12:41 PM ET Another weekend of drama in European soccer brought a crushing defeat for Manchester United at their rivals, Manchester City, but that’s nothing compared to the scenes in Serie A as Milan took down Napoli to seize the league lead and keep the title race buzzing with intensity. There were also statement performances
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5:35 PM ET Queretaro manager Hernán Cristante said that his players have received death threats in the days following scenes of violence at a Liga MX soccer match that left 26 people injured, three critically. Queretaro’s home match against Atlas was halted on Saturday after brawls among fans in the stands spilled onto the pitch
4:58 PM ET Harry Kane celebrates scoring his second goal in Tottenham’s 5-0 win over Everton on Monday. Getty Images Harry Kane scored twice as Tottenham reignited their Champions League hopes with a thumping 5-0 win over relegation-threatened Everton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday. Kane’s double took him to 176 Premier League goals and
10:47 AM ET Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has identified a lack of ability to overcome adversity within the squad he inherited from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, sources have told ESPN, with only Scott McTominay and Luke Shaw regarded as consistently displaying those qualities since he took charge in December. United face a battle to
12:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Kevin De Bruyne said Manchester United‘s difficulties in adjusting to Ralf Rangnick’s pressing style might have contributed to the view that they threw in the towel towards the end of the derby defeat to Manchester City. United were accused by Sky Sports pundits and ex-United stars Gary Neville and Roy
3:22 PM ET Foreign players contracted to clubs in Ukraine and Russia have been given the freedom to sign for new teams outside the two countries as free agents after FIFA invoked temporary employment and registration rules. The emergency rules follow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ensure that all employment contracts of foreign players and
3:26 PM ET LAFC clung to the top spot of this week’s MLS Power Rankings, fighting back for a draw against the visiting Portland Timbers, but further down the order there were wild fluctuations in form. Are the New York Red Bulls for real after dominating Toronto FC? And a week after looking listless in
10:12 AM ET Kylian Mbappe is a major doubt for Paris Saint-Germain‘s Champions League round-of-16 second-leg clash with Real Madrid after suffering a foot injury in training on Monday, sources have told ESPN. The forward sustained the injury in a 50-50 challenge in training and stayed on the floor. He was examined by the club’s
8:26 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has reiterated his call for five substitutions to be reinstated in the Premier League, insisting that the change would favour the top-six clubs. The Premier League increased the number of substitutions permitted in a match to five when it restarted in June 2020 in the UK’s first coronavirus
8:53 AM ET Associated Press Jerome Valcke has now left FIFA. Getty Images Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi appeared in a Swiss court on Monday after federal prosecutors appealed against the verdicts in their September 2020 trial. The Swiss Federal Criminal Court said Valcke, al-Khelaifi and a third defendant,