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Wrexham beat Forest Green 6-0 on Saturday to earn promotion for a second-straight season as their movie-script story under Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney continues. MK Dons and Barrow dropped points, meaning Wrexham’s victory secured promotion to League One — English football’s third-tier — and another step closer to their owners’ dream of

Apr 12, 2024, 11:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Premier League clubs spent a total of £409.59 million ($509m) in agent fees across the last two transfer windows, with Chelsea spending more than any other team, figures released by the Football Association (FA) on Friday show. Chelsea paid £75m ($93m) to agents to sign players

Apr 12, 2024, 10:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The investigation into corruption inside the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) under former president Luis Rubiales has been expanded to include his successor, Pedro Rocha, a Madrid-based court said on Friday. The investigating judge decided to officially consider Rocha to be under investigation after hearing testimony from

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Apr 12, 2024, 08:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti has warned those writing off Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé, as well as Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham to “watch out” for the superstars. Bellingham, Haaland and Mbappé were all criticised after their Champions League performances this week. – Stream

ESPN News Services Apr 11, 2024, 04:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York City officials approved a plan Thursday to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City FC next to the New York Mets‘ stadium, Citi Field. The $780 million soccer stadium, expected to open in 2027, will anchor a

Jeff Kassouf Apr 10, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a disastrous Women’s World Cup, a new-look USWNT has bounced back with a strong Gold Cup and SheBelieves Cup. Where does that leave the players as Emma Hayes soon arrives to pick her Olympics roster? Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The SheBelieves Cup is in the

Apr 10, 2024, 05:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Six suspects were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the killing of South African footballer Luke Fleurs, who was shot when his car was hijacked in Johannesburg last week, police have confirmed. The 24-year-old former junior international, who played for one of the country’s most popular

Lizzy Becherano Apr 9, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTERREY, Mexico — Inter Miami CF head coach Gerardo Martino said Lionel Messi doesn’t need any “extra or special situation” to motivate him for the second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal match with Monterrey on Wednesday. Messi and Miami come into the

Connor O’Halloran Apr 9, 2024, 08:18 AM ET European football’s governing body UEFA has said it is aware of a terror threat made regarding this week’s Champions League quarterfinal ties, but said the matches will still go ahead as planned. A social media post, purporting to be from the Islamic State group, suggested it planned

Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerApr 9, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After being spotted during the recent Premier League skirmish between Manchester United and Liverpool, talk has been rife about a particular DIY modification made by André Onana to his kit. The United goalkeeper was spotted by fans on social media applying a

Open Extended Reactions It looks like Pep Guardiola was right all along about Phil Foden. The Manchester City manager always pleaded for patience when asked why the midfielder was being rotated, given game time every now and then and generally used as a reliable stand-in when more experienced teammates were rested or saved for a

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Apr 8, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Antonio Rüdiger said dealing with “super striker” Erling Haaland in Real Madrid’s Champions League quarterfinal with Manchester City is “personal” for him as a defender, as Madrid look for revenge for City eliminating them from last season’s competition. Rüdiger dealt well with

Open Extended Reactions For Harry Kane, facing Arsenal has always felt personal. The dead-eyed determination that has transformed him into one of the world’s elite strikers for England, Tottenham Hotspur and now Bayern Munich can be traced back in no small part to the painful rejection he experienced from the Gunners as a young boy.

Sheffield United striker Ollie McBurnie snatched a stoppage-team equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw at home to Chelsea in his side’s battle for Premier League survival on Sunday. The Blades remain bottom of the table on 16 points with seven games left, while Chelsea are ninth on 44 after extending their unbeaten run to seven

Mohamed Salah scored a late equaliser from a penalty as Liverpool escaped Old Trafford with a point in a 2-2 draw with Manchester United on Sunday to end the weekend second in the Premier League table. Salah stroked home in the 84th minute for his sixth league goal at Old Trafford, the most of any visiting

Apr 6, 2024, 09:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The end of the European soccer season is getting closer, with title races reaching their last stages and cup finals being decided. Saturday delivered some sensational action, with Marquinhos making history at Paris Saint-Germain, Christian Pulisic adding yet another goal to his tally, and Bayern Munich

Apr 6, 2024, 06:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Karim Benzema has hit back at critics of his performances since moving to Saudi Pro League side Al Ittihad, saying he needs help and can’t win games alone. The former Ballon d’Or winner became one of several high-profile names to move to Saudi Arabia last summer

Lindsey Horan converted a penalty kick in the 77th minute and the United States came from behind to defeat Japan 2-1 to open the SheBelieves Cup before a record crowd on Saturday. Jaedyn Shaw also scored for the United States in the match played before 50,644 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a record for a friendly

Bayern Munich squandered a two-goal lead to slump to a shock 3-2 loss at Heidenheim on Saturday that all but dashed the Bavarians’ slim Bundesliga title hopes with six games left to play. Tim Kleindienst completed a memorable comeback for the hosts in the 79th minute, leaving Bayern 16 points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentApr 5, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. The New York Red Bulls withdrew two of its youth teams from an MLS-run youth tournament in Florida Thursday following multiple incidents of racial abuse being directed at their players, the team