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Feb 6, 2025, 07:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss killed Jenni Hermoso‘s joy at winning the women’s World Cup in 2023 and she was overwhelmed, crying and exhausted in the following hours and days, three of her teammates testified on Thursday. The 2021 and 2022

Adriana Garcia Feb 6, 2025, 07:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Louzan can continue as the Spanish Football Federation’s president after being cleared by the country’s highest court. Dennis Agyeman/Europa Press via Getty Images The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Rafael Louzan’s seven-year ban from holding public office has been overturned by the country’s Supreme

Open Extended Reactions Who did well and who struggled in the winter window? ESPN Illustration Welcome back to Onside/Offside! As we say goodbye to January, Luis Miguel Echegaray shares his thoughts on last month’s transfer window in the Premier League and assesses the clubs who failed and delivered. From Arsenal‘s hesitance to Manchester City‘s gung-ho approach,

Open Extended Reactions Manager Carlo Ancelotti praised Real Madrid‘s youngsters after they helped the team to a 3-2 win at Leganés — with Gonzalo García, 20, scoring a 93rd minute winner — in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals on Wednesday. A much-changed Madrid side, which included young defenders Raúl Asencio, 21, and Jacobo Ramón, 20,

Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has called on his Arsenal squad to regroup during their warm-weather training break in Dubai and target a trophy-winning end to the season after losing their Carabao Cup semifinal to Newcastle United. The Gunners were beaten 2-0 at St James’ Park on Wednesday as goals from Jacob Murphy and Anthony

João Félix scored on his debut and Tammy Abraham netted a double against his parent club to earn AC Milan a 3-1 win over Roma in their Coppa Italia quarterfinal tie at the San Siro on Wednesday. Milan, five-time winners of the Coppa Italia, will meet either Inter Milan or Lazio in the two-legged semifinal. Abraham, who joined Milan from Roma in August

Tom Fenton Feb 5, 2025, 07:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool have joined the race to sign Marc Guéhi, while West Ham United have added Rasmus Højlund to their list of summer transfer targets. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip from around the globe. Join us for the latest transfer

ESPN News Services Feb 5, 2025, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After nearly 12 years playing for two of the top teams in Europe and a brief stop in Saudi Arabia, Neymar is back playing professional soccer in his native Brazil. The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain superstar came on as a substitute at

Newcastle United reached a second League Cup final in three seasons as they overwhelmed Arsenal 2-0 at a feverish St James’ Park on Wednesday to complete a crushing 4-0 aggregate win. Moments after Arsenal’s Martin Ødegaard wasted a chance to halve the deficit, Jacob Murphy tucked away a rebound in the 19th minute after Alexander Isak‘s shot

Feb 5, 2025, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Newcastle United captain Bruno Guimarães has hailed forward Alexander Isak as the “best striker around” after the Sweden international helped propel his team to the Carabao Cup final with a 4-0 aggregate win over Arsenal. Isak scored both of Newcastle’s goals in the 2-0 first-leg victory