Football

Feb 20, 2025, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vinícius Júnior had the last laugh in his fd with Manchester City fans with a pointed post on X after Real Madrid knocked Pep Guardiola’s side out of the Champions League on Wednesday. Ahead of the first leg at Etihad Stadium in the playoff clash, City

Feb 20, 2025, 03:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappé has the potential to reach the same level as club great Cristiano Ronaldo after he scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 win over Manchester City on Wednesday that took the Champions League holders into the round of 16.

Feb 20, 2025, 06:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool boss Arne Slot has said he doesn’t mind Darwin Núñez missing chances like at Aston Villa, but has criticised the striker for his “behaviour” on the pitch afterwards. Núñez spurned a huge opportunity to give Liverpool a 3-2 lead at Villa Park on Wednesday when,

Feb 20, 2025, 03:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool manager Arne Slot would have signed up for being eight points clear at the top of the Premier League with 12 games left of his first season in charge but he could not hide his frustration after a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Tom HamiltonFeb 20, 2025, 04:13 AM ET Close • 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 Open Extended Reactions Robin van Persie is closing in on the Feyenoord head coach job just a year into his

Lizzy Becherano Feb 19, 2025, 11:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami CF head coach Javier Mascherano labeled the conditions as “inhumane” after the team triumphed 1-0 over Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup first round at Children’s Mercy Park in freezing temperatures. “I’m very proud because I

Feb 20, 2025, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 27.7% purchase of a minority stake in Manchester United — a deal that gave Britain’s richest person control of football operations at the Premier League‘s most successful club — but it has been a turbulent 12 months

Premier League leaders Liverpool needed Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s second-half equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Wednesday that lifted them eight points clear at the top. Liverpool had the incentive of opening up a 10-point lead with a victory and led through Mohamed Salah‘s 28th-minute opener before Villa turned the game on its

Shwetha SurendranFeb 19, 2025, 03:41 PM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — The U.S. air travel system is inadequately equipped for the millions of visitors expected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics, according to a report released Wednesday by

Kylian Mbappé said he wants to “define an era” at Real Madrid after scoring a hat trick in their 3-1 Champions League win over Manchester City on Wednesday, but insisted his season should be judged on trophies, not goals. Mbappé opened the scoring in the fourth minute at the Santiago Bernabéu before adding a second