12:34 PM ET Adam Brown It was back to winning ways in the Premier League for Liverpool on Sunday afternoon as they ran out 3-0 winners against Brentford at Anfield. The home side started with high intensity, playing quickly in transition before getting the ball to Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson on the flanks for
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3:28 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent BIRMINGHAM, England — Manchester United are in a run of form so shaky that even when things are going well there’s always a chance it might end badly, and despite controlling much of the game against Aston Villa, they still left disappointed. From 2-0 up with 13 minutes to go
10:26 AM ET MANCHESTER, England — It was a goal worthy of winning the Premier League title, even if it is only January and there are still four months of the season to play. But with Kevin De Bruyne‘s stunning 70th-minute goal sealing Manchester City‘s 1-0 win against Chelsea, the reality is that the title
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6:39 PM ET Real Salt Lake have signed 14-year-old Axel Kei to a homegrown contract, making him the youngest signing in Major League Soccer history. At 14 years, 15 days, Kei is 153 days younger than Freddy Adu when he signed with DC United after being selected in the MLS SuperDraft in 2004. The contract
6:04 PM ET Caitlin Murray The community around the two top-flight soccer teams of Portland, Oregon — the Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) — can feel more like a big family. Supporters of these clubs have gotten married in the stands before matches or
Jan 13, 2022 Rob DawsonCorrespondent It’s not often that Manchester United fans voice their dissatisfaction with one of their own, but during Monday’s FA Cup third-round tie with Aston Villa (stream a replay on ESPN+, U.S. only), they did. Mason Greenwood probably should have squared a pass to Marcus Rashford as he sprinted towards goalkeeper
1:42 PM ET Juventus were beaten with virtually the last kick of extra time by Inter Milan in Wednesday’s Supercoppa Italiana. Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images Wednesday’s Supercoppa Italiana ended in high drama, with Inter Milan beating Juventus 2-1 after extra time with the winning goal coming in the 120th minute (well, 121st minute) from veteran forward Alexis
5:58 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — If there was ever any doubt over the importance of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to Liverpool, Takumi Minamino provided the only proof you need in the 90th minute of the club’s goalless Carabao Cup semifinal first-leg draw against Arsenal at Anfield on Thursday. Minamino, handed a starting role
4:30 AM ET Manchester City have a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League and are comfortably on course to win a fourth title in five seasons. Pep Guardiola’s team, who face second-place Chelsea at the Etihad on Saturday, have become the most dominant side in English football since Manchester United won the
10:08 PM ET Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has backed interim boss Ralf Rangnick to do a good job at the Premier League club but said the German needs time to bed in his ideas and improve the team’s performances. Rangnick was appointed until the end of the season following the sacking of Ole Gunnar
6:11 PM ET Alex Kirkland Sam Marsden Wednesday’s Supercopa de Espana clash between Clasico rivals didn’t disappoint, as Real Madrid hung on to defeat Barcelona 3-2 in front of an enthusiastic crowd in Saudi Arabia. (Stream highlights here: U.S. only.) After Barca twice battled back from a goal down to take the game to extra
12:33 PM ET There was a moment in December when, for the first time in two years, Daryl Dike got a moment to reflect. After two years of nonstop soccer, he had earned one. From scoring for Virginia in the NCAA finals against Georgetown in December 2019, to going fifth in the MLS SuperDraft in
3:19 PM ET This week is all about the Supercopa de Espana — stream LIVE on ESPN+ — as four of LaLiga’s biggest teams head to Saudi Arabia to battle for the trophy. (Oh, and we’ve got a “bonus Clasico” as Real Madrid battle old rivals Barcelona on Wednesday: 2 p.m. ET, ESPN+.) So how
10:00 AM ET It has been only a few weeks since Xavi commented that “there’s an abysmal gap” between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Frankly, it’ll be quite the surprise if Los Blancos don’t underline the truth of his words in the Supercopa de Espana semifinal on Wednesday (stream LIVE, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN+) by handing
8:45 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen While most headlines are focused on the futures of Borussia Dortmund‘s Erling Haaland and Paris Saint-Germain‘s Kylian Mbappe, it’s Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic — Serie A’s top scorer this season with 16 goals — who has emerged as the most coveted player of the January transfer window. Always a player
8:00 AM ET Philippe Coutinho has the chance to relaunch his career in the Premier League with his loan move to Aston Villa following another disappointing season at Barcelona in which the third-most expensive transfer of all-time — €160 million from Liverpool in 2018 — started just five games in all competitions and failed to
6:01 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — There was an FA Cup shock at Old Trafford on Monday night as Manchester United somehow managed to cling on against Aston Villa to scrape through their third round tie with a 1-0 win. Steven Gerrard’s side had two goals ruled out, one after a lengthy VAR