9:56 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola said he will not be affected by the pressure ahead of Manchester City‘s title showdown with Liverpool and insists he will “sleep like a baby” ahead of the meeting at the Etihad Stadium. Guardiola also joked he’s annoyed with the Premier League for scheduling the game at 4.30
Month: April 2022
10:03 AM ET Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel revealed on Friday he gave his players a stern dressing down to stop the team’s slump in form from wrecking their season. Chelsea travel to Southampton on Saturday aiming to end a difficult week on a high after last weekend’s 4-1 Premier League loss to Brentford was
9:46 AM ET Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo will return for their Premier League clash with Everton after overcoming illness but defender Luke Shaw will be unavailable for up to three weeks, interim manager Ralf Rangnick said on Friday. Ronaldo, United’s top goalscorer this season with 12 league goals, will be back after missing their
1:16 PM ET Atlanta United FC striker Josef Martinez is sidelined six-to-eight weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, the club announced Friday. Martinez had ACL surgery on the same knee and missed all but one game in 2020 before returning for the next season. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games, replays–
8:17 AM ET Teams from Liga MX, Major League Soccer (MLS) and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and others have formed a coalition to eliminate anti-gay abuse from soccer, the group said on Friday. Play Proud United will bring together Angel City FC, Chicago Fire, Philadelphia Union, San Diego Wave FC and Tigres to
10:18 AM ET Cristina Alexander Virginia Torrecilla’s first game back was a heavy defeat to Barcelona, but neither team cared about the result. They were just happy to see the Atletico midfielder back on the field. Angel Martinez/Getty Images Two years ago, Virginia Torrecilla, now 27, was living life to the fullest as a professional soccer
5:30 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer There were two minutes to go and the most extraordinary story was about to be written, or so it goes. The football team from a tiny, unremarkable little town that had spent most of its history in the regional third tier and was playing its first-ever campaign in the
6:14 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has likened Liverpool‘s rivalry with Manchester City to the competition between tennis legends Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal. Liverpool meet City on Sunday in a top-of-the-table Premier League clash that will likely play a key role in deciding the outcome of the title race. A City victory would give them
7:25 AM ET AS Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini said that Bodo/Glimt coach Kjetil Knutsen attacked a member of his club’s staff after the Italian side’s 2-1 Europa Conference League defeat in Norway on Thursday. After the quarterfinal first-leg defeat, on the ground where Roma suffered an humiliating 6-1 loss in the group stages back in
3:28 AM ET Chelsea’s ownership battle is turning sour — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Why Erling Haaland snubbed Manchester United. Jump to: Why Haaland snubbed Man United | Barca keen but Lewandowski move unlikely | Mata’s next move | No US-style World Cup prep for England Chelsea bidder’s concern amid dirty tricks
4:00 AM ET Adidas has unveiled a batch of kits that will be worn with pride by some of the national teams competing when the UEFA Women’s European Championship kicks off in England in July. With less than 100 days until the competition begins Belgium, Germany, Northern Ireland, Spain and Sweden have all been furnished
6:02 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Despite being friends with LAFC‘s Carlos Vela since their academy days with Chivas, the LA Galaxy‘s Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez won’t hold back against his countryman in Saturday’s El Trafico. “I love him, I admire him, but then when the whistle goes, he’s no one for me,” said Hernandez in a
4:53 PM ET Barcelona rallied for a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt in their Europa League quarterfinal first leg on Thursday night. The hosts soaked up the pressure early on, hoping to hit Barca on the break, but were in danger after three minutes when Kevin Trapp tipped Ferran Torres‘ shot over the bar. –
8:04 AM ET The final international break of the 2021-22 European soccer season — the most consequential one in years — is officially in the rearview mirror, and it’s once again time to focus on the homestretch of the club season. In terms of title races, relegations, future Champions League spots or the current Champions
12:58 PM ET A group of U.S. cryptocurrency investors, including Philadelphia 76ers’ president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, have completed a takeover of English fourth-tier club Crawley Town, currently 13th in League Two. WAGMI United, led by co-founders Preston Johnson — a former ESPN gambling analyst — and Eben Smith — a former derivatives trader
6:47 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The summer transfer window is approaching, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Newcastle in lead for Dybala Newcastle United are seemingly ahead of Arsenal in
3:16 PM ET Wayne Rooney has responded after his former Manchester United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo called him “jealous” following Rooney’s criticisms of Ronaldo’s return to Old Trafford during an appearance on Sky Sports earlier this week. Rooney’s response: Who isn’t jealous of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner? “There’s probably not a football player on the
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6:59 PM ET LONDON — At least Stamford Bridge got to see a top striker settle a big game at last. The awkward truth for Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel is that it was Karim Benzema, a 34-year-old somehow improving with age, turning this Champions League quarterfinal tie perhaps irrevocably in Real Madrid‘s favour in Wednesday’s
Apr 6, 2022 Noah DavisESPN Mike Keeney embodies a certain type of American soccer story. You know the one: a young man packs a bag with some clothes and a dream, stuffs a couple hundred dollars into his pockets, hops a plane to Europe and dives into football on the continent. He struggles and works,
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