Football

6:29 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be talking a lot about “progress” between now and the end of the season: how much Manchester United have made, whether it’s enough and how they take the next step forward. It will be an easier conversation if this week goes well, and

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Mar 12, 2021 There are two teams clear at the top of the all-time Premier League standings for errors leading to goals: Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. Official league figures dating back to the mid-2000s have Spurs at 120 mistakes punished in this way, with the Gunners close behind on 118. The next best (or rather

6:02 PM ET LONDON — There was time when Sergio Aguero‘s importance to Manchester City was a certainty and their success in the Premier League was not. It feels decidedly different now. City eased to a 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday to extend their lead over Manchester United to 17

10:45 AM ET These are tough times for Christian Pulisic at Chelsea. The United States captain is fighting for his future at Stamford Bridge, but even on the rare occasion that he gets the chance to impress coach Thomas Tuchel, the odds appear to be stacked against him. For the first time since Tuchel replaced

Mar 11, 2021 In the summer of 2018, Juventus was enjoying an unprecedented domestic run. The Bianconeri racked up 95 points in Serie A play to win their seventh consecutive league crown, and they destroyed AC Milan 4-0 to win their fourth consecutive Coppa Italia. Paulo Dybala, 24 years old, was emerging as one of

2:08 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Barca’s women have won every game this season, all 18 of them, scoring 90 times and conceding just three. They’re not done yet, either. Rico Brouwer/Soccrates/Getty Images “The next day, at the airport on the way home, the captains got together with the coach and we told him we would

9:44 AM ET The 2019-20 season was a historic moment for Liverpool, as the Reds ended their 30-year title drought and clinched their first-ever Premier League title. Not only that, but they did it in style: it was the fastest-ever title win (clinched with seven games to spare), they took 61 of 63 points to

5:36 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer Arsenal head into the second leg of their Europa League last-16 tie against Olympiakos with a two-goal advantage and three away goals thanks to a 3-1 win in Piraeus. Two goals in the last 10 minutes earned the Gunners a valuable win. Gabriel Magalhaes scored the decisive goal with

4:19 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — In a week that has seen a sharp focus on how Manchester United buy their players, it looks like they have pulled off a coup in signing Amad Diallo. A day after the club appointed John Murtough as football director and Darren Fletcher as technical director in

8:30 AM ET Jurgen Klinsmann Jurgen Klinsmann won the World Cup and European Championship with Germany during a glittering career in which he played for Inter, Tottenham and Bayern, among others. As a coach, he led Germany to a third-place finish at the 2006 World Cup and managed the U.S. men’s national team from 2011-16.

7:15 PM ET Ronald Koeman says Barcelona showed Lionel Messi the club have a bright future despite being knocked out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday. Messi, 33, was on target as Barca drew 1-1 in Paris, exiting the competition at the last 16 stage for the first time since 2007 following

5:48 PM ET Liverpool might need to recreate the so-called “Miracle of Istanbul” if they are to qualify for next season’s Champions League, but as bad as Jurgen Klopp’s team have been in the Premier League in recent weeks, the flame of European glory continues to flicker this season after a 4-0 aggregate victory over

9:16 AM ET Juventus are out of the Champions League, and deservedly so, on balance. You can break down the episodes from both legs of their last-16 game with a fine-tooth comb and tell yourself this could have ended differently: they gifted Porto two goals in the first leg, they hit the woodwork twice on

9:08 PM ET TURIN, Italy — Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo insists his project in Turin is still in its early days and will continue despite his side crashing out of the UEFA Champions League at the last-16 stage on away goals against 10-man Porto on Tuesday. Juventus won 3-2 after extra-time on the night, but

5:42 PM ET Ten-man Porto squeezed past Juventus to reach the Champions League quarterfinals despite a 3-2 defeat after extra time at the Allianz Arena saw them triumph on away goals with a 4-4 aggregate scoreline. In a dramatic tie, Sergio Oliveira scored the crucial goal with a free-kick in the 117th-minute, which went through

5:00 AM ET Lionel Messi is scoring goals for fun, Ronald Koeman is successfully reconstructing FC Barcelona‘s first team, the Blaugrana dramatically overturned a 2-0 deficit against Sevilla in early March to reach this season’s Copa del Rey final and so, as Joan Laporta starts his first week as Camp Nou President since he vacated

4:18 PM ET LONDON — There is something about Kai Havertz that makes it impossible to gauge the Chelsea forward’s mood. Whether he is good, bad or indifferent, the 21-year-old carries the same unassuming expression like an impenetrable mask and it can hint at an air of indifference, which has not helped him at times