Football

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Jan 26, 2025, 08:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona exerted their dominance over Real Madrid once again as they wracked up a 5-0 victory in Sunday’s Spanish Supercopa Femenina final to win the competition for the fourth consecutive year. Caroline Graham Hansen opened the scoring on the half hour mark

Multiple Contributors Jan 26, 2025, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It has been coming for some time, but the women’s game finally has its first $1 million transfer. United States defender Naomi Girma is now the most expensive player in women’s soccer history as her $1.1m move to Chelsea from the San Diego Wave,

Tom Fenton Jan 26, 2025, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United ponder a loan move for Chelsea’s Christopher Nkunku, while PSV’s Johan Bakayoko attracts interest from Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January

Jan 25, 2025, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Everton manager David Moyes celebrated his 700th game in the Premier League with a gritty 1-0 win at Brighton, but has been left to sweat over the fitness of two key players in Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Orel Mangala. A penalty from Iliman Ndiaye gave Everton the

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Jan 25, 2025, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé said he’s more concerned about Real Madrid winning the league than finishing as LaLiga’s top scorer after grabbing his first hat trick for the club in their 3-0 win at Real Valladolid on Saturday. Mbappé opened the scoring in the

Manchester City earned a 3-1 comeback win over Chelsea at Etihad Stadium on Saturday to go back into the top four in the Premier League. New signing Abdukodir Khusanov had a disastrous start to his City career, gifting Chelsea the opener in the third minute, but goals from Josko Gvardiol, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden spared

Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has said Abdukodir Khusanov “will learn” after the young defender’s nightmare debut against Chelsea. Khusanov gifted Chelsea a goal inside three minutes of his first City appearance following his £33.6m ($41.6m) move from Lens last week. The 20-year-old Uzbekistan international was booked for a foul on Cole Palmer just a

Jan 25, 2025, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta said he was “absolutely fuming” about Myles Lewis-Skelly‘s red card but praised his Arsenal team’s character in a 1-0 win over Wolves on Saturday that boosted their Premier League title hopes. Lewis-Skelly, 18, was controversially sent off in the 43rd minute at Molineux after

Jan 25, 2025, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Napoli‘s sporting director Giovanni Manna spoke about the prospect of signing Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho ahead of his team’s win over Juventus on Saturday, emphasising that the Serie A leaders won’t over-extend themselves financially for his talents. Garnacho has been one of the names most

Open Extended Reactions Enzo Maresca has said Chelsea continue to “trust” error-prone goalkeeper Robert Sánchez but warned he wants to see a positive reaction from the 27-year-old after his latest mistake in Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol had cancelled out Noni Madueke‘s third-minute opener before Sánchez gifted Erling Haaland a chance to