Football

2:48 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho sent Manchester United into the Champions League round of 16 as Michael Carrick’s interim tenure started with a 2-0 win over Villarreal at La Ceramica on Tuesday. Portugal captain Ronaldo has scored in each of United’s five Champions League matches so far — and netted either a
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9:09 AM ET Sir Alex Ferguson will have no formal role in the search for Manchester United‘s next manager, sources have told ESPN, with football director John Murtough and technical director Darren Fletcher given the responsibility of identifying and assessing candidates to replace the sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United are looking for their fifth permanent
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1:24 PM ET Mauricio Pochettino has said he is happy as Paris Saint-Germain coach, but that football is about “today, not tomorrow,” in response to speculation linking him with a move to Manchester United as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s successor. Sources have told ESPN that the former Tottenham manager is the favoured candidate to replace Solskjaer
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2:48 PM ET Robert Lewandowski scored a spectacular goal in Bayern’s win. Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images Bayern Munich, missing half a dozen players to COVID-19 quarantine, edged past Dynamo Kiev 2-1 on Tuesday to secure top spot in Champions League Group E with a game to spare. First-half goals from striker Robert Lewandowski, who struck with a
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5:25 AM ET Adriana Garcia Lionel Messi has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo‘s return at Manchester United as “impressive.” United parted company with coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sunday after the team’s fifth loss in seven Premier League games but Ronaldo has been United’s talisman. Ronaldo, 36, scored six goals in his first eight appearances in all
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5:30 AM ET Diego Maradona died a year ago on Nov. 25, 2020. MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP/Getty Images Mavys Alvarez, a Cuban woman who had a relationship with the late Diego Maradona two decades ago, told a news conference on Monday the Argentine player had raped her when she was a teenager and “stolen her childhood.” Alvarez, now
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4:41 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Chelsea duo Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner have emerged as alternatives to Manchester City‘s Raheem Sterling for Barcelona in January, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Barca’s ability to make any signings mid-season will be dependent on them being able to free up some money, so they are scouring
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