Football

Open Extended Reactions What a weekend of action in Europe’s top soccer leagues! The Premier League‘s title race feels like it’s taken a decisive turn thanks to Liverpool‘s 2-0 win at Manchester City and Arsenal‘s 1-0 home defeat to West Ham. Real Madrid and Barcelona picked up wins to share top spot in LaLiga, with

Open Extended Reactions Manchester United have announced plans to make up to another 200 staff redundant as part of their continuing cost-cutting measures. United announced their first wave of job losses last season with around 250 employees leaving in the summer. The latest cuts — unveiled just days after the one-year anniversary of Sir Jim

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has urged supporters to make Anfield “horrible” for opponents in the coming months as his team seek to get their Premier League title challenge over the line. Goals from Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai helped Liverpool beat reigning champions Manchester City 2-0 at the Etihad on Sunday,

Open Extended Reactions Vitor Roque‘s transfer from Barcelona to Palmeiras is set to fall through due to the Royal Spanish Football Federation’s [RFEF] regulations which prevent Real Betis cutting his loan short, various sources have told ESPN. Sources have told ESPN Brazil that Palmeiras are exploring workarounds, but there is pessimism about bringing the striker

Adriana Garcia Feb 24, 2025, 07:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LaLiga president Javier Tebas has accused Real Madrid of “crying” and creating a “global conspiracy theory” with their constant criticism of officiating in Spain. “I’m starting to feel ashamed of what I’ve experienced as a Real Madrid fan,” Tebas told Europa Press on Monday.

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Feb 24, 2025, 08:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Hansi Flick is optimistic Lamine Yamal will be fit to face Atlético Madrid in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. Yamal came off in the final stages of Saturday’s 2-0 win

Open Extended Reactions Enzo Maresca has said Chelsea are over-reliant on Cole Palmer and rejected criticism of the midfielder’s body language in recent games. Chelsea slipped to seventh in the Premier League with a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Saturday, a game in which Palmer missed a clear chance with the scores level. Editor’s

Adriana Garcia Feb 24, 2025, 04:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Neymar showed he still has plenty of magic left after a long injury layoff by scoring a fantastic goal directly from a corner for Santos on Sunday. His 27th minute strike in Santos’ 3-0 win at Internacional de Limeira in the Paulista Championship was

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has become the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to surpass 50 direct goal involvements this season following his goal and assist in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Manchester City. Salah opened the scoring for Liverpool at the Etihad before setting up Dominik Szoboszlai later in the first

Open Extended Reactions It has been another bad week for Manchester City. But after being knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid and symbolically dethroned as Premier League champions in a 2-0 home defeat to runaway leaders Liverpool, it could get even worse from here for Pep Guardiola’s team. Leaving aside the shadow