4:55 PM ET Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling was racially abused on Instagram less than 48 hours after English football’s social media boycott campaign came to an end. The abuse occurred after City’s Champions League semifinal victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) A spokesperson for Facebook,
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6:44 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea‘s ruthlessness has consumed many managers but Thomas Tuchel embraced it from day one, and that attitude has taken them to a Champions League final following a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. He replaced Frank Lampard 99 days ago ostensibly to mould the expensively acquired
6:51 PM ET Adam Brown The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: PSG holding out on Messi hopes Paris Saint-Germain
3:36 PM ET “I don’t think I have ever seen him play this well at club level. Not even at Juventus, where he was young and had the likes of Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal around him. He is at his absolute best at the moment and he is happy — you can tell.” Coming
10:57 AM ET Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang said he lost a significant amount of weight after contracting malaria which left family members scared for his health, and after recovering vowed to kickstart his season by firing his side into the Europa League final. The 31-year-old opened up about his experience in detail for the first
9:08 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed Manchester United fans’ right to protest but said the demonstration which forced the Premier League clash with Liverpool to be postponed went “too far.” Supporters calling for the removal of the Glazer family as owners broke into Old Trafford and surrounded the Lowry Hotel in
5:39 AM ET Hertha Berlin have sacked former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann hours after former Germany international Dennis Aogo posted on Instagram a screenshot of a racist WhatsApp message Lehmann had sent him. Lehmann, who was part of Arsenal’s 2003-04 “Invincibles” team, had been acting as a member of Hertha Berlin’s supervisory board on behalf
11:04 AM ET The U.S. men’s national team will face Costa Rica in a friendly in Sandy, Utah, on June 9, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Wednesday. The friendly follows the final stages of the CONCACAF Nations League. In that competition, the U.S. faces Honduras in the semifinals in Denver on June 3 and
4:00 AM ET When Barcelona host Atletico Madrid on Saturday, and Sevilla travel to reigning champions Real Madrid the following day, each club will be within four games of potentially becoming Spain’s champions. This is the tightest (six points separate first from fourth), most open (four teams) La Liga title race in living memory. Still
3:22 AM ET Manchester United owner Avram Glazer has refused to apologise to fans for the club’s involvement in the failed breakaway European Super League. Avram is a member of the American Glazer family who own United. Their ownership has faced protests from fans since they bought a controlling stake in the club in 2005