Football

8:24 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Atletico Madrid and Wolverhampton Wanderers have reached an agreement for the transfer of Brazil forward Matheus Cunha for a fee of €40 million plus variables, sources have told ESPN. Cunha, 23, joined Atletico from Hertha Berlin in 2021 but has failed to find regular first team football this

5:39 AM ET Chelsea have appointed Christopher Vivell as technical director after his departure from RB Leipzig, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday. Vivell left Leipzig earlier this year, with the Bundesliga side citing “differing views” in the statement confirming his exit. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) He previously spent

5:00 AM ET With the excitement on the pitch as prominent as the controversies surrounding it, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will go down as one of the most unique in history. Lionel Messi leading Argentina to triumph over France in an epic final will live on forever, but questions will continue over the

7:46 AM ET Kylian Mbappe‘s rousing half-time pep talk to France teammates at the World Cup final has been revealed in a new documentary. The 24-year-old is heard encouraging his international teammates after they fell behind 2-0 to Argentina following a poor first-half display. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) A documentary called

8:40 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has said his time at Manchester City “will not be complete” unless he wins the Champions League. Guardiola signed a contract extension during the break for the World Cup which will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until 2025. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) He

4:30 AM ET The World Cup in Qatar had its curtain call last Sunday when Argentina were crowned champions, but that doesn’t mean the footballing world is now devoid of top action. In fact, it has already kicked off as the Carabao Cup and Copa del Rey return on Tuesday. 2 Related Thanks to the

6:50 PM ET Associated Press Argentina‘s dramatic victory over France in a penalty shootout at the World Cup final was the second most-watched soccer match of any kind in the United States. The early numbers from Nielsen, Fox and Telemundo show Sunday’s match had an English- and Spanish-language combined audience of 25,783,000. That trails the

8:39 PM ET Associated Press Supporters cheered Morocco’s players after becoming the first African team to reach the semifinals at a men’s World Cup. Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Tens of thousands of jubilant Moroccans welcomed their national team home Tuesday after the players exceeded the North African nation’s wildest expectations and finished fourth at

2:00 PM ET Major League Soccer released its regular season schedule on Tuesday, revealing the full slate of games for opening day on Feb. 25, and setting the date for Decision Day on Oct. 21. The MLS Cup playoff schedule will be released at a later date. The first match of the 2023 season will

12:34 PM ET Associated Press The French soccer federation wants to go after social media users who targeted some of the national team’s players with racist comments following France‘s loss to Argentina in the World Cup final. The federation said Tuesday that some players were hit by “unacceptable racist and hateful comments on social networks”