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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterApr 14, 2024, 04:03 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions LEVERKUSEN, Germany — The unwanted moniker of “Neverkusen” that has hung over this club can

Apr 15, 2024, 01:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bayer Leverkusen won the first Bundesliga title in their history with a 5-0 win over Werder Bremen on Sunday, securing the championship with five games to play. Alonso’s team remain unbeaten in all competitions this season having broken Bayern Munich‘s German record of 32 games without

Tom Chambers Apr 13, 2024, 04:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOURNEMOUTH, England — Erik ten Hag has denied that Manchester United are out of the race to qualify for next season’s Champions League after the team’s 2-2 draw with Bournemouth on Saturday. United, who have won just one of their past seven matches in

Apr 13, 2024, 07:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s another weekend of European football and, as we edge closer and closer to the end of the season, a number of clubs have one hand on some silverware. We start our Saturday in Spain as Real Madrid got their win over Mallorca which sees them

Wrexham beat Forest Green 6-0 on Saturday to earn promotion for a second-straight season as their movie-script story under Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney continues. MK Dons and Barrow dropped points, meaning Wrexham’s victory secured promotion to League One — English football’s third-tier — and another step closer to their owners’ dream of

ESPN News Services Apr 12, 2024, 03:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted his team are tired, saying they are in “big, big, trouble” due to their current list of injuries. As the club chases a second straight treble of major trophies, City midfielder Rodri pleaded for a rest following

Sid Lowe, Spain writerApr 12, 2024, 12:06 PM ET BILBAO, Spain — “We had ten commandments in the dressing room and one was: don’t mention the gabarra,” Nico Williams said when at long, long last they could after winning the final of the Copa del Rey (stream a replay on ESPN+, U.S. only). “If you

Open Extended Reactions Manchester United are facing a decision: what to do with Mason Greenwood: keep him, loan him or offload him permanently? It’s a question that has hung over the club for almost two-and-a-half years and despite a season on loan in Spain with Getafe, the issue of the 22-year-old forward’s future is troubling

Adam Brown Apr 11, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A lacklustre Liverpool side made a poor start to their Europa League quarterfinal as they lost 3-0 to Atalanta in the first leg at Anfield. The visitors almost got in front early on when finding Mario Pašalić inside the box, only to be denied

Liverpool slumped to a shock 3-0 home defeat by Atalanta on Thursday as Gianluca Scamacca struck twice for the Italian side in their Europa League quarterfinal first leg. The loss damages Liverpool’s hopes of a treble of trophies in manager Jurgen Klopp’s final season at Anfield. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, NWSL more (U.S.)

Adriana Garcia Apr 11, 2024, 08:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sporting CP coach Rúben Amorim has denied reports he has held talks with Liverpool or any other club regarding his future. Amorim, 39, is considered one of the top candidates to succeed Jürgen Klopp this summer after Xabi Alonso confirmed his intention to remain

ESPN News Services Apr 10, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said Paris Saint-Germain remain favourites to win the teams’ Champions League quarterfinal tie, despite his side winning Wednesday’s first leg 3-2 in the French capital. Raphinha scored twice and substitute Andreas Christensen headed the winner the 77th minute at

Julien Laurens, CorrespondentApr 10, 2024, 07:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — In a week that has seen some of the best clubs in world football facing each other and offering some superb games, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona did not disappoint at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night. Without reaching the height in

Open Extended Reactions Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week across Europe, and it even crops up in the Champions League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? On Tuesday, Arsenal‘s quarterfinal meeting with Bayern Munich had three high-profile incidents. Should Bukayo Saka have been awarded an injury-time penalty for a foul by

Jeff Kassouf Apr 9, 2024, 09:55 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — Another game United States–Canada matchup, another victorious penalty shootout for the Americans. The USWNT defeated Canada in a shootout on Tuesday for the second time in 34 days, again after Canada equalized late in a match for a 2-2 draw. The win brought a

Open Extended Reactions Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel has expressed his fury at Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg’s failure to award a penalty for a “kid’s mistake” during Tuesday’s Champions League quarterfinal first leg clash at Arsenal. The Bundesliga giants earned a 2-2 draw at Emirates Stadium as Bukayo Saka put the home side in front

Connor O’Halloran Apr 9, 2024, 08:18 AM ET European football’s governing body UEFA has said it is aware of a terror threat made regarding this week’s Champions League quarterfinal ties, but said the matches will still go ahead as planned. A social media post, purporting to be from the Islamic State group, suggested it planned

Open Extended Reactions For Harry Kane, facing Arsenal has always felt personal. The dead-eyed determination that has transformed him into one of the world’s elite strikers for England, Tottenham Hotspur and now Bayern Munich can be traced back in no small part to the painful rejection he experienced from the Gunners as a young boy.