4:58 AM ET Manchester United have announced that Juan Mata will leave when his contract expires in June. Mata, 34, follows Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard in leaving United. The pair announced their departure from Old Trafford on Wednesday. Former Chelsea and Valencia midfielder Mata signed for United in January 2014 for £37 million. He
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7:15 AM ET KYIV, Ukraine — On the ninth floor of an apartment building near the local zoo, a group of friends gathered to watch a soccer game. Outside the sun set on the first day of summer in the capital city. They all checked the time. A little more than an hour remained before
10:38 PM ET United States captain Christian Pulisic was critical of the level of American support from the crowd of 19,512 at TQL Stadium during a 3-0 victory over Morocco on Wednesday night in the first of four World Cup warmup matches in June. “For whatever reason, I’m not super happy with the amount of
5:07 PM ET Argentina marked the revival of the Cup of Champions in style as they outclassed Italy 3-0 in a heavyweight clash billed as the “Finalissima” at a raucous Wembley Stadium on Wednesday. First-half goals by Lautaro Martinez and Angel Di Maria put the south American champions in complete control against an Italy side
9:23 PM ET The United States cruised past Morocco with an impressive 3-0 friendly win at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio on Wednesday night, with the team playing the first of four June matches serving as tuneups for the World Cup in November. First-half goals from Brenden Aaronson and Timothy Weah set the U.S. on
4:38 PM ET Ukraine‘s World Cup dream remains very much alive after they beat Scotland 2-1 in their playoff semifinal at Hampden Park on Wednesday to set up a winner-take-all clash with Wales for a spot in Qatar. Playing their first official game since Russia’s invasion of the country in February, Ukraine put in a
5:50 PM ET GLASGOW, Scotland — Ukraine are 90 minutes away from the World Cup. For a country that is fighting for its very existence following Russia’s invasion in February, to even think about the insignificance of qualifying for a football tournament is difficult to comprehend, but Ukraine’s 3-1 win against Scotland in their World
9:00 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Gareth Bale has thanked Real Madrid for helping him “create moments that will live forever” in an open letter confirming that he is leaving the club after nine years in Spain. Bale, 32 — who has featured in just seven Madrid games, starting four of them, in an
10:26 AM ET Alan Pardew has left CSKA Sofia after joining the club in April. Photo by Laurens Lindhout/Soccrates/Getty Images Alan Pardew has left his managerial and technical director role at CSKA Sofia in protest after his Black players were racially abused by the club’s own supporters. Pardew and Alex Dyer, the club’s first Black assistant
10:53 AM ET Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron and government members said they are “sad and sorry” for 2,700 Liverpool fans who had a ticket but couldn’t get into the stadium amid disorder and chaos at the Champions League final in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, where Liverpool lost to Real Madrid 1-0. The