6:45 PM ET Giorgio Chiellini, who won the 2020 Euro with Italy last summer, is retiring from international football in June. Getty Images Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini will retire from international football after the European champions play a friendly against their South American counterparts Argentina at Wembley in June. Italy’s failure to qualify for this year’s
4:33 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Arsenal teenager Marcelo Flores is still eligible to play for either Mexico or Canada at international level. Getty Images Arsenal dual-national Marcelo Flores said he is ready to commit his future to Mexico if he’s named in their squad for the 2022 World Cup. Flores, who was born in Canada to
2:55 PM ET James Tyler Close Senior Editor, ESPN FC James Tyler is an ESPN editor for soccer. Austin Lindberg Another week, another LAFC victory, another edition of MLS Power Rankings topped for Steve Cherundolo & Co. Behind the Black and Gold, though, their closest rivals are steadily sneaking up the order. The LA Galaxy
5:06 PM ET United States men’s national team defender Sergino Dest is the latest member of the squad to go down with an injury that will put his summer availability for the the Americans in question. The standout 21-year-old came away with a hamstring injury on Sunday while playing for his club team Barcelona in
7:56 AM ET The regulator will be provided with power to licence and sanction clubs, the U.K. government said on Monday. Visionhaus/Getty Images The British government will establish an independent regulator in English football to deal with the game’s finances, club ownership and corporate governance, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said on
10:26 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City cannot compete with Real Madrid‘s history in the Champions League but has challenged his players to prove that the Spanish giants’ 13 titles mean nothing when the two teams meet in the competition’s semifinal on Tuesday. City are aiming to become champions of Europe
12:44 PM ET What a weekend! Liverpool kept the pressure on Manchester City atop the Premier League, Barcelona lost another shocker in LaLiga to put their top-four hopes in a little jeopardy, and Bayern Munich clinched their 10th straight Bundesliga title. Also, Paris Saint-Germain won Ligue 1 (but nobody seemed too happy about it), Inter
8:18 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have told Erik ten Hag he will have to oversee an evolution rather than revolution of the squad when he takes over with club chiefs distancing themselves from Ralf Rangnick’s suggestion that as many as 10 players could arrive in the summer, sources have told ESPN. Ten Hag
8:40 AM ET Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City squad could not get out of the Estadio do Dragao quickly enough after losing last season’s Champions League final against Chelsea in Porto. Guardiola gave the briefest of postmatch interviews and his players headed out of the stadium with barely a word to any media outlet
3:47 AM ET Didier Drogba lost a controversial bid to become president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation when he was eliminated after the first round of voting at Saturday’s elective congress. The former Chelsea star polled only 21 votes in a three-way race, with the two other candidates, Yacine Idriss Diallo (59) and Sory
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