5:30 PM ET Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has warned against starting “a hunt for non-vaccinated people” as English football battles to continue its schedule over Christmas with COVID-19 cases rising in the United Kingdom. The UK recorded 90,629 new cases on Tuesday, a day after the Premier League and English Football Leagues vowed to
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4:13 PM ET Salernitana will be kicked out of Serie A if they do not find a new owner by Dec. 31, Italian Football Federation (FIGC) President Gabriele Gravina said on Tuesday. The team from Salerno were promoted from Serie B for the first time in 23 years last season but their owner, Claudio Lotito,
1:47 PM ET Associated Press Serie A champions Inter Milan were the latest club to have its offices raided by the finance police on Tuesday as part of the ongoing investigation into false accounting. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access Authorities had raided the offices of
3:34 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Real Madrid have confirmed that David Alaba and Isco have both tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the squad to eight ahead of their LaLiga game at Athletic Bilbao. Luka Modric, Marcelo, Marco Asensio, Gareth Bale, Rodrygo and Andriy Lunin — as well as
8:08 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders has said the decision to continue the Premier League festive schedule is “absurd” and warned the quality of games will decrease due to physical fatigue. During a meeting involving the Premier League, Football Association and representatives of the 20 clubs on Monday, it was agreed
10:31 AM ET Antonio Conte has said Tottenham are “very, very confident” of overturning what he describes as UEFA’s “incredible” decision to kick them out of the Conference League. Spurs exited the competition after European football’s governing body determined that the club had technically “forfeited” their final Group G match against Stade Rennais as a
7:30 AM ET With just a few days until the holidays, those who haven’t sent out their Christmas yet are cutting it fine if they want them to arrive before Dec. 25. Thankfully for all those soccer fans in dire straits, the Belgium national teams have got you covered having produced their own sensational batch
6:00 AM ET Manchester City took pole position in the Premier League title chase this weekend with another comprehensive victory, this time over struggling Newcastle on Sunday afternoon. 2 Related Pep Guardiola’s side scored their 11th unanswered goal in the space of just two matches as they galloped to a 4-0 victory at St James’
3:00 AM ET Two years after leaving Bayern Munich, could Renato Sanches be on his way back to the Bavarian giants? Jeroen Meuwsen/BSR Agency/Getty Images The January transfer window is fast approaching, and naturally, all the gossip on who’s moving where is heating up. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz as we count down
3:07 PM ET Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez won’t be popular at Sevilla, and that has nothing to do with whether he inspires his squad of talented youngsters and downbeat senior pros to a slightly unlikely looking victory over Los Rojiblancos at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Tuesday (3 p.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+).