Month: May 2024

Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Champions League final is set — 14-time winners Real Madrid will face 1997 champions Borussia Dortmund at Wembley on June 1 aiming to succeed Manchester City by lifting the trophy in London. Madrid be overwhelming favourites with Carlo Ancelotti’s side having just clinched a record-extending 36th LaLiga title. In contrast,

Associated Press May 9, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FIFA has been warned of legal action from players and national leagues if it does not backtrack on adding new and bigger competitions to the congested calendar of men’s international football. In a letter sent by global players union FIFPRO and the World Leagues

Associated Press May 9, 2024, 11:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Luxury box owners at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium have said that for the 2026 World Cup they expect FIFA to respect a 60-year-old deal that gives owners unlimited access to their seats for 99 years. FIFA, meanwhile, has said it wants full control of

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterMay 9, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Union have signed 14-year-old Cavan Sullivan to the largest homegrown contract in Major League Soccer history, with an agreement to transfer the phenom to English Premier League power

Adriana Garcia May 9, 2024, 07:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlético Madrid have won an appeal to overturn a two-game partial stadium ban imposed by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after Athletic Club player Nico Williams suffered racist abuse during a league game between the sides. The RFEF’s Appeals Committee also annulled in Thursday’s

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 9, 2024, 08:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsí has signed a new contract until 2027, with his release clause rising to €500 million ($536m), the club said on Thursday. Cubarsí, 17, only agreed his first professional contract with Barça last year, but his emergence in the

Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentMay 9, 2024, 06:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The auction for the napkin which famously launched Lionel Messi‘s Barcelona career as a 13-year-old opened this week with a guide price of £300,000-£500,000 ($374,700-$624,500). Bidding for the item stands at £220,000 and will be open with the British auction house Bonhams until

Adriana Garcia May 9, 2024, 05:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has backed manager Mauricio Pochettino amid speculation around his future, saying he has been impressed by the team’s upturn in form and “beautiful football.” Chelsea followed their 2-0 win over Tottenham last Thursday with a resounding 5-0 triumph over West

Adriana Garcia May 9, 2024, 05:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vinícius Júnior has dismissed speculation that he could win the Ballon d’Or and is instead focused on helping Real Madrid lift the Champions League trophy for a record-extending 15th time. Named the player of the match in Madrid’s 2-1 Champions League semifinal second-leg triumph

May 9, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 Champions League semifinals are all wrapped up with plenty of drama, an upset and heartbreak. Borussia Dortmund delivered the final blow to beat Paris Saint-Germain on their own ground in France, leaving Kylian Mbappé without a European trophy as he prepares to make his

Adam Brown May 8, 2024, 08:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The summer transfer window won’t reopen in Europe for a while yet, but there are plenty of moves in the works and gossip is swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 8, 2024, 07:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid forward Joselu said “even my best dreams” couldn’t come close to his match-winning Champions League performance on Wednesday, after scoring twice in three minutes to beat Bayern Munich 2-1. Substitute Alphonso Davies had put Bayern ahead in the 68th minute

Open Extended Reactions Amnesty International has challenged FIFA to publish a review investigating its responsibilities towards migrant workers harmed while building stadia and infrastructure in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup. The independent review, commissioned by FIFA following the tournament between November and December of 2022, had its findings approved by the FIFA Council in

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCMay 8, 2024, 07:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Before this Champions League semifinal second leg, coach Thomas Tuchel said his Bayern Munich players needed to “connect with their inner child” at the Santiago Bernabeu, remembering childhood dreams of playing in games like this. On Wednesday, Real Madrid showed why

May 8, 2024, 06:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Thomas Tuchel said the linesman apologised to him for a late offside call in Bayern Munich’s Champions League semifinal exit at the hands of Real Madrid on Wednesday, while Matthijs de Ligt described the call as a “disgrace.” De Ligt thought he had equalised in stoppage-time

Real Madrid‘s Joselu scored twice in the final minutes as they fought back from the brink of elimination to reach the Champions League final with a dramatic 2-1 second-leg win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday that sent them through 4-3 on aggregate. Real progressed to their sixth Champions League final in 10 years and will