8:36 AM ET Adriana Garcia LaLiga president Javier Tebas has hit out at the elitism and exclusivity of the revamped Super League project by highlighting the “spectacular” Seville derby on Sunday. Tebas retweeted a tweet from Real Betis showing images of the pregame entertainment show ahead of their home game against city rivals Sevilla. –
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4:59 AM ET Southampton have have parted company with manager Ralph Hasenhuttl, the Premier League club announced on Monday. The club are reported to have wanted to wait until after the World Cup break, but a string of poor results led them to act sooner. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) Luton
5:54 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City more than doubled their previous record profit last season. Manchester City FC/Manchester City FC via Getty Images Manchester City are beginning to set the “benchmark” for clubs around the world, according to club chief executive Ferran Soriano. City released their annual report for 2021-22 on Monday to reveal record
8:00 AM ET Two of the favourites to win the 2022-23 Champions League will crash out at the round of 16 in March after a box office draw paired Bayern Munich with Paris Saint-Germain and gave us a re-run of last season’s final between Real Madrid and Liverpool. 2 Related With the 2022 World Cup
8:30 PM ET Associated Press LAFC goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau broke his right leg while committing a red-card foul during extra time in the team’s MLS Cup final victory over the Philadelphia Union, the team confirmed Sunday. Crepeau had what LAFC called successful surgery at Kaiser Permanente’s Baldwin Park Medical Center. He is likely to miss
2:57 AM ET Referee Facundo Tello issued 10 red cards in the match. Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images World Cup referee Facundo Tello dished out 10 red cards in Argentina’s Champions Trophy final on Sunday after Racing Club midfielder Carlos Alcaraz sparked a melee in front of the Boca Juniors fans with his match-winning goal celebration. With the
5:09 PM ET It’s officially World Cup month, but before league action pauses ahead of the tournament, there are several storylines to follow across Europe. Arsenal claimed bragging rights over Chelsea, a club icon took a bow at Barcelona, and storm clouds are gathering over Atletico Madrid. ESPN correspondents Julien Laurens, Alex Kirkland, James Tyler,
12:34 PM ET The football associations of 10 European countries, including England and Germany, have called on FIFA to improve migrant worker rights in Qatar ahead of this month’s World Cup. “FIFA has repeatedly committed to deliver concrete answers on these issues — the compensation fund for migrant workers, and the concept of a migrant
12:53 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag branded Manchester United‘s tactics during the 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa “stupid” while accusing his players of not following the game plan. United’s nine-game unbeaten run came to and end at Villa Park in Unai Emery’s first game in charge with Ten Hag afterwards calling the performance
9:00 AM ET The son of a World Cup stadium construction worker who died in Qatar said his father warned of poor working conditions caused by excessive heat before his death in 2018. Abdus Salam details how his father, Mosharraf Hossen, was “suffering to survive” in an interview with ESPN reporter Jeremy Schaap, as part