8:45 PM ET Paolo Rossi led Italy to World Cup glory in 1982. Mark Leech/Offside/Getty Images Paolo Rossi, the star of Italy‘s successful 1982 World Cup campaign, has died at the age of 64. The death of the former Juventus and AC Milan striker, who won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot in 1982 and made
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3:13 PM ET Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has warned Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang that “no one is undroppable” but backed the striker to overcome his recent dip in form. The Arsenal captain has scored just two Premier League goals all season and was a peripheral figure once again as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat in Sunday’s
1:47 PM ET In less than four weeks, barring some sort of rethink or extension, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. The impact extends to football. For example, as part of the EU, the Premier League could not impose restrictions on hiring foreigners from within the union and the larger European Economic Area
11:37 PM ET As 2020 nears its end, one would think that United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter could rest easy a bit. In the last game of the year, his U.S. side cruised to a 6-0 win over El Salvador, this coming off a 6-2 win over Panama last month. On Wednesday
6:43 PM ET Alex Kirkland Zinedine Zidane has denied he could stay at Real Madrid long enough to become the club’s Sir Alex Ferguson after saving his job with a 2-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach that saw them through to the Champions League last 16. – Ratings: Benzema 9/10 as Real Madrid secure last-16 passage–
5:58 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Zack Steffen kept a clean sheet as the goalkeeper became the latest United States international to make his Champions League debut in Manchester City‘s win over Marseille. Steffen got the nod to replace usual No.1 Manchester United on Saturday, and helped City to a 3-0 victory which was earned thanks
2:52 PM ET Mohamed Salah became Liverpool‘s all-time top scorer in the Champions League as they were held to a 1-1 draw away to Denmark’s FC Midtjylland on Wednesday having already secured top spot in Group D. Salah put the Premier League champions ahead in the first minute, latching on to a poor backpass and
5:26 PM ET Alex Kirkland Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid put in one of their best performances of the season to beat Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 and qualify for the Champions League’s last-16. Benzema’s first came inside the first 10 minutes as he nodded Lucas Vazquez‘s cross past Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer. Alassane Plea
12:54 PM ET Players and match officials took a knee and raised a fist before the resumption of Tuesday’s postponed Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir. The match was postponed until Wednesday after both teams walked off the pitch and refused to return following accusations that the fourth official, Sebastian Coltescu, had
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5:36 AM ET Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been fined $10,000 for social media posts that tarnished the “honour and image” of the Confederation of African Football after his Gabon team spent the night on an airport floor ahead of an African Cup of Nations qualifier last month. Aubameyang and his teammates were stuck at the airport
9:42 AM ET Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has said Manchester United are now one of the favourites to win the Europa League — but reiterated his belief Champions League clubs should not be allowed into the competition. United crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday night after a 3-2 defeat at RB Leipzig meant
7:41 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have doubts about whether Real Madrid or Juventus can afford Paul Pogba, sources have told ESPN. Agent Mino Raiola has announced his intention to find a new club for Pogba, who will not sign a new contract at Old Trafford according to the Italian. – Dawson: Is Solskjaer
2:06 PM ET This past summer, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the USWNT’s 2019 World Cup title, I took a look back at each of the country’s Women’s World Cup squads and ranked them. It was a fun exercise, and it reinforced a pretty simple idea: age balance matters. A country will usually only
4:23 AM ET Qatar will be included as a guest team in European World Cup qualifying Group A as part of their preparation for hosting the 2022 tournament, UEFA said on Tuesday. As hosts, Qatar qualify automatically for the 2022 World Cup and therefore have to rely on friendly games to get ready for the
3:00 PM ET A Chinese university women’s soccer team was forced to forfeit a match after a player’s hair was deemed to be “not black enough,” local media reported on Tuesday. Several players from the women’s teams of Fuzhou and Jimei universities were deemed to have violated a rule that prevents them from dying their
2:15 PM ET Borussia Dortmund forward Youssoufa Moukoko has become the youngest-ever player to feature in the Champions League after coming on against Zenit St Petersburg. Moukoko, 16 years and 24 days, has broken a 26-year-old record previously held by Celestine Babayaro. The former Nigeria international made his Champions League debut for Anderlecht in a
3:08 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his decision to drop Paul Pogba to the bench for Manchester United’s crucial Champions League clash with RB Leipzig had nothing to do with Mino Raiola’s explosive comments about his future. Pogba was named among the substitutes for the game in Germany — which United need
4:54 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and Weston McKennie added another as Juventus beat Barcelona 3-0 in a much-anticipated Group G finale on Tuesday. The win saw the Italians top the table on head-to head results with Barca, leaving Lionel Messi & Co. to settle for second place on a disappointing night at the
8:46 PM ET Exactly 4,632 days had passed since the first time Cristiano Ronaldo turned up at the Camp Nou and found that there was an impish little Barca-coloured magician in the opposition ranks. A fly in his ointment. That was Manchester United en route to winning the Champions League in 2008 — the first