6:51 PM ET Sporting CP beat Arsenal in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw at the Emirates on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie to advance to the quarterfinals. The tie was level on aggregate after this past Thursday’s 2-2 draw in Lisbon and Granit Xhaka struck in the
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5:55 PM ET Tickets for Argentina’s first game since they lifted the World Cup sold out as more than 1,500,000 people tried to buy them despite high prices in a country battling with rising inflation. The match between Argentina and Panama will be played on March 23 at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, the
7:24 PM ET Associated Press Brothers Khephren and Marcus Thuram were called up by France coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday for upcoming European Championship qualifiers against the Netherlands and Ireland, along with star Kylian Mbappe. They are the sons of former France defender Lilian Thuram, who played alongside Deschamps when France won the World Cup
4:24 PM ET Juventus are not trying to end the contract of injury-troubled midfielder Paul Pogba, chief football officer Francesco Calvo said on Thursday, assuring the club are looking forward to his return to full fitness. The French World Cup winner rejoined Juventus in July 2022 following his departure from Manchester United, and has had
2:05 PM ET Thierry Henry has turned down the chance to coach the France women’s national team following the dismissal of Corrine Diacre last week, French federation (FFF) committee member Jean-Michel Aulas has said. Henry, who is second on the France men’s team all-time scoring list with 51 goals, was most recently an assistant coach
3:35 PM ET Manchester United eased into the Europa League quarterfinals after a Marcus Rashford goal secured a 1-0 win at Real Betis on Thursday to complete a 5-1 aggregate win in the round of 16. Trailing by three goals after the first leg at Old Trafford a week ago, Betis needed an improbable result
11:30 AM ET Visit Saudi will not be a sponsor at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand later this year, but FIFA president Gianni Infantino has not ruled out future commercial opportunities for gulf nation in women’s football. The Saudi Arabia tourism board had been touted as a potential sponsor of the
9:12 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are meeting with the two most high-profile bidders, consortiums led by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, on Thursday and Friday ahead of what are expected to be improved offers for control of the club, sources have told ESPN. Sources said that representatives of
6:11 AM ET Gianni Infantino was reelected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday. Infantino stood unopposed, making his reelection as head of football’s governing body a formality, even if he is not universally popular among member associations for a range of reasons, including pushing for a failed plan to
8:27 AM ET The Women’s World Cup is getting $150 million in prize money, a 300% increase over 2019 but still only about a third of the $440m the men got in Qatar 2022. Although the $150m fund for the first 32-team tournament is a huge boost from the $30m for the 24-team edition in