4:54 PM ET Barcelona needed a second-half comeback to beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 in the Copa del Rey round of 16 and advance to the quarterfinals on Wednesday night at the Estadio de Vallecas. Lionel Messi was back in the Barca XI after serving a two-match ban for a red card he received in their
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2:56 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Chelsea began life under Thomas Tuchel with an uninspired goalless draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge. Tuchel made four changes to the side that started Frank Lampard’s final Premier League game in charge of Chelsea with Christian Pulisic, Mason Mount and Timo Werner on
5:52 PM ET Associated Press Turin’s mayor and four others were convicted and sentenced to a year and six months in jail on Wednesday in connection with a stampede during a public viewing of the 2017 Champions League final, which was projected on a maxi-screen in one of the Italian city’s main piazzas. More than
12:58 PM ET UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin reiterated the ruling body’s commitment to holding the rescheduled European Championship this year in 12 cities across the continent as originally planned. The 24-nation event, which was due to take place in June-July last year, was postponed by 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. – Ogden: How
4:09 PM ET LONDON — The mitigating factor is that Thomas Tuchel had one training session. The bad news is that he isn’t going to get too many more before Chelsea play again, or in fact any sort of extended period to work on things for some time. Tuchel was initially reluctant to take the
9:07 AM ET One of the biggest success stories of 2020 in soccer was the emergence of Erling Haaland, who’d shown his talent for FC Salzburg in last season’s Champions League. Yet it was after he moved to Borussia Dortmund last January that we got to realize he was no prematurely hyped kid or flash
8:44 AM ET Fulham have launched an investigation after former youth player Max Noble claimed he was bullied, abused and threatened during his time at the London club’s academy. Noble said in an interview with the i newspaper he felt depressed and contemplated suicide due to the treatment he received. Among the incidents were Noble
5:20 AM ET Inter Milan manager Antonio Conte praised midfielder Christian Eriksen after his last-gasp winner against AC Milan in the Coppa Italia quarterfinals but said the ex-Tottenham Hotspur man is “shy.” Eriksen joined Inter from Spurs last January but has struggled for game time and has often found himself not featuring at all in
6:02 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font has said Eric Garcia is prepared to go unpaid until the end of the season if it helps push through a move before the transfer window closes on Feb. 1. Font added Manchester City would accept €3 million for the defender but Barca
6:33 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Most players call going to Real Madrid a dream; Martin Odegaard called it “no drama.” The truth is that it wasn’t what he wanted — not yet — but when the phone rang in August 2020, he had little choice but to return to Valdebebas and the club he’d