4:58 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo has said he expects Kylian Mbappe to stay beyond this season and denied that the club received a final deadline day offer worth €200 million from Real Madrid for the forward. PSG begin their Champions League campaign on Wednesday as they travel to
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5:19 PM ET Live to fight another day. That was likely what Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman was thinking around the hour mark on Tuesday when, 2-0 down at home and on the way to defeat against Bayern Munich, he hooked veterans Sergio Busquets and Sergi Roberto and did the football equivalent of a bedraggled basketball
2:50 PM ET Manchester United suffered a stoppage-time 2-1 defeat away to Young Boys after a calamitous defensive mistake in their Champions League opener in Bern on Tuesday with United States forward Jordan Pefok netted the winner. Cristiano Ronaldo‘s early goal put United 1-0 ahead before Aaron Wan-Bissaka picked up a 35th-minute red card in
4:50 PM ET Two goals from Robert Lewandowski and one from Thomas Muller propelled Bayern Munich to a 3-0 win at Barcelona in their opening Champions League game on Tuesday in another brutal demonstration of the gulf in class between the two sides. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more (U.S.)– Stream ESPN
6:26 PM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Tuesday that it has offered the respective player unions for the U.S. women’s national team and the U.S. men’s side identical proposals for a new collective bargaining agreement. In a statement, the USSF said that this was done with the goal of aligning the men’s and
6:05 PM ET Denys Garmash survived a red card after referee Anthony Taylor mistakenly showed the Dynamo Kiev substitute a second yellow card in the 0-0 draw in their Champions League Group E opener against Benfica on Tuesday. Garmash, who had come off the bench to replace Ilia Shkurin on the hour, was booked in
4:27 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent BERN, Switzerland — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was forced to defend his tactics after watching Manchester United slip to a surprise 2-1 defeat to Young Boys. Solskjaer switched to a five-man defence in the second half after Aaron Wan-Bissaka‘s red card, but the Swiss champions were still able to fight-back from
4:51 PM ET Champions League holders Chelsea got their new campaign off to a winning start as they beat Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday thanks to Romelu Lukaku‘s goal. Thomas Tuchel’s side struggled to break down the Russian champions in their first Champions League match since beating Manchester City in last
6:49 PM ET Luke Thrower The summer transfer window is closed for the top leagues in Europe! After a summer full of international football, countless clubs waited until the last minute to pull off their transfers. See all the major deals here and check out how we graded the biggest signings. But just because the
4:02 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent BERN, Switzerland — It should have been a night for this new-look Manchester United team to display their Champions League credentials, but in the end it was another evening to suggest there is more to be done than simply signing Cristiano Ronaldo. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.