Football

1:13 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Just after midnight on Tuesday night, Barcelona‘s players silently boarded a bus waiting outside the Ciutat de Valencia, knowing it was over, another opportunity wasted. Just before midnight on Wednesday night, fireworks exploded in the sky outside the Metropolitano, Atletico Madrid fans who had followed the game from the

4:11 PM ET LONDON — Stretched above the majority of Leicester supporters, housed in a semi-circle behind the Wembley goal into which Youri Tielemans unleashed a majestic 25-yard strike to beat Chelsea 1-0 in the FA Cup final, was a banner bearing the image of the club’s deceased owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Thirteen words accompanied his

1:48 PM ET There’s a word Christian Pulisic reaches for instinctively when contemplating Saturday’s FA Cup Final: redemption. Chelsea will contest the Wembley showpiece against Leicester City — stream LIVE on ESPN, May 15, 12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+ — a little over nine months on from losing last season’s rescheduled final to Arsenal, a match

4:00 AM ET In this week’s ESPN Insider Notebook, Paris Saint-Germain eye Mohamed Salah to replace Kylian Mbappe, while Manchester United look to agree a fee for Jadon Sancho. Jump to: Man Utd in pole position for Sancho | Porto UEFA’s third choice | Ligue 1 manager musical chairs | Salernitana fans issue threats |

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6:36 PM ET LONDON — Perhaps Chelsea felt they didn’t have enough to play for as it is. Either side of this weekend’s FA Cup final and the Champions League final at the end of the month, the Blues now face a needlessly nervous end to their Premier League campaign after slipping to a 1-0

4:00 AM ET Joe Bryan can’t remember how he felt during the best moments of his career. He only recalls those two goals he scored against Brentford in the 2020 Championship playoff final, which earned Fulham promotion to the Premier League and a £170m windfall, through watching highlights. Nor can he remember the emotions of

2:52 PM ET Manchester City won the Premier League title for the third time under Pep Guardiola, after Manchester United‘s 2-1 home defeat to Leicester City on Tuesday. The result at Old Trafford leaves United with 70 points from 35 matches, 10 behind City with three games left to play in the 2020-2021 campaign. –

9:51 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Seattle keeps winning, Minnesota keeps losing and the stars of Major League Soccer keep shining as we

5:24 AM ET La Liga giants Barcelona are the world’s fourth most valuable sports team, according to an annual list published by Forbes. Last month, Barca leapfrogged Spanish rivals Real Madrid to become the world’s most valuable football club with a valuation of $4.76 billion. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Ratings:

12:42 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, England — Mason Greenwood was so promising as a schoolboy at Manchester United that Sir Alex Ferguson would tell people of the “special” talent that would one day break into the first team. After the 19-year-old eclipsed Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo in the club’s record books with a crucial goal

3:50 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — For the second time in a month, Chelsea beat Manchester City and, while this 2-1 Premier League win might have offered few clues about whether they can make it a hat trick in the Champions League final on May 29, Thomas Tuchel’s side have made sure they

May 6, 2021 ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae looks ahead to an intriguing Dortmund vs. RB Leipzig “doubleheader” over the next week, a pair of games that will play a huge part in the story of this German football season. Saturday, May 8 and Thursday, May 13: Circle these days on your football calendar.

12:18 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Eden Hazard has friends at Chelsea, the monster. By the end of Wednesday night, it was hard to avoid the conclusion that what most hurt wasn’t that Real Madrid had been knocked out of the Champions League, or even that they had been defeated so completely, the fact that

Play video content This should be good … Logan Paul and Floyd Mayweather are going to stand face-to-face in Miami on Thursday in an event to promote their upcoming boxing match … and you KNOW it’s gonna be a spectacle. It’s all going down at 12 PM PT — and we’ll live stream the whole

6:44 PM ET LONDON — Arsenal sacked Unai Emery because they feared he was sending them into the wilderness. As it turns out, it didn’t stop him. Emery’s Villarreal side advanced to the Europa League final with a 0-0 draw at Emirates Stadium, earning a 2-1 aggregate win they deserved for being the better organised,

6:44 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea‘s ruthlessness has consumed many managers but Thomas Tuchel embraced it from day one, and that attitude has taken them to a Champions League final following a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. He replaced Frank Lampard 99 days ago ostensibly to mould the expensively acquired

The 2021 49ers’ quarterback room will NOT be icy … Jimmy Garoppolo just revealed he’ll mentor his future replacement Trey Lance — explaining he’s got no beef at all with the rookie QB. Garoppolo could be just months away from losing his job to the ex-North Dakota State signal-caller … the Niners drafted Lance #3