Football

4:18 PM ET There’s a very solid chance — about 50-50, depending on where you get your projections — that this European soccer season ends with both Napoli‘s first Serie A title since 1990 and Arsenal‘s first Premier League title since 2004. Neither of these clubs is a Leicester City, but considering what we’ve grown

10:50 AM ET Jon Arnold ST. LOUIS — As the St. Louis City SC supporters rounded the corner, a club employee tried to keep the ever-growing mass of people in their designated area. The march to the match was to take place on sidewalks, not the street. He had no chance. Saturday night, the streets

7:04 PM ET Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham called Chelsea‘s retaken penalty, which knocked his team out of the Champions League on Tuesday, a “joke.” The round-of-16 second leg at Stamford Bridge was finely poised at 1-1 on aggregate with the Blues winning 1-0 on the night through a Raheem Sterling goal when Ben Chilwell‘s

5:08 PM ET Chelsea beat Borussia Dortmund at Stamford Bridge 2-0 on Tuesday to book their place in the Champions League quarterfinals and ease the mounting pressure on head coach Graham Potter. Needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Germany three weeks ago, Chelsea made a fast start but had to

7:30 AM ET Brentford’s win over Fulham extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 12 games, more than any other team in the division. Marc Atkins/Getty Images They probably wouldn’t be many people’s first guess, but Brentford are the top form side in the entire Premier League after extending their impressive unbeaten streak with

4:33 PM ET Ryan Rosenblatt MLS has a sample size that is now up to a whole 180 minutes per team! Well, except for the teams that have byes, so they’re still at 90 minutes. And not really for a few of the teams in the CONCACAF Champions League, because they sent out weaker teams

12:08 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar has been ruled out for the rest of the season with the Brazil international set to undergo surgery to repair ankle ligaments that will keep him out for at least three months, the Ligue 1 club said Monday. Neymar, who has 13 goals and 11 assists in Ligue

8:27 AM ET Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR

9:53 PM ET Another weekend of European football is in the books and, once again, there is drama everywhere you look. Liverpool knocked an astonishing seven goals past Manchester United, while Arsenal staged a comeback that carried an aura of champions about it. Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund flexed their title credentials and things went from bad

2:20 PM ET Liverpool recorded their biggest win ever against Manchester United with a 7-0 humiliation of their traditional rivals at Anfield. – Premier League: Standings | Schedule | Statistics Goals from Darwin Nunez (2), Cody Gakpo (2), Mohamed Salah (2) and Roberto Firmino took Liverpool to win three points of the top four, but

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1:10 PM ET LONDON — Reiss Nelson scored a dramatic 97th-minute winner as Arsenal came from two goals down to beat AFC Bournemouth 3-2 on Saturday to reestablish a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League. Philip Billing scored the second-fastest goal in the division’s history, after just 9.11 seconds, to give the

4:52 PM ET Kylian Mbappe was awarded a trophy after scoring his record-setting 201st goal for Paris Saint-Germain. FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images Kylian Mbappe has reached another landmark in his already record-laden career, surpassing Edinson Cavani as Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time top scorer with his 201st goal against Nantes in Ligue 1 on Saturday. The France

9:49 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City kept up the pressure on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table with a 2-0 win over Newcastle United at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Phil Foden and substitute Bernardo Silva scored in each half to give the scoreline a comfortable look but

8:00 AM ET With league titles and golden boots on the line, many of the big stars across Europe’s elite clubs have been proving their worth with vital goals as we prepare to enter the final third of the season. But which two players have combined for the most goal contributions in Europe’s “Big Five”

6:32 AM ET Achraf Hakimi has been placed under police monitoring and was banned from contact with the alleged victim. Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi was given preliminary charges of rape, the prosecutor’s department of Nanterre told ESPN on Friday. A preliminary investigation was opened against Hakimi last week after

5:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent “We want more. My contract is long, so hopefully I can win something more.” These words sound a lot like something Erik ten Hag could have said in the aftermath of Manchester United‘s Carabao Cup final victory against Newcastle on Sunday, but they belong to Jose Mourinho, who had been

7:33 AM ET Manchester United are Manchester United again. Winning trophies, playing exciting football and on course for Champions League qualification. Yet their ability to use this summer as a stepping stone towards Premier League and European success has been compromised by a damaging combination of prolonged failure, commercial flat-lining and even their partnership with