6:44 PM ET LONDON — Arsenal sacked Unai Emery because they feared he was sending them into the wilderness. As it turns out, it didn’t stop him. Emery’s Villarreal side advanced to the Europa League final with a 0-0 draw at Emirates Stadium, earning a 2-1 aggregate win they deserved for being the better organised,
2:32 PM ET One day back in 2019, Atlanta United FC play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Egan ran into forward Josef Martinez in the parking lot of the team’s training facility. Egan asked Martinez how he was doing, and the Venezuela international responded, “Good. All I want to do is score goals.” Back then, Martinez was in
3:30 PM ET Adriana Garcia Eden Hazard has apologised to Real Madrid fans after laughing and joking with Chelsea players following his team’s exit from the Champions League. Cameras showed the Belgium international laughing with former teammate Kurt Zouma and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy on the Stamford Bridge pitch after Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat. Hazard, who spent
11:33 AM ET The United States women’s national team wil play a trio of June friendlies for preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. The USWNT will play a pair of matches at Houston’s BBVA Stadium, the first coming against Portugal on June 10 followed by Jamaica three days later. The final match will
7:16 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur are expected to save approximately £9 million ($12.5m) in compensation payments to Jose Mourinho after he accepted the head coach job at Roma, sources have told ESPN. The 58-year-old initially agreed a severance package worth around £20m ($27.8m) following his sacking by Spurs last month. That figure comprised Mourinho receiving
6:31 AM ET The image of Eden Hazard joking with Chelsea players after Real Madrid‘s Champions League elimination at Stamford Bridge has generated a “monumental” anger at the club, sources have told ESPN. Cameras showed the Belgium international laughing with former teammate Kurt Zouma and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy on the pitch after Madrid’s dream of
6:00 AM ET With the Champions League semifinals complete, Manchester City and Chelsea move on to the May 29 final, while Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid wonder where it all went wrong. We asked Gab Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Julien Laurens to answer some big questions. Who will win the final and why? Marcotti: Manchester
3:36 PM ET “I don’t think I have ever seen him play this well at club level. Not even at Juventus, where he was young and had the likes of Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal around him. He is at his absolute best at the moment and he is happy — you can tell.” Coming
6:51 PM ET Adam Brown The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: PSG holding out on Messi hopes Paris Saint-Germain
4:55 PM ET Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling was racially abused on Instagram less than 48 hours after English football’s social media boycott campaign came to an end. The abuse occurred after City’s Champions League semifinal victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) A spokesperson for Facebook,
5:14 PM ET Konrad de la Fuente has split time between Barca’s first team their B team this season. Photo by Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images United States international Konrad de la Fuente says it’s been difficult to bounce between Barcelona‘s first team and “B team” this season as he finally starts to feel the benefits
3:34 PM ET Striker Sam Kerr scored a goal in each half as Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 to move back to the top of the FA Women’s Super League on Wednesday ahead of the final round of games. The Blues are on course for a Quadruple this season having already won the League Cup
8:35 PM ET Fifteen-year-old Olivia Moultrie is suing the National Women’s Soccer League on anti-trust grounds over its refusal to allow her to play in the because of her age. The NWSL requires players to be at least 18 years of age in order to play. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Portland,
4:54 PM ET Chelsea reached their first Champions League final since 2012 as goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount secured a 2-0 victory Real Madrid in their semifinal second leg at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday to win the tie 3-1 on aggregate. Their away goal in Madrid had given Chelsea a narrow advantage heading
6:44 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea‘s ruthlessness has consumed many managers but Thomas Tuchel embraced it from day one, and that attitude has taken them to a Champions League final following a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. He replaced Frank Lampard 99 days ago ostensibly to mould the expensively acquired
2:14 PM ET UEFA are ready to pursue severe disciplinary action against clubs who signed up to the Super League and have yet to sufficiently distance themselves from the project, multiple sources familiar with the situation have told ESPN. This could result in the maximum punishment under the organisation’s disciplinary pathway, which is a two-year
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12:29 PM ET Marco Mancosu revealed in an Instagram post he had surgery for a cancerous tumour in March. Danilo Di Giovanni/Getty Images Marco Mancosu, the captain of promotion-chasing Italian Serie B side Lecce, said he is determined to finish the season before finding out whether he requires chemotherapy after undergoing surgery for a tumour. Mancosu,
4:00 AM ET When Barcelona host Atletico Madrid on Saturday, and Sevilla travel to reigning champions Real Madrid the following day, each club will be within four games of potentially becoming Spain’s champions. This is the tightest (six points separate first from fourth), most open (four teams) La Liga title race in living memory. Still
7:48 AM ET The Premier League has rescheduled games to allow for home fans for every team. Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images The Premier League said on Wednesday a limited number of supporters would be permitted to return to stadiums for the final two rounds of the 2020-21 season, with attendance restricted to home fans. Matches