Football

4:00 AM ET Turmoil at Manchester United spells concern for managerial candidates. PLUS: Chelsea rivals eye free agents amid ownership crisis. Jump to: Rival clubs swarm Chelsea free agents | U.S. investors eye LaLiga’s Espanyol | Argentina look to lure Utd youngster from Spain | Mother hands son to police after Liga MX incident |

6:02 PM ET Roman Abramovich has been an untouchable billionaire free to bankroll Chelsea‘s unprecedented success for almost two decades, but that changed on Thursday morning. The U.K. government announced sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs with what it believes are close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s murderous regime, with the move following two weeks

10:59 AM ET Major League Soccer has announced it will leverage a $25m loan with Black banks. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Major League Soccer has announced a partnership with the National Black Bank Foundation (NBBF) that will see the league leverage a $25 million loan with Black banks. “Major League Soccer’s partnership with the National Black Bank

4:29 AM ET The U.K. government said on Thursday it had imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen including Roman Abramovich, Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska and Dmitri Lebedev after they were added to the country’s sanctions list. “There can be no safe havens for those who have supported Putin’s vicious assault on Ukraine,” U.K. prime

7:11 PM ET MADRID — It was written in the stars that a Frenchman would shine at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night, when Real Madrid hosted Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League round-of-16 second leg. It just wasn’t the one we all expected. For his big audition in the Spanish capital ahead of a

Mar 8, 2022 On Saturday Feb. 26, after PSG’s brilliant 3-1 win against Saint-Etienne in Paris in which he shone and twice set up Kylian Mbappe for goals, Lionel Messi travelled to Barcelona on his private jet. Before you jump to any conclusions, though: it was for his wife’s birthday. Antonela turned 34 that weekend,

Mar 8, 2022 Thibaut Courtois isn’t simply the world’s No. 1 goalkeeper. In fact, his imperious form is such that he’s easily among the top three or four footballers — any position, any club. Were the Ballon d’Or Award moved to this week instead of December, Courtois would be mighty close to becoming the first

10:42 AM ET Chris Henderson has compared the rebuilding job he is doing as sporting director of Inter Miami CF to that of the expansion season he experienced with the Seattle Sounders in 2009. Yet that’s arguably an understatement considering just how onerous his current task is. With Seattle more than a decade ago, Henderson,

4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Having recently moved on top prospects such as Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich), Dominik Szoboszlai, Naby Keita and Amadou Haidara (all RB Leipzig) to the Bundesliga, as well as Patson Daka (Leicester) and Sadio Mane (Southampton) to the Premier League, FC Salzburg‘s turnover of talent seems to

12:41 PM ET Another weekend of drama in European soccer brought a crushing defeat for Manchester United at their rivals, Manchester City, but that’s nothing compared to the scenes in Serie A as Milan took down Napoli to seize the league lead and keep the title race buzzing with intensity. There were also statement performances

3:26 PM ET LAFC clung to the top spot of this week’s MLS Power Rankings, fighting back for a draw against the visiting Portland Timbers, but further down the order there were wild fluctuations in form. Are the New York Red Bulls for real after dominating Toronto FC? And a week after looking listless in

5:17 PM ET Ahead of their midweek Champions League showdown, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain endured mixed fortunes. Elsewhere, Jesse Marsch made his Premier League managerial debut, Thomas Muller scored an “unforgettable” own goal and Manchester United had a derby day they will want to forget. Here are Alex Kirkland, Ryan O’Hanlon, Andrew Cesare Richardson

12:53 AM ET LAFC faced an uphill battle, trailing 1-0 on the second bicycle kick goal in two weeks by the Portland Timbers‘ Yimmi Chara, and with star forward Carlos Vela subbed out as a precaution for an injury to open the second half. The home side was gifted a red card for Portland, however,

2:59 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — David Moyes was once ridiculed for saying that Manchester United should aspire to be like Manchester City, but the former United manager was right when he said it in 2014 and it still rings true today, following another City derby win on Sunday — 4-1 this time — which

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5:10 PM ET Roman Abramovich has taken what he describes as an “incredibly difficult” decision to sell Chelsea, but the uncertainty surrounding the club is far from over. The 55-year-old initially attempted to separate the Blues from any potential personal sanction from the UK government relating to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last Saturday, announcing the

3:57 PM ET Adam Brown Liverpool kept pressure on Manchester City in the title race on Saturday evening as they secured a narrow 1-0 victory over West Ham United at Anfield. The Reds almost got off to the dream start as Trent Alexander-Arnold picked out Mohamed Salah, but the Egypt international’s effort was too close

10:28 AM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s national team won its fifth SheBelieves Cup, the annual spring invitational hosted by U.S. Soccer. But the tournament wasn’t so much about lifting the trophy as it was about playing the kids. Head coach Vlatko Andonovski did exactly that, giving chances to players who haven’t yet earned