8:49 AM ET Connor O’Halloran Sam Kerr celebrates her second goal against Manchester United. Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Chelsea have clinched the 2021-22 Women’s Super League title after coming from behind to claim a thrilling 4-2 victory over Manchester United on Sunday. Head coach Emma Hayes’ side were just a point ahead of second-place Arsenal entering the
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7:34 PM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his Liverpool side would still chase an unprecedented Quadruple despite seeing their Premier League title hopes suffer a huge blow on Saturday. Klopp’s side have already won the League Cup and are in the FA Cup and Champions League finals and victory over Tottenham on Saturday would
6:08 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — The Quadruple is still on the horizon for Liverpool, but it is beginning to look like a more distant dream after Jurgen Klopp’s team finally stumbled in their pursuit a history. Even though a 1-1 draw at home to Tottenham took Liverpool back to the top of the Premier
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7:38 PM ET A consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly and backed by Clearlake Capital has won the bid to acquire Premier League club Chelsea, the team announced on Friday. The sale, which has a total value of £4.25bn ($5.25bn) is expected to complete in late May subject to all necessary regulatory
1:26 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer The way the story goes, one day when he was in fifth grade, the home in Fougères near Rennes, where Eduardo Camavinga lived with his parents and five siblings, burnt down, leaving them with nothing. The next evening he was back at training. Football was his escape, he said,
9:07 AM ET Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said Real Madrid will be “favourites” when they meet in the Champions League final later this month. Madrid produced a remarkable last-minute comeback against Manchester City on Wednesday to force extra-time before striker Karim Benzema netted a penalty to send the club to the final against Liverpool
2:13 PM ET Roman Abramovich has dismissed suggestions he is seeking any financial return from selling Chelsea. A spokesman for the Russian oligarch issued a statement through the club’s website on Thursday denying claims that he explored the possibility of seeking repayment on the £1.6 billion ($2bn) loan owed to him by the Blues as
4:30 AM ET It had been over 20 years since an MLS side could claim continental supremacy. JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images SEATTLE — You know something momentous has happened at a sporting event when no one wants to leave. Given the history that was made at Lumen Field on Wednesday, you couldn’t blame anyone connected
6:00 AM ET The Champions League final will be between Liverpool and Real Madrid — a rematch of the 2018 final — in Paris on May 28 after two thrilling semifinal second-leg clashes ended with Manchester City and Villarreal eliminated. ESPN’s Gabriele Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Julien Laurens give us their thoughts on the knockout
6:57 PM ET MADRID — Pep Guardiola might just be starting to believe that he will never win the Champions League with Manchester City. Leading by two goals on aggregate against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu and just a matter of stoppage time away from facing Liverpool in the final, City imploded to commit
5:47 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Rodrygo was Real Madrid’s hero with two late goals to help the Spanish giants into the Champions League final at Man City’s expense. Getty Images MADRID — Manchester City and Real Madrid followed up Tuesday night’s drama between Villarreal and Liverpool with a remarkable show of their own, with City just
3:00 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.
10:07 AM ET For Garth Lagerwey, the flashbacks are unavoidable. Eleven years ago, the Seattle Sounders GM and president of soccer had a similar role with Real Salt Lake, and in 2011 the squad he put together was on the cusp of history. The final of that year’s CONCACAF Champions League pitted RSL against Monterrey,
4:50 PM ET Liverpool player Fabinho celebrates after scoring a goal against Villarreal in the Champions League semifinals. AP Photo/Alberto Saiz Liverpool overcame a rocky first half to beat Villarreal 3-2 on Tuesday night and book a spot in the Champions League final, winning the tie against their LaLiga opposition 5-2 on aggregate. Jurgen Klopp’s side
7:00 AM ET Had you given Diego Maradona’s jersey to any England fan after that 1986 World Cup quarterfinal, chances are they’d have either torn the blue Argentina jersey to shreds, or set it on fire. Now the one worn by Argentina’s Maradona when he scored two of the most famous goals in World Cup
6:25 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — The first game at Old Trafford this season was a summer friendly against Brentford that Manchester United fans were desperate to get into. The last was a Premier League game against the same opposition that some couldn’t wait to leave. The optimism of that post-lockdown warm-up game
12:25 PM ET This weekend in European soccer had it all: title-clinching joy for Real Madrid, title-chasing tension in the Premier League (Liverpool and Man City both won) and in Serie A (Milan and Inter both won as well) and plenty of entertainment in the Bundesliga as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both stumbled to