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8:21 AM ET Juventus are under investigation over transfers between 2019 and 2021. Photo by Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Italian finance police have searched the offices of Serie A club Juventus in Turin and Milan, seeking documents relating to transfers between 2019 and 2021, a prosecutor said. Juventus, who are Italy’s most successful club with 36

1:30 AM ET A game Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson intended to treat as a World Cup final dress rehearsal instead proved a reality check, with the United States handing Australia a 3-0 defeat in Sydney. A record home Matildas crowd of 36,109 fans packed Accor Stadium but they were silenced after just 24 seconds when

11:24 AM ET Either European champions Italy or Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Portugal will miss out on World Cup after being drawn in the same playoff path in Friday’s draw. It means either Ronaldo and the 2016 European champions, or four-time World Cup winners Italy, will miss out on the tournament next year. Italy finished as runners-up

Nov 25, 2021 ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae explains why it’s impossible to fully discuss league matters at the moment without the COVID-19 factor, as the pandemic impacts everyday German life. I realise COVID-19 is not what every Bundesliga fan wants to read about, but it’s undeniably having a huge say in the course

6:59 PM ET Larrys Mabiala scored a dramatic goal in the 90th minute as the visiting Portland Timbers earned a 1-0 victory over the top-seeded Colorado Rapids on Thursday to advance to the Western Conference final. Mabiala scored for the second straight postseason game during a scramble following a corner kick. Felipe Mora had his

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6:00 AM ET Matchday 5 of the Champions League group stage saw another clutch of Europe’s biggest club secure their place in the knockout phase with Chelsea, Inter Milan, Manchester City, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Sporting CP all putting the names in the hat for the round-of-16 draw. We asked Mark Ogden,

6:22 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Publicly at least, Mauricio Pochettino is happy at Paris Saint-Germain and not distracted by the possibility of managing Manchester United, but you would never have guessed it from his pained expression on the touchline during his team’s 2-1 Champions League defeat at Manchester City. Second-half goals from Raheem Sterling

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1:48 PM ET Even by Kylian Mbappe‘s really high standards, his form heading into Wednesday’s Champions League game at Manchester City is breathtaking: 10 games, 11 goals and nine assists. In his last 10 matches for France and Paris Saint-Germain, across the UEFA Nations League, World Cup qualifying, Ligue 1 and the Champions League, against

5:58 PM ET LONDON — Trevoh Chalobah and Reece James set Chelsea on their way to a commanding 4-0 victory over Juventus and a Champions League last-16 spot, but the pair’s ongoing emergence is strengthening the club in other notable ways. The serenity with which the Blues have negotiated the formative months of this season

4:41 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent VILLARREAL, Spain — The Manchester United-owning Glazer family, as well as executive vice-president Ed Woodward and director Richard Arnold, will no doubt celebrate the team’s 2-0 win over Villarreal to reach the knockout rounds of the Champions League as Group F winners, but they don’t deserve to. By botching the

4:45 AM ET Manchester United are back in the market for a new manager, for the fifth time since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013, after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s 35-month reign in charge came to an end on Sunday. The absence of a proven — and available — candidate to replace Solskjaer has prompted United

5:43 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain have made contact with Zinedine Zidane in case of a potential departure of manager Mauricio Pochettino, sources have told ESPN. The former Real Madrid manager is the No. 1 candidate for the club’s owners if they lose Pochettino to Manchester United. – Ogden: Can Man United do what it takes

10:58 AM ET The weekend in European soccer was full of talking points as per usual: Manchester United‘s latest defeat led to the long-awaited exit of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Xavi’s official debut as Barcelona manager was a winning one, and Liverpool shrugged off a red-hot Arsenal team with ease at Anfield. There were lessons learned

4:30 AM ET Manchester United failed to take their first opportunity to hire Mauricio Pochettino as manager, but they can’t afford to miss their second chance following Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s departure on Sunday. It will require ambition and a readiness to pay whatever it will take to get him, but sources have told ESPN that

3:54 PM ET Xavi, right, got a win in his official first game as Barcelona manager. It was far from perfect, but there’s something he, and they, can build on. JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images The weekend will be dominated by events at Manchester United, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was finally relieved of his managerial duties,

8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent In an alternate universe, Mauricio Pochettino’s Manchester United have just cruised past Watford to keep pace with the Premier League leaders and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is preparing his Molde team for a trip to Brann. Instead, the reality is that Solskjaer, who was meant to hand over the reins to