3:14 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier said he expects Lionel Messi to be fit to face Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie on Tuesday, despite being unavailable this weekend due to a hamstring injury. Messi suffered the hamstring strain after playing 90 minutes in PSG’s
Month: February 2023
1:45 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti is already coaching Brazil star Vinicius Junior at Real Madrid. David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images The Brazilian Football Confederation has denied an ESPN Brazil report that Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has given the OK to becoming the new coach of the Brazil men’s national team. Brazil have
9:48 AM ET Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City have already been “condemned” after being charged with breaking 113 Premier League regulations, but he insisted he is “fully convinced” the club will be found “innocent.” The reigning champions are facing the prospect of fines, points deduction or even relegation from the Premier League if the
8:56 AM ET Mark Ogden Rob Dawson Potential bidders for Manchester United believe the club’s owners, the Glazer family, are aiming to secure a partner investor at Old Trafford rather than a full sale of their controlling stake in Premier League team, sources have told ESPN. Raine Group, the New York-based investment bank, are overseeing
8:18 AM ET The break between the Champions League group stage and knockout rounds always feels a bit strange. The competition drives and dictates the European soccer season to the point where we follow the top-four races in the top leagues as closely as we do the title races — or more so, due to
4:59 AM ET Adriana Garcia Chelsea forward Joao Felix has defended Vinicius Junior‘s style of play following constant criticism and racist abuse of the Real Madrid forward by fans of opposing teams. The Brazil international is the most fouled player in Europe’s top seven leagues, and Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti had said Vinicius is targeted
5:45 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Real Madrid and Barcelona are exploring the possibility of facing each other in the United States again next summer, various sources have told ESPN. The Clasico rivals played in Las Vegas on July 24 last year, with Barca prevailing 1-0 in front of a crowd of almost 63,000
4:00 AM ET Chelsea are set to let a host of players, including USMNT star Christian Pulisic, depart in the summer, while other clubs are busy making plans for the future. ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: Man United could sign Sabitzer permanently | Atletico target Thuram in the summer | Ansu Fati
8:08 PM ET The situation involving the transfer of defender Julian Araujo to Barcelona remains mired in confusion, with the LaLiga club appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a bid to get the player registered. Meanwhile, LA Galaxy manager Greg Vanney told ESPN that the organization remains in discussions with the
6:11 PM ET Santiago Arias spent more than a decade in several of Europe’s top leagues. Juanjo Ubeda/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images FC Cincinnati has signed Colombian defender Santiago Arias on a free transfer, the MLS club announced Thursday. Arias, who was a free agent after leaving Atletico last summer, signed a contract through the 2023 season
3:42 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Diego Cocca leaves Tigres less than three months after joining the club as Miguel Herrera’s successor. Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images Tigres have terminated the contract of head coach Diego Cocca and confirmed his imminent appointment as the next manager of Mexico’s men’s national team in a statement released Thursday. “We have decided
2:38 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo scored four times, including registering his 500th career league goal, as Al Nassr beat Al Wehda 4-0 in the Saudi Pro League on Thursday. Ronaldo netted all four goals within 30 minutes either side of half-time, including a 51st-minute penalty, in a one-sided away win at King Abdulaziz Sports City
3:46 PM ET Every week, our own Luis Miguel Echegaray offers his latest thoughts from the world of football. You have the analysis; now comes LME’s commentary. Welcome to The Tap-In. This week, I thought a lot about the meaning of greatness. Well, if we want to be specific: the pressures of reaching greatness and
1:38 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain‘s Lionel Messi is an injury doubt to face Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie on Tuesday after suffering a hamstring strain, sources have told ESPN. Messi completed the full 90 minutes in PSG’s 2-1 Coupe de France defeat to Marseille on Wednesday,
1:06 PM ET Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and England manager Sarina Wiegman are among the coaching finalists for the FIFA Best Awards announced on Thursday. Guardiola, who led City to a fourth Premier League title in five years last season, is joined on the men’s coaching shortlist by Argentina‘s World Cup-winning manager Lionel Scaloni
9:16 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said the club are in a constant tug-of-war with LaLiga over financial limits imposed upon them. Laporta accused LaLiga of changing their own rules to prevent Barca from registering and signing players and said they will continue to fight the Spanish league with
8:47 AM ET Premier League captains voted before the season to limit taking a knee to significant moments. Photo by Mark Leech/Offside/Offside via Getty Images Premier League players will take a knee before their matches for the next two weekends as part of the “No Room for Racism” campaign, it was announced Thursday. Club captains across
5:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent For all the talk of fabulous tactics and that fiery desire to win, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes it’s an ability to “smell” what’s going on with his teams that is his greatest asset as a football manager. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) During news conferences,
5:39 AM ET Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are the only sides still vying for the formation of the European Super League. Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images A future European Super League (ESL) could include as many as 80 teams, Bernd Reichart, the chief executive of A22 Sports Management, a company formed to sponsor and assist in
12:15 PM ET The United States Soccer Federation has selected Orlando’s Exploria Stadium to be the venue for its Concacaf Nations League clash against El Salvador on March 27. The match is the second of the FIFA international window, with an away trip to Grenada set to take place in St. George’s on March 24.
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