Month: February 2022

6:22 PM ET LONDON — If Arsenal needed any clarity on the high-wire act they have signed themselves up for on the run-in, Thursday’s dramatic 2-1 win over Wolves was it. Around the same time as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang added another goal to his burgeoning tally for Barcelona at Napoli, the Gunners turned to contract rebel

6:22 PM ET LONDON — If Arsenal needed any clarity on the high-wire act they have signed themselves up for on the run-in, Thursday’s dramatic 2-1 win over Wolves was it. Around the same time as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang added another goal to his burgeoning tally for Barcelona at Napoli, the Gunners turned to contract rebel

4:48 PM ET Barcelona turned in a classy display as they beat Napoli 4-2 in their Europa League playoff second leg at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium on Thursday to advance to the round of 16 by an aggregate score of 5-3. Ahead of the match, players from both teams held up a “Stop War”

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2:09 PM ET A Leicester City supporter who assaulted three Nottingham Forest players during the sides’ FA Cup fourth-round match has been sentenced to four months in prison and banned from attending soccer games for 10 years, the prosecutors said on Thursday. Cameron Toner, 19, ran onto the pitch and attacked Forest players while they

11:41 AM ET The Football Associations of Poland, Sweden and Czech Republic have released a statement urging FIFA to stage any World Cup playoff against Russia outside of the country following its attack on Ukraine. Russia face Poland and the winner of that match plays whoever triumphs between Sweden and Czech Republic in a playoff

9:47 AM ET Adriana Garcia Shakhtar Donetsk’s Marlon Santos spoke in the video appealing for help. Photo by Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images Shakhtar Donetsk‘s Brazilian players have appealed for help following Russia’s attack on Ukraine on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced martial law across the country on Thursday and the country’s top tier league

8:00 AM ET The Champions League‘s round of 16 is only at its midway point but we’ve already seen Manchester City fire five goals past Sporting CP, Dusan Vlahovic waste no time in announcing his arrival for Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain‘s Kylian Mbappe stun Real Madrid with his late winner. Manchester United had to rely

6:58 AM ET Saint Petersburg was originally scheduled to host the 2022 Champions League final. Richard Juilliart – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images UEFA is set to strip Saint Petersburg of the hosting rights for 2022 Champions League final, sources have told ESPN, after calling an extraordinary meeting of its Executive Committee following Russia’s attack on Ukraine

6:19 AM ET Several players from the United States women’s national team wore athletic tape on their wrists with “Protect Trans Kids” written on it during their SheBelieves Cup game against Iceland on Wednesday. The wristbands, worn during Wednesday’s game in Frisco, Texas, were a protest against a letter Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent to

12:53 AM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s national team won the 2022 SheBelieves Cup after beating Iceland 5-0 in a must-win game on Wednesday, and goal-scorers Catarina Macario and Mallory Pugh were among the players that successfully auditioned for the chance to lead the USWNT into the future. While the USWNT’s fifth SheBelieves Cup

12:03 AM ET Nicolas Samayoa celebrates Comunicaciones’ surprise win over the Colorado Rapids. Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Despite playing the final 74 minutes with a man advantage, the Colorado Rapids could manage just a 1-0 win over Guatemalan side Comunicaciones on Wednesday in Commerce City, Colo., and the visitors won a penalty shootout to advance to

11:22 PM ET The United States captured the SheBelieves Cup for a fifth time in seven tries with a 5-0 win over Iceland on Wednesday in Frisco, Texas. Catarina Macario scored exquisite goals in the 37th and 45th minutes and later assisted on the second of two goals by Mallory Pugh, who scored in the