Football

Feb 28, 2025, 08:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has said he wants the older players of his squad to remain at Manchester City next season despite the influx of younger talent in the January transfer window. After a torrid first half to the season, City spent £180m ($223m) last month to replenish

Feb 28, 2025, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Omar Marmoush is one of many Muslim players in action over the weekend. Marc Atkins/Getty Images The FA Cup matches taking place this week will briefly pause to allow Muslim players to break their fast for Ramadan. The holy festival, which will run through March this year,

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has said that opposition supporters must stop chanting insults at defender Raúl Asencio. Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semifinal was briefly halted after Real Sociedad fans aimed chants of “Asencio, die” at the defender, with Ancelotti then substituting him at half-time. Asencio, 22, has become a regular target for rival supporters

Tom Fenton Feb 28, 2025, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United face competition for Victor Osimhen, while Barcelona explore a deal to bring Neymar back to Camp Nou. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s

Feb 27, 2025, 11:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Iraq want their World Cup qualifier against Palestine next month moved from the Jordanian capital of Amman, having also knocked back a Palestinian proposal to stage the match just outside Jerusalem. The last soccer international played in the Palestinian territories was in October 2019 and Palestine

ESPN News Services Feb 27, 2025, 06:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho was handed a four-match ban and fined by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) on Thursday following his comments about Turkish referees after a match at Istanbul rivals Galatasaray. The TFF fined the 62-year-old Portuguese 1,617,000 Turkish lira ($44,000) after

Feb 27, 2025, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea‘s squad at the end of the 2024 financial year was the most expensive ever in terms of transfer fees per the annual European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report, commissioned by UEFA. The publication analyses all of Europe’s top leagues through submissions and detailed reviews.

Lizzy Becherano Feb 27, 2025, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mexico national team head coach Javier Aguirre confirmed he contacted dual-national Richard Ledezma ahead of the March international window to discuss his future with El Tri. Ledezma, born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Mexican parents, has exclusively featured for the United States men’s national team,

AC Milan‘s Serie A top-four hopes were dealt a significant blow when they lost 2-1 at Bologna on Thursday after the hosts fought back from a goal down. Milan are eighth in the standings with 41 points, eight behind Juventus in fourth with 12 rounds remaining. Bologna are sixth on 44. The top four teams

Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — United States women’s national team coach Emma Hayes played down the significance of the team’s first loss since she took charge last year, saying after Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat to Japan in the SheBelieves Cup that “development isn’t linear.” “We’ve won the gold medal in the summer, and we are