Football

Dec 26, 2024, 03:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City are at risk of missing out on next season’s Champions League due to their recent dip in form, manager Pep Guardiola said. City, who are looking to qualify for Europe’s top club competition for a 15th straight season, have won just one of their

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has said his team cannot afford to underestimate anyone despite their growing lead at the top of the Premier League table. Liverpool are four points clear of second-placed Chelsea having played a game less following Sunday’s commanding 6-3 victory over Tottenham. Slot’s side have lost just one

Dec 25, 2024, 08:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Oscar will return to former club São Paulo. Xiao Tao/VCG via Getty Images Oscar will return to his former club São Paulo on a three-year contract, the Brazilian Serie A side said on Tuesday. Former Chelsea midfielder Oscar, who made 48 appearances for Brazil‘s national team between

Open Extended Reactions Ange Postecoglou has suggested the extended format of European competitions will make signing players in the January transfer window more difficult. The Spurs boss is keen on bolstering his options after bemoaning the absence of ten first-team players, forcing him to field back-up goalkeeper Fraser Forster, out-of-favour defender Djed Spence and right-back

Dec 25, 2024, 06:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Valencia have named Carlos Corberan as head coach on a two-and-a-half year deal following the Spaniard’s departure from West Bromwich Albion, the struggling LaLiga club said. Corberan spent three years at Leeds United as their under-23 coach and as a member of Marcelo Bielsa’s backroom staff,

Field Level Media Dec 24, 2024, 03:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAFC signed veteran striker Jeremy Ebobisse to a three-year contract with an option for 2028. The 27-year-old free agent has tallied 60 goals and 18 assists in 198 MLS matches over eight seasons with the Portland Timbers (2017-21) and San Jose Earthquakes (2021-24).

Graham Hunter, Spain writerDec 24, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions Barcelona‘s end to the year on LaLiga has been so cataclysmically bad that it would be harsh to point to one single reason

Dec 24, 2024, 08:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has defended star striker Erling Haaland and said the team must “use him better” to help fix his form slump. While Haaland is still second in the Premier League‘s goal-scoring ranks with 13 goals this season, he has scored just four

Associated Press Dec 24, 2024, 10:20 AM ET An Amsterdam District Court Tuesday sentenced five men to up to six months in prison on Tuesday for violence that erupted around a UEFA Europa League match between the Dutch side Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel-Aviv in November. The riots, which caused an international outcry, left five

Open Extended Reactions Sam Barrott’s meteoric rise through the refereeing ranks has continued with promotion to the international lists of FIFA and UEFA just five months after being elevated to the Select Group 1 of Premier League officials. Barrott, 31, was added to the list of EFL referees in 2020 and took charge of his