8:30 AM ET Eintracht Frankfurt fans made sure to provide an atmosphere befitting of a UEFA Europa League semifinal as the Bundesliga side welcomed West Ham United to Deutsche Bank Park on Thursday. With a 2-1 lead carried over from the first leg, thousands of Frankfurt ultras in attendance welcomed their team on to the
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7:36 PM ET ESPN News Services A tearful Jose Mourinho salutes Roma supporters after beating Leicester in the Europa Conference League semifinals. Getty Images Jose Mourinho said a “sense of family” between his AS Roma club and their supporters was the biggest reason they reached the final of the Europa Conference League. The outspoken Portuguese coach
2:31 PM ET Associated Press West Ham fans are escorted by police through Frankfurt city center ahead of the Europa League semifinal second leg. Getty Images More than 30 arrests were made after supporters of West Ham and Eintracht Frankfurt clashed before their Europa League semifinal second leg, police said Thursday. Frankfurt police said in a
2:13 PM ET Roman Abramovich has dismissed suggestions he is seeking any financial return from selling Chelsea. A spokesman for the Russian oligarch issued a statement through the club’s website on Thursday denying claims that he explored the possibility of seeking repayment on the £1.6 billion ($2bn) loan owed to him by the Blues as
4:58 PM ET Eintracht Frankfurt celebrate Rafael Borre’s early second-leg goal against West Ham. Getty Images Eintracht Frankfurt beat 10-man West Ham United 1-0 in their Europa League semifinal second leg on Thursday to reach their first European final in 42 years with a 3-1 aggregate victory. In front of a deafening 48,000 crowd, Rafael Borre
11:28 AM ET Investment group RedBird Capital Partners is in talks with the owners of Italian soccer club AC Milan about a possible deal, emerging as a rival to Bahrain-domiciled fund Investcorp, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. RedBird is an investor in Fenway Sports Group, the owner of Liverpool FC
12:33 PM ET Edinson Cavani has said Cristiano Ronaldo‘s arrival at Manchester United made him consider leaving the club. Cavani’s season has been interrupted by injury and the 35-year-old striker has been limited to 18 appearances for the club in all competitions in a disappointing campaign that will end without a trophy and no Champions
11:27 AM ET Associated Press Chile allege that Ecuador’s Byron Castillo is Colombian. no_source A World Cup legal dispute flared on Thursday with Chile challenging Ecuador‘s place at the finals tournament over an alleged ineligible player. The Chilean football federation asked FIFA to investigate its claim that Ecuador player Byron Castillo is actually Colombian and not
4:30 AM ET It had been over 20 years since an MLS side could claim continental supremacy. JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images SEATTLE — You know something momentous has happened at a sporting event when no one wants to leave. Given the history that was made at Lumen Field on Wednesday, you couldn’t blame anyone connected
6:00 AM ET The Champions League final will be between Liverpool and Real Madrid — a rematch of the 2018 final — in Paris on May 28 after two thrilling semifinal second-leg clashes ended with Manchester City and Villarreal eliminated. ESPN’s Gabriele Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Julien Laurens give us their thoughts on the knockout