2:49 PM ET Premier League club Chelsea are on borrowed time and only have weeks to complete their sale, Britain’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport told the BBC on Thursday. Chelsea were put up for sale by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich before sanctions were imposed on the oligarch by the British
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3:22 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick is considering an offer from the Austrian FA to coach their national team, but has told Manchester United he could still fulfil his role as consultant even if he takes the job, sources have told ESPN. The outgoing interim manager at United has a two-year contract to begin
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8:58 PM ET The Miami City Commission approved a 99-year lease to the owners of Inter Miami CF for a redevelopment project that includes a new stadium for the Major League Soccer side. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games, replays (U.S. only) After over six hours of occasionally heated discussion, public comment and revising
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6:27 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick says Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Manchester United future will be one of the topics up for discussion when he finally gets a chance to meet new manager Erik ten Hag. Rangnick insists he will “definitely” take up his consultancy role next season despite sources telling ESPN the 63-year-old is set
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Cristiano Ronaldo rescued a point for Manchester United in a 1-1 draw against Chelsea in Thursday’s Premier League clash at Old Trafford. Ronaldo, who has now scored United’s last five goals, found the net just two minutes after Chelsea had taken a deserved 60th-minute lead through Marcos Alonso. Despite dominating the game, Chelsea failed to
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5:24 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Maybe the Glazers will never get it right as Manchester United owners. When they signed Tom Brady for their NFL franchise, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they were rewarded with a Super Bowl title at the first attempt, but for all of Cristiano Ronaldo‘s goals and star quality, the best
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1:46 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino said Thursday he is “100%” sure both he and Kylian Mbappe will remain with the club next season. Speculation over Pochettino’s future in the French capital has swirled since PSG were eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid in the Round of 16, despite holding a
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12:00 PM ET Jurgen Klopp has signed a contract extension at Liverpool that will see him remain at the club until 2026. Klopp’s deal was set to expire in 2024, with the expectation that he would take a sabbatical, but he has committed to a new contract. Klopp’s assistants Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz have
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6:29 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will play their home games during the 2023-24 season at the Olympic Stadium in the city with work due to begin on revamping Camp Nou this summer, the club confirmed on Thursday. Barca members approved a €1.5 billion funding package to regenerate the club’s ageing 99,354-seater stadium
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9:05 AM ET Mino Raiola is one of the most well-known agents in football. AMA/Corbis via Getty Images Renowned football agent Mino Raiola posted on Twitter on Thursday that he was angry amid a flurry of reports that claimed he had died. “Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in four months
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7:36 AM ET Adriana Garcia A Boca Juniors fan was arrested in Brazil for making racist gestures at Corinthians supporters during Tuesday’s Copa Libertadores group game between the two sides. Corinthians, who won 2-0, said in a statement that the Argentinian fan, who the club did not name, was reported by the home supporters to
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7:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The world’s best male players are getting younger but, as the likes of Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland, Barcelona‘s Pedri and Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden make headlines every week, is it finally time to crown successors to the legendary Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo? 2 Related For the fourth
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2:42 AM ET Associated Press The Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC celebrate after a Peace Charity Match at Providence Park. Yellow won 4-3. Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports PORTLAND, Ore. — The final score didn’t matter in the end. Major League Soccer‘s Portland Timbers and the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League joined forces
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4:32 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has proposed that the Manchester United squad vote on whether they want Harry Maguire to stay on as captain next season. Maguire was installed as skipper by former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer shortly after his £80 million move from Leicester in 2019. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
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1:22 AM ET Juan Ignacio Dinenno scored a brace in Pumas’ 2-2 with the Seattle Sounders. Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images Nicolas Lodeiro converted two second-half penalties, including one in the ninth minute of stoppage time, to lift the Seattle Sounders to a 2-2 draw against Pumas UNAM on Wednesday at Mexico City in the first leg of
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10:48 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Luis Gerardo Chavez #20 of Mexico fights for the ball with Carlos Mejia #6 of Guatemala during Wednesday’s friendly match at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Getty Images An experimental Mexico team was held to a scoreless stalemate by Guatemala in a friendly Wednesday at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium. Despite
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5:30 PM ET Thomas Tuchel said he believes Chelsea‘s ownership uncertainty is enabling their rivals to gain an early advantage in the summer transfer market. Under the terms of a special licence allowing the club to function despite owner Roman Abramovich’s sanctioning by the U.K. government, Chelsea are banned from signing players or agreeing contract
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has accepted that Erik ten Hag’s first season as Manchester United manager may be easier to navigate without European football, but insists that will not stop his team trying to finish as high in the table as possible. United look set to miss out on the top four
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6:54 PM ET Villarreal coach Unai Emery was relieved that his side will go into the second leg of their Champions League semifinal with Liverpool with only a 2-0 deficit after their defensive gameplan backfired at Anfield. Liverpool had looked frustrated in the first half as Villarreal manned the barricades but the hosts got their
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