Football

7:38 PM ET A consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly and backed by Clearlake Capital has won the bid to acquire Premier League club Chelsea, the team announced on Friday. The sale, which has a total value of £4.25bn ($5.25bn) is expected to complete in late May subject to all necessary regulatory

9:07 AM ET Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said Real Madrid will be “favourites” when they meet in the Champions League final later this month. Madrid produced a remarkable last-minute comeback against Manchester City on Wednesday to force extra-time before striker Karim Benzema netted a penalty to send the club to the final against Liverpool

4:00 AM ET Manchester City have created plenty of history under Pep Guardiola, but they may now be heading for the ignominy of adding their name to the list of sport’s biggest chokers. To make matters worse, City’s failings could fast-track Liverpool‘s path to an unprecedented quadruple. 2 Related This week has reminded us that

2:13 PM ET Roman Abramovich has dismissed suggestions he is seeking any financial return from selling Chelsea. A spokesman for the Russian oligarch issued a statement through the club’s website on Thursday denying claims that he explored the possibility of seeking repayment on the £1.6 billion ($2bn) loan owed to him by the Blues as

4:30 AM ET It had been over 20 years since an MLS side could claim continental supremacy. JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images SEATTLE — You know something momentous has happened at a sporting event when no one wants to leave. Given the history that was made at Lumen Field on Wednesday, you couldn’t blame anyone connected

6:00 AM ET The Champions League final will be between Liverpool and Real Madrid — a rematch of the 2018 final — in Paris on May 28 after two thrilling semifinal second-leg clashes ended with Manchester City and Villarreal eliminated. ESPN’s Gabriele Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Julien Laurens give us their thoughts on the knockout

6:57 PM ET MADRID — Pep Guardiola might just be starting to believe that he will never win the Champions League with Manchester City. Leading by two goals on aggregate against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu and just a matter of stoppage time away from facing Liverpool in the final, City imploded to commit

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3:00 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.

6:21 PM ET VILLARREAL, Spain — Liverpool march on in their pursuit of the Quadruple. Though they can now prepare for a 10th Champions League final later this month, against either Manchester City or Real Madrid in Paris, it required another display of the club’s incredible resilience in European competition on Tuesday to seal a

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6:45 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Atletico Madrid‘s players will not give LaLiga champions Real Madrid a guard of honour ahead of Sunday’s derby, the club has said, calling the idea “an attempt at ridicule” and “an exaggerated, artificial controversy.” Madrid will visit Atletico’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium having already wrapped up the LaLiga title

6:25 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — The first game at Old Trafford this season was a summer friendly against Brentford that Manchester United fans were desperate to get into. The last was a Premier League game against the same opposition that some couldn’t wait to leave. The optimism of that post-lockdown warm-up game

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5:38 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus‘s plans to play a preseason tournament in the United States are at risk of collapse, sources have told ESPN. The three clubs, who continue to lead the push for a European Super League, had hoped to play a series of exhibition games in

6:41 PM ET What a weekend! Real Madrid clinched LaLiga, Burnley and Everton both rode out wins to keep their respective hopes of avoiding Premier League relegation alive, and the Bundesliga had tons of drama as Borussia Dortmund lost a seven-goal thriller despite leading with less than 10 minutes to go. There was also fun

3:49 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola says Manchester City won’t crack under the pressure of their relentless title race with Liverpool. City moved back to the top of the table with a 4-0 win over Leeds United at Elland Road on Saturday just hours after Liverpool had won 1-0 at Newcastle United. – ESPN+

5:00 AM ET There’s no question that Real Madrid are not only the best team in Spain, but also worthy champions of LaLiga. During their title march there have been guts, glory, magnificence, intensity and, from Karim Benzema, one of the great single-season performances of any footballer for Los Blancos in living memory. None of