Football

8:33 AM ET Adriana Garcia Real Madrid‘s first summer signing David Alaba has said he would love to play alongside Raphael Varane amid reports the France international defender will leave and join Manchester United. Varane, whose contract at Bernabeu is due to expire in June 2022, is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s top defensive target and sources

6:53 AM ET Adriana Garcia Boca Juniors and Atletico-MG players clashed in their Copa Libertadores game. Bruna Prado-Pool/Getty Images Police were forced to use pepper spray to prevent Boca Juniors players from entering the Atletico Mineiro changing room following an ugly brawl after their Copa Libertadores game on Tuesday. Atletico won 3-1 on penalties in Belo

6:54 AM ET Associated Press Brazil’s Marta has become the first player to score in five successive Olympic tournaments. Pablo Morano/BSR Agency/Getty Images Marta became the first player to score in five straight Olympics when Brazil beat China 5-0 on Wednesday in the women’s soccer tournament. Marta finished with a pair of goals for Brazil, which

8:00 AM ET Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero’s glittering careers were just beginning when they won Olympic gold in 2008. Koji Watanabe/Getty Images Argentina definitely have pedigree when it comes to men’s Olympic football, having won gold twice in the past two decades. Four years after their first triumph at the summer games in Athens

12:14 AM ET Players react to referee Esteban Ostojich after VAR denied Boca Juniors a goal on Tuesday. Bruna Prado-Pool/Getty Images Boca Juniors were knocked out of the Copa Libertadores by Atletico Mineiro on Tuesday but both sides are sure to face sanctions after chaotic scenes during and after the match in Belo Horizonte. Brazilian police

7:57 PM ET Luke Thrower Euro 2020 and the Copa America are over and the summer transfer window is open, leaving Europe’s biggest clubs clear to make a splash in the market. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Gunners circling Maddison Arsenal could be set to offload

7:08 PM ET Arsenal have cancelled their pre-season tour to the United States after a small number of positive COVID-19 cases at the club, Sky Sports reported on Tuesday. Arsenal were set to travel to the U.S. this week to participate in the Florida Cup alongside fellow Premier League team Everton, Serie A champions Internazionale

8:21 PM ET A U.S. District Court judge has ruled in favor of the USSF, dismissing the anti-trust portion of a lawsuit filed by soccer promoter Relevent Sports Group over the holding of official league matches from foreign leagues here. U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of New York, Valerie Caproni, also ruled

10:07 AM ET Caitlin Murray The players don’t seem to particularly enjoy when reporters ask about it, but the possibility hangs over the Tokyo Olympics all the same: For the icons of the U.S. women’s national team, this might be their last hurrah before they hang up their cleats for good. It’s a possibility that

9:27 AM ET In June, the United States men’s national team defeated Mexico 3-2 in the CONCACAF Nations League final. It was a moment to savor for U.S. Soccer, lifting a trophy at the expense of its biggest rival. But there were countless more headlines written about what followed: Defender Mark McKenzie was subjected to