Mar 5, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for the round of 16! Europe’s premier club competition returns with two high-stakes matches on Tuesday, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from both of the games as Bayern Munich look to turn a 1-0 deficit to
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 5, 2024, 08:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Erling Haaland has said he is “really happy” at Manchester City but the striker left the door open for a move away from the Etihad Stadium in the future. Haaland signed a contract with City until 2027 after arriving from Borussia Dortmund in a
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Mar 5, 2024, 06:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona legend Gerard Piqué has warned the club against deceiving supporters and encouraged the club to be open and transparent about their situation. Barça are around €200 million ($217m) in excess of their LaLiga-imposed annual spending limit of €204m, which is preventing
Mar 5, 2024, 05:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States women’s national team are preparing for a “physical” matchup when it faces Canada in the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup semifinals on Wednesday, forward Alex Morgan has told ESPN. The USWNT bounced back from a shock defeat to Mexico and earned a 3-0
Mar 5, 2024, 02:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The sports sector’s response to the high rates of women footballers suffering anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries has been “disparate and slow,” the British Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee said in a report published on Tuesday. England duo Beth Mead and Leah Williamson, Netherlands forward Vivianne
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Mar 5, 2024, 08:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has said he has not talked to midfielder Jude Bellingham about his red card in the aftermath of the controversial 2-2 draw at Valencia in LaLiga on Saturday. Bellingham thought he has scored the winning goal nine
Open Extended Reactions LONDON — One of Tottenham Hotpsur head coach Ange Postecoglou’s most epigrammatic comments about life in football came in November when declaring: “There’s only two states of being as a manager — you’re either under siege or it’s coming.” As he sits down with ESPN for an exclusive interview minutes after being
Open Extended Reactions SHEFFIELD, England — There was a time when Arsenal struggled to justify favouritism on nights like this, but it is a measure of their transformation under manager Mikel Arteta that Sheffield United were cowering in fear before kick-off. Empty seats were dotted around Bramall Lane at kick-off with many home fans presumably
Arsenal matched their biggest Premier League away win with the 6-0 pummelling of Sheffield United on Monday after scoring five times in the first half when they tore the home side apart to close within two points of leaders Liverpool. Mikel Arteta’s team are third with 61 points after 27 games, a point behind Manchester
ESPN News Services Mar 4, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Sam Kerr, captain of Australia’s women’s soccer team, is to face trial in England accused of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. The West Australian, who plays for Chelsea in London, appeared in court in the British capital on Monday accused of using insulting,