Football

Feb 14, 2025, 05:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Enzo Maresca cut a frustrated figure on the touchline as Chelsea struggled at Brighton. GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has said “everything” went wrong as his team succumbed to a 3-0 defeat at Brighton on Friday, describing it as the worst performance

A brilliant goal by Brighton‘s Kaoru Mitoma and a Yankuba Minteh double gave the Seagulls a 3-0 Premier League home win over Chelsea on Friday, a week after they knocked their London visitors out of the FA Cup. Missing strikers Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu through injury, Chelsea dominated possession but did not manage a

Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain are keen to sign Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konaté in the summer and the player is interested in a move to the Ligue 1 club, sources have told ESPN. The perennial French champions are seeking to bolster their defensive line and find a long-term partner for Marquinhos at centre-back. The acquisition

Feb 14, 2025, 01:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has talked up the similarities between his coaching journey and that of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, saying he used the Catalan coach’s career as a “roadmap.” Both Mazzulla and Guardiola were promoted from relative obscurity into their first senior

Associated Press Feb 14, 2025, 02:57 PM ET Hwang Ui-Jo leaving the court in Seoul after the guilty verdict on Friday. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images Former South Korea international Hwang Ui-jo was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence on Friday for filming sexual encounters with a woman without her consent. Hwang, 32, was dropped from

Open Extended Reactions The Premier League have told clubs that their Associated Party Transaction rules (APT) remain “in full force” despite regulation of deals between 2021 and 2024 being ruled as “void and unenforceable” by a tribunal. In October, both the Premier League and Manchester City, who brought the initial legal challenge, claimed victory after

Ryan Rosenblatt Feb 14, 2025, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s a new year in MLS, which means new kits. All 30 teams got a new jersey, with San Diego FC getting two of them for their expansion season and Inter Miami getting a fresh pair too because, well, that Lionel Messi guy sells

Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has said he is under more pressure at Manchester United than Ange Postecoglou is facing at Tottenham Hotspur because he works for “a bigger club.” With United and Spurs 13th and 14th in the Premier League table, both managers are under intense scrutiny. But ahead of their meeting on Sunday,

Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has described Kai Havertz‘s hamstring injury as “an accident waiting to happen” and issued a rallying cry to his players to show “what you’re made of” in his absence. The 25-year-old will undergo surgery and miss the rest of the season after sustaining the problem while defending a set-piece during

Feb 14, 2025, 07:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji will be out for 8-10 weeks following an injury sustained in their Champions League clash with Real Madrid and will undergo surgery on Saturday, manager Pep Guardiola confirmed on Friday. “We only wish the best recovery for Manu [Akanji], speedy,” Guardiola