Soccer

7:47 PM ET PARIS — And now it’s 14, which is more than the next two most successful clubs in Europe — Milan have seven, Liverpool six — combined. And now Carlo Ancelotti has four as a manager, which is more than anybody else. (“I am a record man!” he said, equal measures disbelieving and

2:48 PM ET Fans inside the Stade de France are informed of a delay to the Champions League final. UEFA via Getty Images The Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris was delayed on Saturday with UEFA citing the “late arrival of fans at the stadium” for the decision to postpone the 9

4:30 AM ET A consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly has completed its takeover of Premier League club Chelsea in a deal worth up to £4.25 billion. The deal was formally announced on Saturday, bringing Roman Abramovich’s 19-year tenure to an end and freeing Chelsea from restrictions relating to sanctions imposed on

3:30 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer On Marcelo‘s left thigh, just above the knee and hidden until he hitches up his shorts, there is a tattoo. A picture of the European Cup is inked into his skin. Below it are four numbers, four years, four moments when history was made: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018. There

11:45 AM ET Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has downplayed talk of wanting revenge against Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final, and said that midfielders Fabinho and Thiago Alcantara have given the club a major fitness boost by returning to training. Mohamed Salah said earlier this month he wanted to play Madrid in Saturday’s final

4:00 AM ET Erik ten Hag is set to step up his pursuit of Frenkie de Jong at Manchester United — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Neymar could be on the move. Jump to: PSG soap opera continues amid Neymar talk | Barcelona pushing for mass exodus | Bale, Di Maria snubbed |

12:30 AM ET Cesar Hernandez Atlas are seeking back-to-back Liga MX titles after beating Pachuca in the first leg of the Clausura final. Hector Vivas/Getty Images Atlas took a step toward consecutive Liga MX titles by defeating Pachuca 2-0 in the first leg of the Clausura final on Thursday. At home in a packed Estadio Jalisco,

5:00 AM ET The quadruple is still alive as Paris prepares to host the Champions League final, but only when it comes to Carlo Ancelotti’s pursuit of a fourth European Cup. The Real Madrid coach can eclipse Liverpool‘s Bob Paisley and his Madrid predecessor, Zinedine Zidane, by becoming the first to win four Champions Leagues

With the UEFA Women’s Euros coming up this summer, now is the perfect time to assess which young players are making their mark on the game. Borussia Dortmund (and soon to be Manchester City) striker Erling Haaland walked away with the No. 1 spot in ESPN’s list of male players, but who makes the grade

6:52 AM ET Well, LaLiga brought no shortage of drama in 2021-22 both on and off the field, with Real Madrid running away comfortable title winners and Barcelona surviving a historic crisis, rallying to finish second despite turbulence and turnover. But what else caught our eye this season? From the brilliant to the profane, from

5:30 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.

4:38 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag has officially started as Manchester United manager, but some more pessimistic supporters have already nicknamed the Dutchman “Erik ten Months.” It’s not that they doubt his ability as a coach — he’s widely viewed as an exciting appointment after an impressive spell at Ajax — but over

12:50 PM ET Jeff Kassouf Kris Ward is measured when speaking to the media. Last week, however, he hit a tipping point. The Washington Spirit head coach spent much of his media availability voicing frustrations about the state of refereeing in the National Women’s Soccer League, and the league’s lack of accountability and communication around

1:56 PM ET The Premier League Board has approved the proposed takeover of Chelsea by the Todd Boehly/Clearlake consortium, the league announced on Tuesday. “The purchase remains subject to the government issuing the required sale licence and the satisfactory completion of the final stages of the transaction,” the league said in a statement. “The Board

7:00 AM ET Just over 24 hours after the frenetic events of the final day of the season, Manchester City paraded their Premier League trophy through the streets to celebrate with their fans on Monday, with Jack Grealish making the most of the festivities. 2 Related City kicked things off with a traditional open-top bus

4:45 PM ET Just a week ago, on the back of fine form from FC Dallas, we pondered whether Southern California’s duopoly of LAFC and the LA Galaxy could soon be threatened by the Texan trident of Dallas, Austin FC and the Houston Dynamo. The answer, following a double game week of action for many

12:59 PM ET Well, that was a fun end to the season, wasn’t it? AC Milan rolled to the Serie A title over Inter Milan, but of course, the biggest stories were Manchester City‘s dramatic comeback to pip Liverpool to the Premier League crown — their fourth in five seasons — and the end to

7:30 AM ET As if watching Liverpool lose out to Manchester City in the Premier League title race by a single point on the final day of the season wasn’t exhausting enough, one Reds fan also suffered the double blow of missing out on an enormous cash windfall as a result. 2 Related Ten months