Football

6:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MADRID — On a night when Atletico Madrid tried everything to make Manchester City lose their heads, Pep Guardiola’s players showed they have the steel as well as the silk to win the Champions League. By the end, it was the home side who lost their cool when Brazilian defender

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4:00 AM ET Ryan Sessegnon delivers an instinctive one-word answer when asked how he would sum up his time at Tottenham Hotspur: “Rollercoaster… I don’t even know where to begin.” Since the defender joined Spurs in a £25 million move from Fulham in August 2019, he has experienced four different permanent managers, one caretaker, persistent

7:45 PM ET MADRID — There is no preferred way to surrender your Champions League crown, but nothing could come much closer than this. Asked on the eve of Tuesday’s game how champions bow out of a competition if it has to be their time, Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel replied: “By not accepting it

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5:00 AM ET Gabriele Marcotti Mark Ogden Dear Richard Arnold and Joel Glazer: Another summer of change is approaching at your club, Manchester United, and with it, you hope, another period of introspection searching for the answer to this basic question: “How do we go back to being what we were on the pitch?” We

7:45 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur were struggling in ninth position, already five points adrift of a top-four spot in the Premier League, when Antonio Conte was charged with saving the club’s season last November. A month later, Ralf Rangnick started his role as interim manager at Manchester United with his team sitting in seventh and

12:09 PM ET UEFA on Monday ordered the partial closure of Atletico Madrid‘s Wanda Metropolitano Stadium for their Champions League quarterfinal second leg against Manchester City on Wednesday over the “discriminatory behaviour” of their supporters. Kevin De Bruyne‘s 70th minute goal earned City a 1-0 win at home in the first leg last Tuesday, after

6:00 PM ET While the big game of the weekend saw Premier League title hopefuls Manchester City and Liverpool play out a thrilling draw, there was plenty going on elsewhere: Paris Saint-Germain‘s big three found form, Real Madrid and Barcelona won, Serie A‘s title race had more twists and Arsenal and Tottenham endured contrasting fortunes.

3:45 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — It was epic, frenetic and unpredictable until the end, when Riyad Mahrez had a chance not only to win the game, but almost certainly the Premier League title. Instead, the Manchester City substitute sent the ball high over the Liverpool crossbar and the 2-2 result means we are no

1:25 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent In his first Premier League start since Jan. 1, Gabriel Jesus showed that Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola made the right call by giving the Brazilian a chance. Matt McNulty/Getty Images MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City and Liverpool played out a thrilling 2-2 draw on Sunday in a Premier League top-of-the-table

6:25 AM ET Manchester United are exploring alternative options to hiring Robin van Persie as part of the club’s new coaching staff under Erik ten Hag, the favoured candidate to become manager this summer, due to concerns that the 38-year-old will not be able to secure a UK work permit, sources have told ESPN. ESPN

10:45 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent LIVERPOOL, England — Manchester United have had some chastening days at Goodison Park since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, and now there’s another to add to the list. Ralf Rangnick’s team were beaten 1-0 by Everton to follow on from a 2-0 defeat under David Moyes in 2014, a

1:09 PM ET Manchester United are investigating an incident in which Cristiano Ronaldo allegedly smashed a supporter’s phone following the 1-0 Premier League defeat to Everton on Saturday. Footage shared on social media showed Ronaldo leaving the pitch at Goodison Park and appearing to slap a mobile phone out of a fan’s hand and onto

12:45 PM ET Five days before Christian Eriksen arrived at Brentford, Thomas Frank predicted he could be the club’s “greatest signing.” Frank hadn’t yet seen him train, but the Brentford manager — who coached Eriksen when he was with Denmark’s Under-17s — certainly knew he could transform the Bees’ season. Since Eriksen made his debut

5:30 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer There were two minutes to go and the most extraordinary story was about to be written, or so it goes. The football team from a tiny, unremarkable little town in Spain that had spent most of its history in the regional third tier and was playing its first Champions

8:17 AM ET Teams from Liga MX, Major League Soccer (MLS) and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and others have formed a coalition to eliminate anti-gay abuse from soccer, the group said on Friday. Play Proud United will bring together Angel City FC, Chicago Fire, Philadelphia Union, San Diego Wave FC and Tigres to

3:28 AM ET Chelsea’s ownership battle is turning sour — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Why Erling Haaland snubbed Manchester United. Jump to: Why Haaland snubbed Man United | Barca keen but Lewandowski move unlikely | Mata’s next move | No US-style World Cup prep for England Chelsea bidder’s concern amid dirty tricks