Month: May 2024

Julien Laurens, CorrespondentMay 8, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Luis Enrique will remain as PSG manager next season, sources have told ESPN, despite the club’s Champions League semifinal exit at the hands of Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. PSG have sacked managers in the past after falling short in the Champions League, but sources

May 8, 2024, 10:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for the semifinals! Europe’s premier club competition returns with a high-stakes, heavyweight match on Wednesday, providing exciting storylines, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play as Real Madrid host Bayern Munich in the second leg of the semifinals after a thrilling

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMay 8, 2024, 01:47 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions St. Louis City is among the MLS sides pursuing Borussia Dortmund attacker Marco Reus, sources have told ESPN. Reus, who will turn 35 at the end of this month,

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 8, 2024, 10:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United are interested in signing Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo this summer, sources have told ESPN. Adarabioyo is out of contract at Craven Cottage at the end of the season and could move to Old Trafford on a free transfer. – Stream on ESPN+:

Emily Keogh May 8, 2024, 09:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney, left, and Ryan Reynolds celebrate on a shared bus parade following promotion for both men’s and women’s teams last season. Jan Kruger/Getty Images NEWPORT, Wales — Wrexham A.F.C. are in a cup final. The weather might be dismal, but the rain is

Open Extended Reactions Brazil has moved ahead of a joint Germany-Belgium-Netherlands bid to stage the 2027 Women’s World Cup after being given a higher rating by FIFA’s technical inspection team ahead of next week’s vote to decide the host nation of the event. With a joint United States-Mexico bid being withdrawn last month in order

Julien Laurens, CorrespondentMay 8, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On one hand, there are positives to celebrate at Paris Saint-Germain: They’ve clinched yet another Ligue 1 title and a French Super Cup, they face a French cup final against Lyon (a team they’ve beaten by a combined 8-2 score over two games this

May 8, 2024, 08:07 AM ET French club Troyes have suspended four players and banned nine fans for throwing flares at each other at the abrupt conclusion of Saturday’s game with Valenciennes which left the team on the brink of their second successive relegation to the third tier. Troyes, who are owned by the Abu

Associated Press May 8, 2024, 07:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Football fans around the world will now have a day to celebrate the world’s most popular sport every year — May 25. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday proclaiming May 25 as World Football Day. The sport is called soccer in

Daniel Hajducky May 8, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The English Premier League and Fanatics have announced that, starting in June 2025, Fanatics Collectibles will become the exclusive provider of EPL trading cards, trading card games and stickers in a multi-year deal. “We are delighted to welcome Fanatics as the official sticker and

Open Extended Reactions Brighton have thrived with a model that gives players like (l-r) Leandro Trossard, Moisés Caicedo and Alexis Mac Allister the chance to earn moves to bigger clubs for big transfer fees. Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images BRIGHTON & HOVE, England — At a time when many clubs are struggling to comply with the Premier League‘s

ESPN News Services May 7, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Marco Reus called his return to the Champions League final — 11 years after first playing in it with Borussia Dortmund for the first time — “indescribable” as his team beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 on aggregate to cap an improbable run. Mats Hummels

Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Score this one for the unwanteds. The motley crew of strays and mutts, old yellers and foundlings from Dortmund scampered into the Parc des Princes and, just as they did in front of the Yellow Wall six days earlier, felled mighty Paris Saint-Germain, the team with the highest budget and,

ESPN News Services May 7, 2024, 06:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain had no shortage of chances and possession in their Champions League semifinal loss to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, but they didn’t have the one thing that mattered: goals. With nearly 70 percent of the ball and 30 shots in the 1-0

Borussia Dortmund reached their third Champions League final after Mats Hummels‘ second-half goal earned a 1-0 victory at Paris Saint-Germain for a 2-0 aggregate win on Tuesday. Hummels headed home from a corner five minutes into the second half to send the German club, who lifted the trophy in 1997, into their first final in

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 7, 2024, 03:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United‘s owners will take their time before making a decision about Erik ten Hag’s future, sources have told ESPN. Ten Hag’s position as manager is at risk following a disappointing season, but new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS team have continued

ESPN News Services May 7, 2024, 02:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States youth international Keyrol Figueroa has signed a professional contract with Liverpool, the Premier League club said Tuesday. The 17-year-old forward has impressed since moving to the Merseyside club when he was 14 and has consistently scored at different age levels. Liverpool

May 7, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for the semifinals! Europe’s premier club competition returns with a high-stakes match on Tuesday, providing exciting storylines, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play as Borussia Dortmund face off against Paris Saint-Germain, with the German side securing a 1-0 lead on