Month: September 2021

1:04 PM ET Kylian Mbappe scored for PSG as they ran out comfortable winners against Clermont. YOAN VALAT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Paris Saint-Germain kept their perfect Ligue 1 record intact as they hammered promoted Clermont 4-0 with a brutal display on Saturday. In the absence of Lionel Messi and Neymar, who were not in the squad after returning late

11:43 AM ET Erling Haaland scored two goals and made another as Borussia Dortmund repeatedly came from behind before beating Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 in a thrilling Bundesliga game on Saturday. Florian Wirtz opened the scoring for Leverkusen with a toe poke in the ninth minute, but striker Haaland equalised with a towering header in the

6:06 PM ET Adam Brown The summer transfer window is closed for the top leagues in Europe! After a summer full of international football, countless clubs waited until the last minute to pull off their transfers. See all the major deals here and check out how we graded the biggest signings. But just because the

1:23 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said the Manchester United squad made Cristiano Ronaldo introduce himself at the team hotel the night before his debut against Newcastle, but joked that if any of the players didn’t know him before “they do now” after he scored twice in a 4-1 win at Old Trafford.

2:44 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — It’s never easy to turn back the clock and recreate magic moments — they say never go back, after all — but Cristiano Ronaldo‘s football career has always defied logic and by, making a spectacular return to Manchester United with two goals in a 4-1 win against Newcastle United,

12:16 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Mexico opened up World Cup qualifying with two wins and one draw. Eliecer Aizprua Banfield/Getty Images In light of Mexico‘s hot start in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying campaign, it remains to be seen whether El Tri can replicate the success of their last campaign in Russia 2018, or if

12:00 PM ET ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae returns with his regular column, this week looking ahead to a back-to-back Saturday treat for all German football fans. Super-Samstag is almost upon us. There was a certain eeriness about that train journey from Cologne to Munich on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. My colleagues at the

4:00 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.

7:14 PM ET Adam Brown The summer transfer window is closed for the top leagues in Europe! After a summer full of international football, countless clubs waited until the last minute to pull off their transfers. See all the major deals here and check out how we graded the biggest signings. But just because the

12:11 PM ET RB Leipzig are familiar with Bayern Munich, their opponents on Saturday (12:20 p.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+), and not just in the sense of competing in the same league. Defender Dayot Upamecano and playmaker Marcel Sabitzer both left Leipzig for Bayern in the offseason, as did their old manager, Julian Nagelsmann.