9:39 AM ET Barcelona president Joan Laporta has told ESPN that Lionel Messi‘s “chapter” at the club is “not over” and considers it his responsibility to ensure the forward has a “more beautiful ending” at the Camp Nou. Messi ended his 21-year spell at Barca when the club could not afford to renew his contract
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12:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Diogo Dalot said the Manchester United squad must be ready for more ear-bashings from Erik ten Hag as the Dutchman attempts to put his stamp on the team. The new United manager branded the second-half performance against Aston Villa in Perth as “unacceptable” after watching his team throw away a
7:00 AM ET Here we are, then: the 2022 Women’s European Championship is about to reach its pinnacle and you can only be excited by what you are about to watch. It is not often that the best four teams — in this case, England, Sweden, Germany and France — make the last four together
1:10 AM ET Raphinha scored the only goal of the game as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the first Clasico of the season in Las Vegas. The Brazil winger — signed from Leeds this month — put Barca ahead in the 27th minute of the Soccer Champions Tour friendly, firing into the top corner
11:18 PM ET Gareth Bale scored his first Major League Soccer goal as Los Angeles FC secured a 2-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night at Kansas City, Kansas. Bale’s goal came in his second game with Los Angeles. The former star for Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur entered the contest in the
6:55 AM ET Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said he was worried about his team’s progress and concerned by his players’ lack of commitment during their preseason tour of the United States after they slipped to a 4-0 defeat to Arsenal in Florida on Saturday. Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Albert Sambi Lokonga scored
10:31 AM ET Three years into his Real Madrid career, it feels as though Eden Hazard still hasn’t really got started. Signed from Chelsea in 2019 as arguably the Premier League‘s best player, and fully expected to fill the void left by Cristiano Ronaldo‘s departure a year earlier, the Belgium international has instead become an
9:39 PM ET Erling Haaland scored in his first appearance in a Manchester City jersey as his new club beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in a game shortened to 40 minutes per half as a result of multiple lightning delays at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field. It took Haaland just 12 minutes to make his mark for
10:00 PM ET Arsenal and new signing Gabriel Jesus continued their impressive preseason form with an emphatic 4-0 win over London rivals Chelsea at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium on Saturday. Jesus struck his fourth goal in an Arsenal shirt following his summer transfer from Manchester City with a clever dinked finish from a Granit Xhaka
5:47 PM ET Defender Eve Perisset scored a penalty in extra time to earn France a 1-0 win over holders the Netherlands and a place in the semifinals of the Women’s European Championship for the first time on Saturday. France, whose last three appearances at the Euros ended in the quarterfinals, desperately searched for an