Tom Chambers Jan 18, 2025, 01:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Arne Slot said Darwin Núñez‘s knack of scoring vital late goals for Liverpool is “nice to have” after the forward did so again to earn his team a crucial victory over Brentford on Saturday. Núñez struck twice in added time to secure
Leon Goretzka scored once in each half to help Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich to a 3-2 victory over visiting VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday and open up a seven-point advantage over champions Bayer Leverkusen in second place. Bayern hit the crossbar through Leroy Sane after three minutes before Goretzka fired them into a 20th-minute lead with
Second-half goals by Samuel Mbangula and Timothy Weah earned Juventus a 2-0 home win over AC Milan in Serie A on Saturday to lift the hosts into the top four. Forward Mbangula gave Juve the lead just before the hour mark with a curled first-time shot that went in off the crossbar. Midfielder Weah doubled
Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins proved a thorn in Arsenal‘s side again as he completed his side’s comeback with the equaliser in a 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Saturday. Arsenal looked on course to erase the memory of last season’s home defeat by Villa — the last time they lost in the league
Open Extended Reactions Brentford head coach Thomas Frank has labelled Liverpool “the best team in the world” and believes they are “huge favourites” to win the Premier League title following their late win over his side. Substitute Darwin Núñez scored twice in stoppage time to hand Arne Slot’s men their first league victory of 2025
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJan 18, 2025, 11:01 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Chicago Red Stars goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher has been voted the 2024 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year, capping off a year that saw her win an Olympic gold
Rishabh Pant is set to be named captain of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ahead of IPL 2025. Pant became the most expensive player in the IPL at the November 2024 mega auction, bought by LSG for INR 27 crore (US$ 3.21 million approx.). India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul led LSG for their first three seasons (from
Tom Chambers Jan 18, 2025, 01:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Switch off the alarms, turn the dials back from “panic” mode: Liverpool‘s title charge is back on track. After all, they had the Premier League‘s best get-out-of-jail-free card: send on Darwin Núñez. With the fourth official still holding up the board showing
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 18, 2025, 01:42 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — As No. 7 Notre Dame prepared to face No. 8 Ohio State in Monday night’s CFP National Championship presented by AT&T, the
Heather Dinich, Senior College Football InsiderJan 18, 2025, 01:44 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said the independent Irish are comfortable continuing to give up access to a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff —