8:53 AM ET Atletico Madrid and England defender Kieran Trippier has been suspended for 10 weeks and fined £70,000 following a breach of betting rules, the English Football Association (FA) said on Wednesday. Trippier, 30, denied seven alleged breaches of FA Rule E8, which were said to occur in July 2018, and requested a personal
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3:25 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told ESPN that the Manchester United squad can play their part to convince Paul Pogba to stay by showing him he can win trophies at Old Trafford. Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola has said publicly the midfielder wants to leave United, either next summer or at the
8:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen There’s not much festive cheer around the Emirates this year as Arsenal made their worst start to a league season for over 40 years before a crushing 4-1 defeat to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday (stream the replay on ESPN+ in the U.S.) piled more pressure on
12:25 AM ET . Andrew Bershaw/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Andre-Pierre Gignac scored the tie-breaking goal in the 84th minute as Tigres UANL edged LAFC 2-1 on Tuesday at Orlando to win their first CONCACAF Champions League title. Tigres, from San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico, had lost in the CONCACAF Champions League final in 2016,
11:07 PM ET Arsenal‘s League Cup exit at the hands of Manchester City on Tuesday has left the Premier League club in dire straits ahead of a season-defining festive schedule, manager Mikel Arteta said. Arsenal have lost five of their last seven Premier League games and lie in 15th place with 14 points, their worst
6:23 PM ET It says everything about the crisis at Arsenal these days that a teenager can make his first start in nine months, touch the ball 11 times and come off injured after 49 minutes yet still be their best player by some distance. Gabriel Martinelli was the brief flicker of light on another
5:32 PM ET When it comes to Lionel Messi, you could be excused for thinking that there are no more records left to break but the Barcelona great has set a big one — and it was one he almost missed altogether. With his 65th minute strike against Real Valladolid on Dec. 22, Messi scored
5:22 PM ET Barcelona‘s Lionel Messi has overtaken Brazil legend Pele to become the player to score the most goals for a single club after taking his tally to 644 on Tuesday. The record-breaking goal came in the second half of Barca’s match at Valladolid, with Messi took the ball in stride off a flick
3:06 PM ET United States midfielder Becky Sauerbrunn said the USWNT had failed its Black players by not taking a stand against racial injustice sooner. The U.S. women displayed their support before a 2-0 friendly defeat of the Netherlands in late November, with the players wearing warm-up jackets with the words “Black Lives Matter” emblazoned
4:56 PM ET Holders Manchester City advanced to the Carabao Cup semifinals by defeating 4-1 Arsenal at the Emirates on Tuesday. – Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The game was even at the break thanks to a third-minute goal from Gabriel Jesus and an Alexandre Lacazette strike just after the half-hour