Football

Mar 6, 2024, 07:07 AM ET Chelsea forward Sam Kerr‘s legal team will attempt to have her criminal charge for racially aggravated harassment thrown out of court in an April hearing in London. Kerr, 30, pleaded not guilty when appearing via video link at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court on Monday. According to court documents

Mar 6, 2024, 08:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool were given a huge boost when forward Mohamed Salah returned to training on Wednesday after spending more than two weeks out due to a hamstring injury. His return comes a day ahead of Liverpool’s Europa League clash with Sparta Prague, and four days before the

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 6, 2024, 04:00 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 A week before she broke the women’s world transfer record on Feb. 14, Racheal Kundananji

ESPN News Services Mar 5, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé may be on his way out of the French capital, but as long as he’s still in the starting lineup for Paris Saint-Germain, they remain a dangerous team. The World Cup winner showed why on Tuesday, as he scored a pair

Kylian Mbappé scored twice in San Sebastian to secure PSG’s path to the Champions League quarterfinal. Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappé scored twice to lead them into the Champions League quarterfinal with a comfortable 2-1 win away to Real Sociedad in their round of second leg that wrapped up a 4-1 aggregate victory on Tuesday. Bidding to

Bayern Munich top scorer Harry Kane struck once in either half to steer the Germans to a 3-0 win over Italy’s Lazio on Tuesday and into the Champions League quarter-finals with an 3-1 aggregate victory, reigniting title hopes among their fans. Kane headed in for the lead in the 38th minute to cancel out the Lazio’s

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 5, 2024, 12:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United have been approached by representatives of several managers believing that Erik ten Hag could be removed from his post before the start of next season, sources have told ESPN. Ten Hag is under pressure following the 3-1 derby defeat to Manchester City

Mar 5, 2024, 05:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentina under-23 coach Javier Mascherano confirmed he has spoken with Lionel Messi over appearing at the Paris Olympics this summer, but admitted it is “not an easy situation.” Club teams are not obligated to release players to compete in the Olympics, which features U23 rosters with

Jeff Kassouf Mar 5, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The National Women’s Soccer League’s Orlando Pride signed Zambian forward Barbra Banda from Chinese Super League team Shanghai Shengli for a $740,000 transfer fee, sources familiar with the deal confirmed to ESPN. The fee is the second highest in world soccer history behind Zambian

Mar 5, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States women’s national team’s new era under incoming head coach Emma Hayes will begin with a friendly double-header against South Korea at the start of June, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced Tuesday. The four-time World Cup winners will take on Korea in Commerce City,