Football

1:15 PM ET Barcelona won again this weekend to remain clear atop LaLiga, but their ongoing scandals and impending court dates threaten to overshadow their remarkable turnaround. Pablo Garcia Sacristan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images It was another big weekend of drama, talking points and action across Europe’s top five leagues. Barcelona remained on course in LaLiga‘s

7:00 AM ET If you believe that Harry Kane is destined to leave Tottenham Hotspur for Manchester United this summer, then think again. It seems the obvious solution for both Kane and United. Kane approaches his 30th birthday in July still waiting to win his first major trophy, while United have made a proven goal

10:17 PM ET Liverpool followed up their historic 7-0 win over Manchester United with a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth — classic Liverpool — while Borussia Dortmund‘s title hopes took a hit and Kai Havertz came up big for a Chelsea side in need of heroes. ESPN correspondents Mark Ogden, Rob Dawson, Julien Laurens, Sam Marsden,

12:59 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United held on for a 0-0 draw against bottom side Southampton despite playing for nearly an hour with 10 men after Casemiro’s red card. – Report: Man United 0-0 Southampton | Premier League table The Brazilian midfielder was sent off for a high challenge on Carlos

10:00 AM ET Liam Wheeler Liverpool missed the chance to leapfrog Tottenham Hotspur and move into the top four of the Premier League as Philip Billing‘s goal lifted Bournemouth off the bottom of the table with a 1-0 win at the Vitality Stadium. The Reds started brightly and created an early flurry of opportunities, but

12:45 PM ET LEICESTER, England — Chelsea deepened Leicester City‘s relegation fears and increased the heat on Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers with a comfortable 3-1 win at the King Power Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. Goals from Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic — Patson Daka had equalised for Leicester in the

9:30 AM ET Mohamed Salah missed a second-half penalty as Liverpool fell to a 1-0 defeat away at Bournemouth, with Philip Billing‘s goal lifting them off the bottom of the Premier League table and out of the relegation zone. The win in the first league game of the weekend sees Bournemouth climb to 16th in

4:25 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier has said he would not have to “convince” Kylian Mbappe to stay at the club following their Champions League elimination to Bayern Munich this week. A disappointed Mbappe refused to discuss his future beyond this season following PSG’s 3-0 aggregate loss in the round of 16 on

Mar 9, 2023 They have been here before, of course. The same disappointment, the same flaws, the same mistakes, the same elimination, the same regrets. Paris Saint-Germain know all too well what it is crash out early in the Champions League. It is another round-of-16 exit, this time against a Bayern Munich side that was

10:30 AM ET Earlier this week, I investigated a simple premise: that the most consistently awesome teams in European soccer are less awesome this season. Of the top teams in the UEFA coefficient rankings — a.k.a. the teams that have enjoyed the most consistent success in European competitions — a majority have regressed this season.

5:13 AM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo kicked water bottles in anger as he walked off the pitch following Al Nassr‘s 1-0 league defeat at title rivals Al Ittihad on Thursday. The result allowed Al Ittihad to leapfrog Al Nassr into first place in the Saudi Pro League after 20 games. – Stream on ESPN+:

5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United bounced back from the horror show against Liverpool to take control of their Europa League tie with Real Betis by beating the Spanish club 4-1 on Thursday. United won their last-16 first-leg fixture at Old Trafford thanks to goals from Marcus Rashford, Antony, Bruno Fernandes

7:30 AM ET Liverpool are not for sale, which is bad news for whoever paid for a plane to fly over Anfield ahead of Sunday’s Premier League match against Manchester United carrying a protest banner that declared: “FSG Out — Klopp In — Enough Is Enough.” The timing of the stunt probably couldn’t have been

5:45 PM ET Lionel Messi and PSG were eliminated in the Champions League last 16 for the second straight season on Wednesday. Alex Grimm/Getty Images MUNICH — Bayern Munich booked their place in the Champions League quarterfinals as second-half goals from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry sealed a 2-0 win and ended Paris Saint-Germain‘s latest

4:18 PM ET There’s a very solid chance — about 50-50, depending on where you get your projections — that this European soccer season ends with both Napoli‘s first Serie A title since 1990 and Arsenal‘s first Premier League title since 2004. Neither of these clubs is a Leicester City, but considering what we’ve grown

10:50 AM ET Jon Arnold ST. LOUIS — As the St. Louis City SC supporters rounded the corner, a club employee tried to keep the ever-growing mass of people in their designated area. The march to the match was to take place on sidewalks, not the street. He had no chance. Saturday night, the streets

7:04 PM ET Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham called Chelsea‘s retaken penalty, which knocked his team out of the Champions League on Tuesday, a “joke.” The round-of-16 second leg at Stamford Bridge was finely poised at 1-1 on aggregate with the Blues winning 1-0 on the night through a Raheem Sterling goal when Ben Chilwell‘s

5:08 PM ET Chelsea beat Borussia Dortmund at Stamford Bridge 2-0 on Tuesday to book their place in the Champions League quarterfinals and ease the mounting pressure on head coach Graham Potter. Needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Germany three weeks ago, Chelsea made a fast start but had to