5:30 PM ET Mark Ogden Rob Dawson Raheem Sterling has said that only Manchester City can stop themselves from winning the Champions League final, despite suffering two defeats against opponents Chelsea in the past two months. Pep Guardiola’s team go into the club’s first Champions League final as strong favourites to win having already secured
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5:56 PM ET Simone Inzaghi has confirmed that he is leaving his role as Lazio coach as he prepares to take over from Antonio Conte at Serie A champions Inter Milan. Conte agreed to the mutual termination of his contract on Wednesday, and Sky Italia reported on Thursday that Inzaghi has agreed a two-year deal
11:43 AM ET Manchester City‘s pursuit of a maiden Champions League success is viewed by many as the club’s holy grail, but Kyle Walker explains to ESPN that the situation is more complicated. “It’s a question that’s always asked in the changing room: Premier League or Champions League,” says Walker in an exclusive interview with
5:30 AM ET Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Stephan Uersfeld It’s over. On Saturday, Schalke 04 played their final Bundesliga match, meaning that for at least one season,
1:55 PM ET The final game of the 2020-21 season is upon us as the UEFA Champions League will be decided this Saturday in Portugal. Will it be the all-conquering super-team that is Manchester City, as they finally win the one trophy they’ve never held? (It would also break a 10-year drought for Pep Guardiola,
11:20 AM ET Talks between Barcelona and Lionel Messi over a new contract are progressing satisfactorily with club president Joan Laporta having had a meeting with the player’s father and agent, sources told ESPN. ESPN has confirmed a Catalan TV3 report that Messi has a first informal offer on the table from Barca, one that
7:01 AM ET Alex Kirkland La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned that the proposed Super League project “isn’t dead” and criticised “shipwrecked” founders Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus for “still trying to give us lessons on how football has to modernise.” Tebas, a vocal opponent of the project since its attempted launch in April,
11:37 AM ET Adriana Garcia Valencia have named former Getafe coach Jose Bordalas as their new head coach. Bordalas, 57, has signed a two-year contract with an optional third, just two days after ending a successful five-season spell at Getafe. Earlier this month Valencia sacked coach Javi Gracia — the 11th coach to leave the
2:15 PM ET Associated Press Swiss bank Julius Baer have agreed to pay nearly $80 million in fines and penalties for its role in illegal payments involving FIFA and the South American governing body CONMEBOL. The bank will pay a $43.32 million fine plus $36,368,400 in restitution — matching the total of the illegal payments
6:29 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur have contacted Mauricio Pochettino over a dramatic return to the club, sources have told ESPN. The Argentine only joined Paris Saint-Germain in January and is under contract until 2022. The French club are thought to be reluctant to sanction his departure, wishing to avoid further managerial upheaval having sacked Thomas