11:52 AM ET Erling Haaland scored once again but Manchester City were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by Everton after a spectacular goal from Demarai Gray. Haaland’s 24th-minute effort was his 21st league goal of the season — the most a player has scored before the turn of the year in a Premier League
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2:27 PM ET Arsenal opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League table as they strolled to a 4-2 victory away at Brighton & Hove Albion. Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the second minute while Martin Odegaard, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Martinelli all scored to ensure a fairly routine win
1:49 PM ET Vinicius Junior has hit out at LaLiga for not doing enough to protect players from racism. Photo by Ion Alcoba/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Real Madrid‘s forward Vinicius Junior and LaLiga president Javier Tebas clashed on social media over LaLiga’s stance on dealing with racism. On Saturday, the Brazil international accused LaLiga of continuing
12:51 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City dropped points in the Premier League title race after being held to a 1-1 draw by relegation candidates Everton. – Report: Man City 1-1 Everton | Premier League table | Upcoming fixtures City took the lead in the first half thanks to Erling Haaland before
9:24 AM ET Marcus Rashford came off the bench to score a late winner in Manchester United‘s 1-0 victory at Wolves on Saturday. The forward was dropped from the starting lineup after oversleeping and arriving late to a team meeting. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) However, the England international was brought on
9:59 AM ET Marcus Rashford gave the perfect response to being dropped by Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag by coming off the substitutes’ bench to score the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.)– Premier League table | Upcoming fixtures
6:44 AM ET Before the Champions League turned into the contemporary global powerhouse of football, the World Cup was seen as the pinnacle of the game, not only in terms of prestige but also of standards, tactical development and individual achievement. And the name Pele is synonymous with the tournament. He bestrode the game at
7:15 AM ET Marcus Rashford will start on the bench for Manchester United against Wolves on Saturday. Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images Marcus Rashford has been dropped from the Manchester United starting lineup for Saturday’s Premier League game against Wolves for unspecified “internal disciplinary” reasons, according to manager Erik ten Hag. Rashford, 25, had been
2:36 PM ET Marc Overmars won the Premier League and FA Cup double with Arsenal in 1997-98. ANP Sport via Getty Images Former Netherlands international Marc Overmars was admitted to hospital after suffering a “mild stroke,” Belgian club Royal Antwerp said on Friday. The 49-year-old has served as director of football at top-flight Antwerp since March.
5:41 PM ET Real Madrid secured a 2-0 win at Real Valladolid as Karim Benzema scored two late goals, including a penalty, to move them a point clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga on Friday. Ballon d’Or winner Benzema returned to the starting lineup after missing the World Cup for France, having
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag has said Manchester United will have to be “creative” if they want to sign a striker in January. Ten Hag is keen to bring in a replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo, who left Old Trafford during the break for the World Cup. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
4:58 PM ET Liverpool came back from an early deficit to beat Leicester City 2-1 at Anfield on Friday courtesy of a quickfire pair of own goals from Foxes defender Wout Faes. Faes became just the fourth player in Premier League history to score two own goals in the same game with two defensive blunders
10:52 AM ET Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch has said the lack of a US-style salary cap in the Premier League makes the English top flight harder, as not every team “has a chance.” On Saturday, Leeds face Newcastle United, who have made nine new signings since they were taken over by a Saudi Arabia-led
4:13 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr after leaving Manchester United in controversial fashion, the club announced Friday. According to reports, Ronaldo will receive $75 million per year through 2025 as part of the deal. Sources did not dispute that figure to ESPN. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)
8:15 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Espanyol have expressed their anger with the decision to temporarily lift a three-match ban for Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski which means he will be available for the Catalan derby on Saturday. Lewandowski, 34, was sent off in Barca’s final game before the World Cup against Osasuna after picking
10:03 AM ET On the morning of June 11, 1975, a pack of rubbernecking New Yorkers gathers on West 52nd Street. They’re standing outside the venerable “21” club, a former speakeasy turned posh canteen to presidents, plutocrats and Hollywood grandees, drawn there by the steady drone of a police helicopter overhead — and, no doubt,
3:37 PM ET The sports world lost one of its biggest icons Thursday. Pele, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time, died after undergoing colon cancer treatment since 2021, his agent and daughter confirmed. He was 82. Pele, from Tres Coracoes, Brazil, arrived on the world soccer stage at 17,
6:00 AM ET Brazil never lost a match with Garrincha and Pelé. Alongside Dorval, Mengálvio, Coutinho and Pepe, “O Rei” built one of the most famousand powerful attacks in football history. “With Garrincha and Pele, Brazil begins this Tuesday, July 12, 1966, its run in search of a third World Cup.” That’s how Brazil’s papers
7:02 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid are ready to make an offer of more than €100 million to sign Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham and are confident they will be able to speed up transfer talks in January, sources have told ESPN. The LaLiga giants view the England international, 19, as a
3:53 PM ET Pele. Four letters, two syllables. And a universal code word. A concept understood by everyone, regardless of proximity — or distance — from the beautiful game. Pele — the word — meant something not just to fans, but also to folks who had never watched a football game, as well as to
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