5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United continued their perfect run since the World Cup with a 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Tuesday. Casemiro scored his first goal at Old Trafford to put United ahead in the first half before Luke Shaw finished off a move he started to make it 2-0
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11:20 AM ET Associated Press Brazilian football legend Pele was buried Tuesday in his final resting place, with his nation of more than 200 million people and the world watching. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid his respects at Vila Belmiro, the stadium where Pele played for most of his career. Pele
6:00 AM ET In the 1970 World Cup Pele’s strike partner was Tostao, one of the brightest players ever to represent Brazil. They first lined up together in 1966, when Brazil began their preparation for that year’s World Cup close to Tostao’s home town. He introduced his father to Pele — and was amazed to
3:25 PM ET BRENTFORD, England — Brentford sealed their first victory over Liverpool since 1938 with a 3-1 win at Gtech Community Stadium on Monday, which dealt a fresh blow to the Reds’ hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League. Ibrahima Konate‘s 19th-minute own goal and Yoane
6:00 AM ET Another year, another chance to reflect on what to wish for in 2023 and beyond. It’s easy to get cynical and assume things will never change (or at least not for the better). And, indeed, some things take a long time to come to fruition. And some never do. Which is why
6:37 AM ET Arsenal have activated clauses to extend the contracts of Bukayo Saka and William Saliba by an extra year as talks continue over long-term agreements, sources have told ESPN. Both players were entering the final six months of their present deals but the Gunners have triggered extensions keeping the pair at the club
8:55 PM ET It’s 2023 and club football is back with a bang! Newcastle United and Arsenal have underlined their Premier League title credentials with a series of impressive performances, while in LaLiga one of the Qatar World Cup‘s most infamous characters was back in the spotlight again. ESPN correspondents Julien Laurens, James Tyler, Mark
5:39 AM ET January is usually quiet for transfers, but the Premier League‘s winter spending in 2022 was actually the second highest in history and over half the money (€335 million, according to Transfermarkt) was splashed by the bottom five clubs: Everton, Norwich City, Newcastle United, Watford and Burnley. 2 Related With the break for
Dec 30, 2022 A question mark had surrounded Cristiano Ronaldo‘s next career move since confirmation that the forward’s second stint at Manchester United came to a premature, unceremonious end last month. 2 Related Ronaldo had his contract at Old Trafford mulched with six months to run after spending much of this season on the bench
3:26 PM ET RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Cristiano Ronaldo wanted a Champions League swan song in the football cathedrals of Madrid, Milan or Munich, playing on the biggest stage with and against the most famous players in the game. Instead, the floodlights will fade on his glittering career at Mrsool Park, Al-Nassr’s compact stadium in
12:51 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City dropped points in the Premier League title race after being held to a 1-1 draw by relegation candidates Everton. – Report: Man City 1-1 Everton | Premier League table | Upcoming fixtures City took the lead in the first half thanks to Erling Haaland before
4:13 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr after leaving Manchester United in controversial fashion, the club announced Friday. Ronaldo signed a contract through the summer of 2025 and, according to reports, will receive $75 million per year to make him the highest paid player in history. Sources did not dispute that
4:58 PM ET Liverpool came back from an early deficit to beat Leicester City 2-1 at Anfield on Friday courtesy of a quickfire pair of own goals from Foxes defender Wout Faes. Faes became just the fourth player in Premier League history to score two own goals in the same game with two defensive blunders
10:03 AM ET On the morning of June 11, 1975, a pack of rubbernecking New Yorkers gathers on West 52nd Street. They’re standing outside the venerable “21” club, a former speakeasy turned posh canteen to presidents, plutocrats and Hollywood grandees, drawn there by the steady drone of a police helicopter overhead — and, no doubt,
3:53 PM ET Pele. Four letters, two syllables. And a universal code word. A concept understood by everyone, regardless of proximity — or distance — from the beautiful game. Pele — the word — meant something not just to fans, but also to folks who had never watched a football game, as well as to
6:17 PM ET The stadium where Brazil soccer great Pele played some of the best matches of his career will also hold his funeral on Monday and Tuesday. Santos, the club where Pele played in Brazil, said in a statement the public will be able to pay their final respects at Vila Belmiro Stadium in
1:54 PM ET Associated Press Pele, the Brazilian king of football who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the past century, died on Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. He had been hospitalized
5:30 AM ET Russian clubs and national teams have been suspended from competitive football since Feburary. FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images The Russian Football Union (RFU) will hold an executive committee meeting on Friday to discuss resigning from UEFA — European football’s governing body — in order to move to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), sources