8:24 AM ET The absence of Christian Eriksen and Casemiro is one of the main reasons why Manchester United have struggled for results in recent weeks as matches are “decided in midfield,” manager Erik Ten Hag said on Tuesday. Denmark midfielder Eriksen was ruled out for up to three months in late January due to
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6:49 AM ET The NWSL will expand into the San Francisco Bay Area in 2024 with an ownership group that includes former USWNT stars Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner. The ownership group will be headed by Sixth Street Partners, which has invested $125 million, believed to be the largest institutional investment
11:24 AM ET Switzerland will host the 2025 Women’s European Championship, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Tuesday. In October, UEFA said it had received four bids to host the tournament, including bids from France and Poland as well as a joint bid from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Ukraine had also expressed interest
9:00 AM ET LONDON — Graham Potter’s arrival at Chelsea last September was supposed to herald a new era of stability at the club after a period of unprecedented turbulence. Instead, co-controlling owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital’s Behdad Eghbali are looking for a new head coach less than seven months after making their first
5:00 AM ET Luke Shaw has signed a long-term contract extension at Manchester United, the club announced on Tuesday. The England international has put pen to paper on a new four-year deal that will see him stay at Old Trafford until June 2027. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Last month, sources told
3:46 AM ET Franck Kessie, left, has impressed when he’s been given opportunities at Barcelona, but could he be more valuable to the club in a transfer away? JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images Imagine that you, like Franck Kessie, either caused or scored each of the winning goals in the past two Clasicos for Barcelona in
4:37 PM ET Associated Press Alex Ferguson is getting another medal to add to his extensive collection. Forty years later, some of the key people behind Scottish team Aberdeen’s win over Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1983 have been granted medals by UEFA. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more
2:54 PM ET United States women’s defender Tierna Davidson wants to see her team use its “influential voice” to advocate for equal treatment of female players in countries around the globe. Davidson, who was on the USWNT that won the World Cup in France four years ago, was announced as the newest member of the
10:33 AM ET Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR
8:23 PM ET Interim Tottenham Hotspur coach Cristian Stellini brushed aside chants from Everton fans calling Harry Kane a cheat after his dust-up with Abdoulaye Doucoure saw the Mali international sent off at Goodison Park. Michael Keane‘s late strike from distance cancelled out Kane’s penalty on 68 minutes in the 1-1 draw, but it was