5:08 PM ET RB Leipzig fought back to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 at home in a pulsating Champions League Group H clash on Wednesday that kept them on course for a round-of-16 spot while putting the French side, who finished the game with nine men, in a precarious position. Angel Di Maria had given PSG
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10:12 PM ET Major League Soccer players Rodolfo Pizarro and Jonathan dos Santos have been called into Mexico‘s men’s squad for friendlies in Austria against South Korea and Japan, although Sporting Kansas City‘s Alan Pulido misses out. Pulido would likely have missed the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs with Sporting KC due to
2:51 PM ET Basaksehir celebrated a stunning win over Manchester United on Monday. Salih Zeki Fazlıoglu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Manchester United were stunned 2-1 at Basaksehir in their Champions League Group H match on Wednesday. The hosts jumped out to a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from former Chelsea striker Demba Ba and Edin Visca
4:24 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has brushed off suggestions he could be sacked following the humiliating Champions League defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir. United lost 2-1 in Turkey on Wednesday to increase the pressure on Solskjaer’s position. – Ratings: Fernandes, Matic both 4/10 in shock defeat– Stream ESPN FC Daily
5:26 PM ET LONDON — There were more than a few eyebrows raised when Timo Werner gave up a chance to play in the Champions League quarterfinals last season. The 24-year-old had agreed his £47.6 million move to Chelsea but RB Leipzig still had a last-eight European tie to play, their path to a possible
Manchester United lost in the group stage of this season’s UEFA Champions League for the first time as they were humbled in a 2-1 loss to Istanbul Basaksehir on Wednesday night. A bizarre lapse of judgement on the halfway line allowed Demba Ba a breakaway to open the scoring before Edin Visca made it two,
4:50 PM ET Timo Werner led Chelsea to victory over Rennes. Ben Stansall/PA Images via Getty Images Chelsea continued their strong start in the Champions League with a 3-0 win against Rennes in a game marred by VAR controversy at Stamford Bridge. Frank Lampard’s side got off to the perfect start when Timo Werner won and
10:44 AM ET Sergio Ramos and Real Madrid have begun conversations over a new contract for the defender, multiple sources have told ESPN. Both parties are keen for the club captain to extend his deal at the Santiago Bernabeu with Ramos’ contract expiring in June 2021. The defender would be free to negotiate with other
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9:19 AM ET Jose Mourinho has launched an impassioned defence of Harry Kane after the Tottenham striker was criticised for “winning” a penalty against Brighton and insisted Spurs’ Premier League rivals deserve greater scrutiny for exaggerating contact in the box. The opening goal of Sunday’s 2-1 win over Brighton came from the penalty spot after
4:35 PM ET As Paul Pogba approached the interview area at Old Trafford only 15 minutes after Sunday’s 1-0 defeat against Arsenal, you could see the frustration, the anger and the disappointment on his face. A little joke hardly made him smile. He was live on French TV, and he had a message to send
9:00 AM ET Rennes could be forgiven for thinking they had seen the last of Petr Cech. The legendary goalkeeper’s announcement in January 2019 that he would retire at the end of that season turned Arsenal‘s deep Europa League run into a personal farewell tour that took him back to where it all began for
4:53 PM ET Porto ran out easy winners vs. Marseille. Getty Porto beat Marseille 3-0 in Group C on Tuesday, inflicting a record 12th consecutive defeat in the Champions League on the French club and leaving Andre Villas Boas’s team on the brink of elimination. Moussa Marega, Sergio Oliveira with a penalty and Luis Diaz found
4:53 PM ET Rodrygo was the hero as Real Madrid claimed a late victory over Inter Milan. Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images Real Madrid boosted their chances of reaching the Champions League knockout stages after a late winner by substitute Rodrygo gave them a 3-2 home victory over Inter Milan in an absorbing Group B clash
5:04 PM ET Robert Lewandowski was on the scoresheet as Bayern Munich secured all three points against RB Salzburg. Photo by M. Donato/FC Bayern via Getty Images Bayern Munich came from behind to crush FC Salzburg 6-2 with two goals from Robert Lewandowski, stretching their record winning run in the Champions League to 14 consecutive games
4:49 PM ET Striker Diogo Jota netted his first hat-trick for Liverpool as they thrashed Atalanta 5-0 on Tuesday in a blistering performance to go five points clear at the top of Champions League Group D after three straight wins. Jota‘s treble continued his scintillating start to his Liverpool career while Mohamed Salah and Sadio
5:16 PM ET Alex Kirkland Sergio Ramos scored his 100th goal for Real Madrid as they beat Internazionale 3-2 on Tuesday night to maintain their chances of qualifying from Champions League Group B. A busy first half saw Marco Asensio have a shot tipped over the bar by keeper Samir Handanovic with just three minutes
4:32 PM ET There are moments when the focus of an international manager veers decidedly toward near-term concerns. Who is in form? Who is fit? Who is the next opponent? But there are also those occasions when a manager can allow him or herself to scan the horizon and look to the future. In the
1:43 PM ET Schalke players celebrate a goal in their first win for eight months. Photo by Lukas Schulze/Getty Images Schalke ended their 22-match winless run that stretched back to February with a 4-1 victory over amateurs Schweinfurt on Tuesday in a postponed German Cup first-round match. It was not the biggest stage, but it was
2:32 PM ET Argentina football legend Diego Maradona will undergo emergency surgery to treat a subdural hematoma, a blood clot on the brain, his personal physician told reporters on Tuesday, after he was admitted to a hospital a day earlier. Maradona was admitted to the Ipensa clinic in La Plata on Monday with anemia, dehydration