10:03 AM ET Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said Premier League top goalscorer Erling Haaland is “much better” and could return to action against Fulham on Saturday. Guardiola did not risk Haaland for City’s Champions League win over Sevilla on Wednesday, given they had already sealed top spot in their group, after the striker picked
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8:23 AM ET Adriana Garcia Spain‘s women’s team coach Jorge Vilda has extended an olive branch to the rebel 15 players by declaring his willingness to have dialogue but is also ready to move forward without them. With the World Cup eight months away, Vilda on Friday left out the players that refused to be
7:44 AM ET Associated Press FIFA president Gianni Infantino has urged the 32 nations preparing for the most political World Cup in the modern era to focus on the game in Qatar and avoid handing out lessons in morality. A letter imploring teams to “let football take center stage” was sent by Infantino and FIFA
8:47 PM ET MLS commissioner Don Garber addresses the media during his annual State of the League address. USA Today Images LOS ANGELES — Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber said on Thursday that the league doesn’t “see any reason at all” for Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson to sell the club. An independent investigation into
9:38 PM ET Cesar Hernandez LAFC winger Carlos Vela urged Mexico fans on Thursday to support the team at the World Cup and forget about whether or not he or Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez would be a part of the team that goes to Qatar. Vela, who is readying for his team’s MLS Cup final against
7:26 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Philadelphia Union head coach Jim Curtin brushed off suggestions he needs to test himself in Europe by stating that Major League Soccer could become the “top league in the world” by 2026. Curtin was speaking to ESPN’s Herculez Gomez ahead of Saturday’s MLS Cup final, where his team will take
2:00 PM ET Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has announced that he will retire from football when the Spanish league breaks for the World Cup this month. Pique, 35, says Saturday’s match against Almeria in LaLiga will be his last at Camp Nou for the Catalan club after 14 years in the first team following his
3:38 PM ET Alejandro Garnacho scored his first Manchester United goal but a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad wasn’t enough to avoid finishing second in their Europa League group and facing a playoff against a team dropping out of the Champions League. United needed to win by a two-goal margin in San Sebastian to overhaul
5:54 PM ET Arsenal clung to an important 1-0 win over FC Zurich at the Emirates Stadium in their final Europa League Group A match on Thursday to advance directly to the round of 16 as winners. Mikel Arteta’s side could have been forced into the Europa League playoff round if they had finished second
4:52 PM ET Associated Press AC Milan right back Sergino Dest is the latest injury worry for the United States ahead of the World Cup, while Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner missed his third straight match Thursday. Dest did not play in Milan’s Champions League group stage finale against FC Salzburg on Wednesday because of adductor