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LaLiga leaders Barcelona‘s 125th anniversary celebrations were spoiled by Las Palmas who claimed a shock 2-1 win at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Saturday after Fabio Silva scored the winner to extend the hosts’ winless league run to three games. Barca remain on 34 points and lead second-placed Real Madrid by four but their rivals

Jeff Kassouf Nov 29, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States women’s national team won a fifth Olympic gold medal this year before a string of retirement announcements for veteran stars including Alex Morgan, Alyssa Naeher and Kelley O’Hara. After Saturday’s game against England at Wembley Stadium and next week’s showdown with

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 29, 2024, 08:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has said he has to prove himself all over again after Manchester City‘s six-game winless run and added the only reason there are not more questions about whether he should be sacked is because he’s won six of the last seven Premier

Open Extended Reactions WROXHAM (NOT WREXHAM), England — Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney stare across the bar in the clubhouse at Wroxham FC. Yet it isn’t the actual Hollywood A-list owners of Wrexham FC, but two life-size cardboard cut-outs of the men who have transformed the Welsh team from non-league no-hopers into one that could

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 28, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has said his Manchester United side are causing him to be “anxious” and “nervous” while the players get to grips with his tactical demands. Amorim recorded his first victory as United boss with a 3-2 win over Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 28, 2024, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United are up and running under new head coach Ruben Amorim after Rasmus Højlund handed the Portuguese coach his first win in his new job. On Thursday, Højlund scored twice as United came from behind to beat Bodø/Glimt 3-2 in

Open Extended Reactions Whether you spend it with relatives, members of your community or friends — or even your teammates — Thanksgiving is a meaningful opportunity to pause and connect with those in your life. This week and during their last camp of the year, the members of the U.S. women’s national team did just

Nov 27, 2024, 09:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Matchday five of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League is in the books and the 36-team table is starting to take shape. Paris Saint-Germain are facing an uphill task to qualify for the knockouts after losing to Bayern Munich, Real Madrid are struggling to deliver the performances

Multiple Contributors Nov 27, 2024, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool maintained their 100% start to the UEFA Champions League with a 2-0 win against Real Madrid on Wednesday that leaves the reigning European champions in danger of missing out qualification for the knockout stages. Second-half goals from Alexis Mac Allister

Open Extended Reactions Manchester City did the easy part by having manager Pep Guardiola sign a two-year contract extension at the Etihad Stadium earlier this month. However, the real challenge will be resolving the futures of the 16 first-team players whose own contracts are due to expire between now and the end of Guardiola’s new

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 26, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — For 75 minutes on Tuesday night, Manchester City were cruising against Feyenoord and heading to Liverpool on Sunday with a much-needed injection of confidence after a bruising run of five straight defeats. By the time manager Pep Guardiola walked back down

Open Extended Reactions Arteta and Arsenal needed to produce a moment of brilliance after some tough results, but thanks to Odegaard & Co., they did just that in Portugal on Tuesday night. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images LISBON, Portugal — Just when Arsenal were starting to wobble, Martin Odegaard produced a match-defining moment of quality.

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCNov 26, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1: Those are Kylian Mbappé‘s last eight Real Madrid games, and the goals he’s scored in that time. It’s his worst goal-scoring run at club level since 2021, and it’s a streak that has some impatient

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentNov 25, 2024, 03:54 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions United States goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher announced her international retirement on Monday, calling the past 15 years “the greatest honor.” Naeher, 36, will take part in a pair of upcoming

Nov 25, 2024, 12:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The MLS Cup playoffs are down to their final four. After No. 1 seed Inter Miami‘s ouster in Round One, Western Conference champions LAFC were eliminated in the semifinals by the Seattle Sounders. On the other side of Los Angeles, though, the stars seem to be

Open Extended Reactions Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. In this week’s

Nov 24, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions While Manchester City were slumping to their fifth straight defeat across all competitions, Liverpool extended their lead atop the Premier League table with a come-from-behind win over Southampton. The Reds now sit eight points ahead of the four-time defending English champions. In Spain, Valencia returned to

Open Extended Reactions IPSWICH, England — For 81 seconds, it all seemed so easy for Ruben Amorim. In his first game as Manchester United head coach, Marcus Rashford, the player who has embodied the club’s troubled recent past, had scored inside two minutes to make a dream start against Ipswich Town. Then reality bit, and