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Oct 26, 2023, 08:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona host Real Madrid on Saturday in the first Clasico of the 2023-24 LaLiga season. Who will win and get an early edge in the title race? Illustration by ESPN Saturday is a special day in LaLiga as we get our first Clasico of the 2023-24 season

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Oct 25, 2023, 04:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona have apologized to Vinícius Júnior after a club director posted on social media that the treatment he receives is “not racism” and that he deserves a “slap for being a clown.” Miquel Camps, who is on Barça’s board, made the comment

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 25, 2023, 05:48 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions PARIS — They’ve spent millions over the past couple of seasons, had superstars come and

Oct 24, 2023, 11:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Major League Soccer regular season? It’s over. Decision Day? Come and gone. That leaves the MLS Cup playoffs, which kick off Wednesday with the wild-card round. The wild card sees the eighth and ninth seeds in each of the Eastern and Western conferences square off

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 24, 2023, 08:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag branded Manchester United‘s 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen as a “narrow escape” after André Onana‘s stoppage time penalty save earned a first Champions League victory — and the team’s first points in Europe — of the season. United got off the

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 24, 2023, 06:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — On a night when Manchester United honoured one of their heroes, they found two unlikely ones in Harry Maguire and André Onana. The build-up to Tuesday’s Champions League clash with FC Copenhagen was dominated by tributes to Man United legend Sir

Oct 24, 2023, 09:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions There has never been a season like the 2023 campaign in the 28-year history of Major League Soccer. There’s been hype, sure, when the league began in 1996 and when David Beckham arrived little more than a decade later. But this? Lionel Messi signing for Inter

Tottenham Hotspur‘s best start to a top-flight season for more 60 years got even better as a 2-0 home win over Fulham sent them two points clear at the Premier League summit on Monday. Captain Son Heung-Min‘s seventh league goal of the campaign and James Maddison‘s first home strike for the club secured a seventh

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCOct 23, 2023, 12:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sevilla and Real Madrid battled to an ill-tempered 1-1 draw in a game that had more controversial moments than brilliant ones. Fran Santiago/Getty Images The international break ended and club football returned across Europe with a packed slate of big results and

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. – How VAR

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Oct 22, 2023, 06:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez praised the fearless Marc Guiu after the 17-year-old came off the bench to score the only goal of the game in his debut against Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Guiu was introduced with just over 10 minutes left at

Manuel Locatelli secured a 1-0 win for Juventus at AC Milan in Serie A on Sunday with a second-half strike, after the hosts were reduced to 10 men when defender Malick Thiaw received a direct red card. It was a must-see game for fans of the United States as star national team players Christian Pulisic

Oct 22, 2023, 12:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jose Mourinho has said he doesn’t understand why he was sent off for making a crying gesture towards the end of Roma’s 1-0 victory against Monza on Sunday. A 90th-minute goal from Stephan El Shaarawy secured the win for Roma against Monza who were down to

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 21, 2023, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It took 77 minutes of the game against Sheffield United, but eventually Manchester United came up with a fitting tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton. Charlton was famous during his playing career for spectacular strikes from outside the box and the former England and United

Oct 21, 2023, 06:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The international break is over and with that, another Saturday of European football has come and gone. If you had checked the box scores, you’d think there were few surprises as the weekend’s action got underway, but those full-time figures tell only half the story. We

Oct 21, 2023, 11:07 AM ET Manchester United and England legend Sir Bobby Charlton has died at the age of 86, the Premier League club announced on Saturday. Charlton was part of England’s World Cup-winning side in 1966, and two years later scored twice as Manchester United won the European Cup at Wembley. A club

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 01:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Veronica Latsko scored in the 87th minute to give OL Reign a 1-0 victory over Angel City FC on Friday night in the opening round of the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs. Phoebe McClernon whipped a cross into the box and Latsko beat her

ESPN News Services Oct 20, 2023, 01:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentine World Cup winner Alejandro “Papu” Gómez has been given a two-year ban for failing an anti-doping test, his Italian club Monza announced Friday. Gomez tested positive last October while playing for Sevilla, shortly before joining the Argentina squad that went on to