Soccer

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool’s Premier League title bid has suffered a new injury blow with Trent Alexander-Arnold set to be sidelined until mid-February with a knee ligament tear. The 25-year-old has undergone a scan to assess the full extent of the damage sustained while playing in Sunday’s FA Cup third round win against Arsenal at

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 8, 2024, 06:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIGAN, England — In the debate about the importance of the FA Cup, Erik ten Hag can leave the chat. Floundering in the Premier League and out of Europe before Christmas, the Manchester United manager needs a trophy to underline to new minority owner

Jan 8, 2024, 03:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FA Cup holders Manchester City face a tricky trip to Tottenham Hotspur, while in-form Aston Villa have been drawn to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the fourth round. Third-placed champions City are a point above Spurs with a game in hand in the Premier League

Open Extended Reactions What next for Paris Saint-Germain‘s Kylian Mbappé? It is the question that will dominate the transfer market in 2024, with one of the best players in the world due to become a free agent when his contract expires at the end of this season. Real Madrid are the long-term front-runners to sign

Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Rarely in elite sport is problem-solving as simple as this, but the case for Arsenal signing a striker to realise their ambitions grows stronger by the day. The Gunners exited the FA Cup on Sunday with a 2-0 third-round defeat to Liverpool that owed more to their own profligacy than

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 7, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag has suggested some players can’t handle the pressure of representing Manchester United but insists signing for the club is still “the best challenge” for any footballer. Ten Hag has sanctioned Donny van Beek’s loan move to Eintracht Frankfurt in the January

Third-placed AC Milan secured a comfortable 3-0 win at Empoli thanks to goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Olivier Giroud and Chaka Traorè in Serie A on Sunday. Milan seized the lead after 11 minutes when Rafael Leão surged past his marker on the wing, delivering a precise pass to Loftus-Cheek inside the box, who sidefooted the

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Jan 6, 2024, 06:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti praised Arda Güler after the playmaker finally made his Real Madrid debut in their 3-1 Copa del Rey win at Arandina, saying the 18-year-old “has everything you need to play for Real Madrid.” Güler signed for Madrid from Fenerbahce in

Tom Chambers Jan 6, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Mauricio Pochettino famously dismissed the domestic cup competitions during his time in charge of Tottenham as little more than a distraction, but they are providing a soothing balm for what has been a painful Premier League campaign for his Chelsea team. For

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 6, 2024, 09:15 AM 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 Timo Werner previously played in the Premier League with Chelsea. Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images

Associated Press Jan 5, 2024, 11:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mario Zagallo, who reached the World Cup final a record five times, winning four, as a player and then a coach with Brazil, has died. He was 92. The first person to win the World Cup both as a player and a manager, Zagallo

ESPN News Services Jan 5, 2024, 04:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil‘s interim coach Fernando Diniz was fired on Friday by the country’s soccer federation (CBF), sources told ESPN Brasil. The decision was taken one day after the president of the CBF, Ednaldo Rodrigues, returned to his role following a decision from Brazil’s Supreme

Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerJan 5, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With 2024 now here, the CIES Football Observatory in Switzerland has published its annual list of the top 100 male players in world football with the highest estimated transfer value. Having scoured the top 100 — the values for whom are based

Open Extended Reactions With young stars like Jobe Bellingham, younger brother of Jude, breaking through at Sunderland this season, the future’s bright and so is the present as they prepare to take on rivals Newcastle in the FA Cup third round. Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images SUNDERLAND, England — Life can come at you pretty

Associated Press Jan 4, 2024, 12:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MetLife Stadium officials plan to remove 1,740 seats to widen the field for World Cup matches as they hope to host the 2026 final but will retain a narrower surface for this year’s Copa America. The stadium in suburban East Rutherford, New Jersey, is

Open Extended Reactions The FA Cup returns this weekend (stream games live on ESPN+) which poses a question for the Premier League teams now involved in it: which manager needs to win the competition the most? All 20 top-flight sides enter the competition at the third-round stage and it comes at a moment when the

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 3, 2024, 02:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions From Cristiano Ronaldo‘s explosive interview to the public row with Jadon Sancho, Erik ten Hag’s 18 months in charge of Manchester United has been filled with challenges. He’s been presented with another in the form of new minority stakeholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chairman and

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 3, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Colorado Rapids are close to agreeing a deal to sign U.S. men’s national team goalkeeper Zack Steffen from Manchester City, a source has told ESPN. Steffen is set to leave the Premier League champions after three-and-a-half years at the Etihad Stadium. – Stream