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12:52 PM ET Associated Press Romelu Lukaku scored a stoppage-time winner to earn Inter a 1-1 draw at Juventus on Tuesday. Sportinfoto/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Juventus have been given a partial stadium ban for their next home game in the Italian Cup after some of their supporters directed racist chants at Inter Milan striker Romelu

3:04 PM ET Lukaku received a second yellow for his celebration against Juventus. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) When it comes to racist abuse during football matches, some stuff is simple and easy, some stuff is complicated and hard. Until you figure out the latter, make sure you get the former right. Here’s the

10:29 AM ET Kylian Mbappe has criticised Paris Saint-Germain after they used him in a video to promote season ticket sales, without informing him how the interview would be used. The video released by PSG on Wednesday features snippets from an interview with Mbappe, in which he talks about the club and its supporters. It

8:23 AM ET Chelsea have appointed Frank Lampard as caretaker head coach until the end of the season following Sunday’s dismissal of Graham Potter, the club announced on Thursday. Lampard took Chelsea training on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s Premier League game at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has returned to the club he managed until 2021 while

6:32 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti said Karim Benzema is back in “optimal condition” and still among the world’s best after the forward scored a hat trick to fire Real Madrid into the Copa del Rey final with a 4-0 win over Barcelona. Vinicius Junior opened the scoring before half-time at Camp

9:28 PM ET Cesar Hernandez LA Galaxy head coach Greg Vanney said Mexican forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez has recovered from a hamstring injury and is set to make his 2023 MLS season debut this Saturday against the Houston Dynamo. “He’s ready to go to Houston, now it’s just building up his match minutes,” said Vanney

5:00 PM ET Marcus Rashford scored the only goal with a brilliant half-volley as Manchester United beat Brentford 1-0 in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Wednesday to climb above Tottenham Hotspur and back into the top four. The victory was a perfect response following a disappointing 2-0 defeat by Newcastle United on Sunday

1:59 PM ET Associated Press Champions League winner Real Madrid earned the most prize money from UEFA last season with €133.7 million ($146.4m), the European governing body said Wednesday. Madrid’s total included a basic payment for entering the group stage, results bonuses, a share of Spanish broadcasting rights and an extra payment based on clubs’

7:54 AM ET Associated Press Romelu Lukaku was sent off after celebrating in front of Juventus after scoring a stoppage-time penalty. Photo by Matteo Bottanelli/NurPhoto via Getty Images Romelu Lukaku‘s management company reacted with outrage after the Inter Milan forward was shown a second yellow card and then sent off for a gesture toward Juventus fans

8:58 AM ET Gwendolyn Oxenham Jun Endo trains for Angel City FC without shoes on Aug. 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. Will Navarro/Angel City FC If you were to show up an hour early to an Angel City game and skip the very cool fanfest activities happening outside BMO Stadium, you could behold the vision that

6:37 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Luis Enrique has flown into London for talks on taking over the manager’s job at Chelsea, sources have told ESPN. The former Barcelona and Spain coach arrived in London on Wednesday morning for discussions over the position — vacant since Graham Potter was sacked on Sunday after seven

5:19 PM ET Juventus and Internazionale shared the spoils in an energetic 1-1 Coppa Italia semifinal first-leg draw on Tuesday, after a stoppage-time penalty by Romelu Lukaku cancelled out a late goal by home-side midfielder Juan Cuadrado. Juventus could have gone ahead through Angel Di Maria in the fourth minute, but Inter keeper Samir Handanovic

8:00 AM ET What might go down as Aly Wagner’s greatest assist occurred long after she retired as a professional soccer player. It came in the summer of 2022, when she pitched Charlotte Waxman, the wife of Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman, on the virtues of a NWSL expansion team in the San Francisco Bay

4:53 PM ET Chelsea and Liverpool were both left frustrated after a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday in the home side’s first game since the dismissal of Graham Potter as manager. Chelsea, under the charge of interim boss Bruno Saltor, were the better, more dangerous team but, as so often during Potter’s ill-fated

4:05 PM ET Associated Press Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior testified Tuesday against a Mallorca fan accused of racially insulting him at a LaLiga game, saying he will not accept an apology. Vinicius provided testimony to a judge analysing evidence against the fan accused of directing a racial slur at the Brazil forward in a

1:18 PM ET Manchester United will face Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund in July in Las Vegas as a part of the club’s summer tour to the United States, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The match will be played at the Allegiant Stadium on July 30 and is the second fixture of the tour,

8:39 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has said the side’s three previous Clasico wins this season mean nothing and Real Madrid are the favourites heading into Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semifinal. Barca have won four of their six meetings with Madrid since Xavi took charge, including the last three, and

11:47 AM ET Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been banned for eight games by the English Football Association (FA) after pushing referee Chris Kavanagh in his team’s ill-tempered FA Cup quarterfinal loss to Manchester United last month. Mitrovic received a straight red card for his actions, but the FA previously said that the standard three-match

8:23 PM ET Interim Tottenham Hotspur coach Cristian Stellini brushed aside chants from Everton fans calling Harry Kane a cheat after his dust-up with Abdoulaye Doucoure saw the Mali international sent off at Goodison Park. Michael Keane‘s late strike from distance cancelled out Kane’s penalty on 68 minutes in the 1-1 draw, but it was

4:37 PM ET Associated Press Alex Ferguson is getting another medal to add to his extensive collection. Forty years later, some of the key people behind Scottish team Aberdeen’s win over Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1983 have been granted medals by UEFA. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more