Soccer

6:43 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are planning a series of friendly matches in the United States this summer, sources have told ESPN. The three clubs, who continue to lead the push for a European Super League, have approached AC Milan about the possibility of being the fourth team

11:07 AM ET Noah DavisESPN The story of Major League Soccer in recent seasons is one of expansion and growth. Since the beginning of the 2017 campaign, eight teams have been introduced, including a Charlotte FC franchise that kicks off its inaugural campaign against D.C. United on Saturday (6 p.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+).

9:45 AM ET Manchester United will begin a crucial three-month period when they face Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday. What happens between now and the end of the season will have a critical impact on the big decisions that must be taken by United’s owners,

7:23 PM ET Caitlin Murray When your opponent has a historically bad performance and a player scores an unheard-of three own goals, how do you evaluate a win? That is the question for the United States women’s national team and coach Vlatko Andonovski, who beat New Zealand 5-0 in the SheBelieves Cup on Sunday with

12:43 PM ET LEEDS, England — Elland Road had waited 19 years for a Premier League clash between Leeds United and Manchester United in front of supporters. If the world was wondering what all the fuss was about, the teams delivered a classic encounter that ended with a 4-2 win for Ralf Rangnick’s visitors on

10:25 AM ET Phil Foden is a part of the Manchester City team that leads the Premier League. Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images Manchester City have said they are offering support to Phil Foden and his family after a video appeared to show them involved in a scuffle at Saturday’s fight between Amir Khan and Kell

6:55 PM ET Jose Mourinho was sent off in Roma’s draw. Antonietta Baldassarre/Insidefoto/LightRocket via Getty Images AS Roma fought their way back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw at home to Verona but coach Jose Mourinho was sent off in added time for gesturing towards the referee. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS,

4:23 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — A title race broke out at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening and although this one won’t involve Harry Kane, the England striker got a glimpse of what might be possible at Tottenham under Antonio Conte. – Report: Kane superb as Spurs topple Man City Kane’s 95th-minute

2:06 PM ET Cesar Hernandez A much-anticipated World Cup qualifying clash between Mexico and the United States has officially been set for March 24, with the Estadio Azteca expected to be back at full capacity. Mexico had played its last two home qualifiers with only 2,000 fans in attendance as part of a punishment over

2:13 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Dembele’s cameo vs. Napoli was a good one, especially given the tension between him, Barcelona and the fans in 2022. Eric Alonso/Getty Images “Well, the fans didn’t take any notice of me, that’s for starters,” Xavi Hernández said. Twenty-five days after FC Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele had been handed an

8:33 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Jurgen Klopp has said he now possesses the best squad during his time at Liverpool but warned that the players are “not the Harlem Globetrotters” and said he is happy with the team’s attitude rather than quality. Liverpool took a huge step to making the Champions League quarterfinals with a

4:30 AM ET Harry Kane isn’t the sort of person to show it, but there will likely be a tinge of regret somewhere in his mind when Tottenham Hotspur‘s team bus pulls up at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The England captain attempted to push through a move to Manchester City last summer after informing Spurs

4:35 PM ET New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Turner said he’s “not concerned” about what his pending move to Arsenal might mean for his spot on the United States national team. Turner is set to officially join the Gunners this summer, meaning he’ll play around 20 games with the Revs before his departure. Once he

2:33 PM ET As FC Salzburg, Austrian champions with an average age of 23 (22, if you exclude their venerable left-back, Andreas Ulmer, who is 36), were coming within seconds of beating mighty Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday night, Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte’s musings on the importance of experience were dong

9:24 AM ET The time for transition with a team is never easy to predict, but there is one near certainty for the U.S. women’s national team: you typically do it after an Olympics because you have a big, three-year gap before the next World Cup on the calendar. Well, that is until a pandemic

1:10 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens After a 2-2 draw in LaLiga against Osasuna in December, Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez didn’t know whether to be delighted or despondent about the role three teenagers played in securing a point for his side. Nico Gonzalez and Abde Ezzalzouli scored the goals at El Sadar that day,

5:03 PM ET Adam Brown Liverpool are in the drivers’ seat after a Champions League round of 16 win at Inter Milan. Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images Liverpool were back in Champions League action on Wednesday night and secured a hardfought 2-0 win against Internazionale at the San Siro. Chances were few and far between for

6:00 AM ET This is the Kylian Mbappe show. The Year of Mbappe. Mbappe-Saint-Germain. He is King Kylian, and everything in Paris happens through him. His performance for Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League clash with Real Madrid on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes proved it again. He struck late to score the only