownership has faced protests from fans since they bought a controlling stake in the club in 2005
11:15 AM ET Thomas Tuchel has denied reports he is on the brink of signing a contract extension with Chelsea by insisting “there is no time and no need” to discuss his future as the Blues pursue a place in the Champions League final. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Chelsea face
6:27 PM ET PSG midfielder Angel Di Maria was sent off in the team’s loss to Manchester City. Getty CBS color commentator Jim Beglin has apologised after using the term “Latino temperament” in Tuesday’s Champions League semifinals match between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City. Beglin made the remark as cameras showed PSG’s Angel Di Maria walking
8:47 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens La Liga has opened an investigation into whether Barcelona‘s players breached coronavirus regulations by attending a lunch at Lionel Messi‘s house, a league source told ESPN. Reports in the Catalan media also say local authorities are looking into whether the event could have infringed restrictions in place in
8:21 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, 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. TOP STORY: Man United plot £90m Kane move Manchester
7:30 AM ET Fans of Swedish club AIK took over a shopping mall on Sunday to protest against government restrictions that only allow eight spectators inside football grounds for matches. 2 Related The nation’s government has not given football an exemption to the rule limiting outside gatherings to eight people, thereby fixing the single-figure limit
6:34 PM ET It was the moment that Pep Guardiola knew it was mission (almost) accomplished. As Riyad Mahrez celebrated his and Manchester City‘s second goal of their Champions League semifinal second-leg victory against Paris Saint-Germain, Guardiola turned away from the pitch, sought out Ferran Soriano in the directors’ box and, with his fist clenched,