Soccer

Mar 1, 2024, 05:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for the round of 16! Europe’s premier club competition returns with two high-stakes matches on Wednesday, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from both of the matches as Manchester City lead Copenhagen 3-1 up on aggregate and

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 6, 2024, 04:00 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 A week before she broke the women’s world transfer record on Feb. 14, Racheal Kundananji

ESPN News Services Mar 5, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé may be on his way out of the French capital, but as long as he’s still in the starting lineup for Paris Saint-Germain, they remain a dangerous team. The World Cup winner showed why on Tuesday, as he scored a pair

Mar 5, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for the round of 16! Europe’s premier club competition returns with two high-stakes matches on Tuesday, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from both of the games as Bayern Munich look to turn a 1-0 deficit to

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Mar 5, 2024, 06:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona legend Gerard Piqué has warned the club against deceiving supporters and encouraged the club to be open and transparent about their situation. Barça are around €200 million ($217m) in excess of their LaLiga-imposed annual spending limit of €204m, which is preventing

Arsenal matched their biggest Premier League away win with the 6-0 pummelling of Sheffield United on Monday after scoring five times in the first half when they tore the home side apart to close within two points of leaders Liverpool. Mikel Arteta’s team are third with 61 points after 27 games, a point behind Manchester

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMar 4, 2024, 12:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s been another action-packed weekend in European soccer, so let’s review. Sunday brought the Manchester derby and with it, a fresh reminder as to how far back Man United are from Pep Guardiola and Man City. Real Madrid returned to Valencia,

Cesar Hernandez Mar 4, 2024, 06:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — As the rain dissipated into an idyllic sunset sky at BMO Stadium on Sunday, so too did a storm that has been surrounding the U.S. women’s national team. Days after falling to rivals Mexico for just the second time in a

The United States women’s national team bounced back from a shocking loss to Mexico in its previous Concacaf Gold Cup match to make short work of Colombia in a 3-0 quarterfinal win Sunday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. First-half goals from Lindsay Horan, Jenna Nighswonger and Jaedyn Shaw gave the U.S. a comfortable lead

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 3, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — By the end, the 192nd Manchester derby had provided a fair idea of where the city’s two biggest clubs are at. Manchester City, dominant for so much of the afternoon at the Etihad Stadium, won 3-1 to stay in the hunt

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Mar 2, 2024, 06:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti said an “unprecedented” refereeing decision saw what would have been a last-second winning goal from Jude Bellingham ruled out in Real Madrid‘s 2-2 draw at Valencia on Saturday. Valencia led 2-0 with half an hour played at Mestalla with goals

Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez scored two goals each as Inter Miami routed Florida rivals Orlando City 5-0 at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale Saturday. Messi had consecutive goals during a quick span early in the second half to take his tally for the season to three goals in as many games. – Stream on

Darwin Núñez headed in a last-gasp winner as Premier League leaders Liverpool snatched three points with a 1-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday. Núñez’s 99th-minute goal put Liverpool four points clear of second-placed Manchester City with 63 points from 27 matches, although Pep Guardiola’s side have a game in hand.

Cesar Hernandez Mar 1, 2024, 10:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Days after a stunning 2-0 W Gold Cup loss to Mexico, United States forward Alex Morgan said the national team must “evolve” for it to step up during a period of transition as it prepares for Sunday’s quarterfinal match against Colombia. “Both tactically and

ESPN News Services Mar 1, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique said it was “my decision” to substitute Kylian Mbappé at half-time during his team’s 0-0 draw at Monaco on Friday. It was the second game in a row that Mbappé has been withdrawn early by Enrique, after being

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMar 1, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions The U.S. Soccer Federation announced the format for the 2023-2024 U.S. Open Cup on Friday, confirming that only eight out of a possible 26 MLS teams will have their

Adriana Garcia Mar 1, 2024, 05:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said Barcelona can solve most of their financial problems by selling “two or three of their top-class players.” Barça recently had their annual spending limit cut by €66 million ($71m) by LaLiga, going from €270m to €204m. – Stream

Julien Laurens, CorrespondentFeb 29, 2024, 07:21 AM ET France and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned for four years for a doping offence, sources have told ESPN and the Associated Press. Pogba was provisionally suspended by Italy’s national anti-doping (NADO Italia) tribunal in September after testing positive for testosterone — a banned substance. Italian