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Record signing Sam Smith scored his first goal for Wrexham as the League One promotion hopefuls strolled to a 2-0 victory over Northampton Town on Saturday. Smith, who had failed to score in his two previous appearances for the club since joining from Reading in a deal reported to be worth more than £1 million

Fabián Ruiz‘s second-half strike secured a 1-0 win for Paris Saint-Germain at Toulouse on Saturday, extending the visitors’ unbeaten run as well as their lead at the top of Ligue 1. PSG, who have not lost in the league all season, top the table with 56 points from 22 games, 10 clear of second-placed Marseille,

Open Extended Reactions Amad Diallo has suffered an ankle ligament injury in training with Manchester United and could miss the rest of the season, sources told ESPN. Amad, 22, United’s six-goal Premier League leading scorer, has been ruled out of Ruben Amorim’s squad for Sunday’s clash with Tottenham Hotspur and faces a scan to assess

Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Omar Marmoush might just be the missing ingredient for Manchester City and manager Pep Guardiola — but the forward’s 14-minute hat trick in a 4-0 win against Newcastle on Saturday only highlighted how long the club had been in need of reinforcements and how slowly a solution arrived. Marmoush,

Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said he is hopeful Erling Haaland will be fit for Manchester City’s Champions League second-leg against Real Madrid on Wednesday after admitting to being “scared” by the forward’s second-half injury against Newcastle. Haaland, who captained City for the first time in a Premier League game against the Carabao Cup finalists,

Midfielder Mikel Merino scored two late goals to keep Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes alive with a 2-0 victory at Leicester City on Saturday, after the Spaniard was thrust into a makeshift centre-forward role by his club’s injury crisis up front. Arsenal move to 53 points from their 25 matches, four behind leaders Liverpool having

Feb 15, 2025, 06:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has revealed that Arsenal defender William Saliba has offered to play up front to ease the north London club’s injury crisis. Arsenal have lost strikers Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz for the season while wingers Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka are also sidelined through

Associated Press Feb 14, 2025, 02:57 PM ET Hwang Ui-Jo leaving the court in Seoul after the guilty verdict on Friday. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images Former South Korea international Hwang Ui-jo was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence on Friday for filming sexual encounters with a woman without her consent. Hwang, 32, was dropped from

Lizzy Becherano Feb 14, 2025, 10:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami concluded the 2025 preseason with a 2-2 draw against Orlando City at Raymond James Stadium in front of a crowd of 42,017 in Tampa, Florida, The team won the first four preseason games before drawing the fifth and final game on Friday

Feb 14, 2025, 05:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Enzo Maresca cut a frustrated figure on the touchline as Chelsea struggled at Brighton. GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has said “everything” went wrong as his team succumbed to a 3-0 defeat at Brighton on Friday, describing it as the worst performance

Ryan Rosenblatt Feb 14, 2025, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s a new year in MLS, which means new kits. All 30 teams got a new jersey, with San Diego FC getting two of them for their expansion season and Inter Miami getting a fresh pair too because, well, that Lionel Messi guy sells

Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain are keen to sign Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konaté in the summer and the player is interested in a move to the Ligue 1 club, sources have told ESPN. The perennial French champions are seeking to bolster their defensive line and find a long-term partner for Marquinhos at centre-back. The acquisition

Mohamed Mohamed Feb 14, 2025, 08:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Yamal is the latest phenom to break into the soccer world, but just how far can he go? David Ramos/Getty Images In the history of the beautiful game, numerous young talents have been bestowed with the phenom label. It’s a tag that carries the gravitas

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool boss Arne Slot has admitted he regrets his behaviour that saw him sent off after the final whistle of Wednesday’s Merseyside derby, saying he would “do it differently” next time. Slot was dismissed by referee Michael Oliver at Goodison Park during a chaotic scene that saw four red cards handed out

ESPN News Services Feb 13, 2025, 09:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Irish teenager Michael Noonan had a debut to remember for Shamrock Rovers on Thursday. The 16-year-old forward became the second-youngest goalscorer in European club competition, and the youngest ever in Conference League play when he netted the winner for Rovers in a 1-0

Adriana Garcia Feb 13, 2025, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vinícius Júnior‘s agents have informed Real Madrid of their client’s financial demands if he is to continue at the club beyond 2027, a source told ESPN. The player’s representatives are hopeful of meeting Madrid executives in the coming days to continue discussions. Editor’s Picks

Bruce Schoenfeld Feb 13, 2025, 09:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NOTTINGHAM, England — “Surprised?” said John O’Hare, who played 101 games for Nottingham Forest in the late 1970s and early 1980s. “I would say so. Astonished.” O’Hare was walking past the grandstand at City Ground, where Forest — who currently sit third in the

Feb 13, 2025, 12:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cristiano Ronaldo again topped the list of the world’s highest-paid athletes with total income of $260 million in 2024, according to sports industry news site Sportico, but there were no women in the top 100. The leading 100, dominated by players from football, the NBA, NFL,

Lizzy Becherano Feb 13, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Just two days before the Vancouver Whitecaps were set to host Inter Miami at BC Place, the Canadian side made an unprecedented announcement that infuriated fans, forced newsrooms into overdrive and left Miami scrambling for a response. “While we haven’t received an official update on the availability

Adriana Garcia Feb 13, 2025, 05:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona sporting director Deco has said “there is no price” for teenage sensation Lamine Yamal as the player’s long-term future lies with the Catalan club. Yamal, 17, is one of the most exciting young talents in world football and has already won the Kopa