ESPN Apr 30, 2025, 02:31 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions We are down to the final four! It’s the second day of the semifinal first legs of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season. Enjoy the play-by-play from today’s game: Barcelona against Internazionale, live from the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Jump to: UCL…
The Mexican Football Federation (FMF) on Tuesday handed a six-year ban to an unnamed Liga MX Femenil player from Mazatlán FC after an investigation into alleged match-fixing. The FMF said the alleged offense took place during the ongoing Clausura tournament, which took place between January and April. “The Disciplinary Committee of the Mexican Football Federation…
Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Al Nassr were dumped out of the Asian Champions League Elite as Japan‘s Kawasaki Frontale spectacularly ripped up the script with a 3-2 semifinal victory on Wednesday to reach the continental final for the first time. The big-spending Saudi Pro League team succumbed when Yuto Ozeki and Akihiro Ienaga struck after Sadio Mané‘s…
BILBAO, Spain — Ruben Amorim has said that not even winning the Europa League will save Manchester United’s season. United face Athletic Club in the semifinal first leg on Thursday with a place in next month’s final — also being held in Bilbao — on the line. Lifting the trophy would hand Amorim silverware in…
Apr 30, 2025, 11:44 AM ET Chicago Stars FC announced on Wednesday that the club has fired Lorne Donaldson as head coach after the Stars lost five of their first six games of the season. “We are grateful to Lorne Donaldson for the culture, respect and sense of self-belief he helped build within our squad,”…
Apr 30, 2025, 11:14 AM ET The North Carolina Courage on Wednesday added a new chief soccer officer who has had success as City Football Group’s head of coaching support during Manchester City’s rise under manager Pep Guardiola. Now, Dr. Ceri Bowley will take on his first role at the top of a technical staff…
Apr 30, 2025, 10:00 AM ET Bodo/Glimt, European football’s biggest underdogs, are a team that meditates before training, huddles around for a chat when they concede a goal and decide amongst the squad who should be captain for each game. Their core principle is that they won’t ever talk about winning or look at a…
Apr 30, 2025, 08:15 AM ET Evangelos Marinakis bought Nottingham Forest in 2017. Photo by MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images Evangelos Marinakis has taken a step back from his ownership duties at Nottingham Forest as the club gear up for Champions League qualification. Sixth-placed Forest are strong contenders to seal a top-five finish in the Premier…
BILBAO, Spain — Ernesto Valverde has said he’s hopeful Athletic Club can fend off interest from Barcelona and the Premier League and keep Nico Williams in Bilbao next season. Williams is set to lead Athletic Club in their Europa League semifinal first leg against Manchester United at San Mamés on Thursday. It comes amid renewed…
Apr 30, 2025, 07:48 AM ET Wrexham is keeping the party going after sealing a third-straight promotion. The club, owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, will be playing in the second tier of English football next season — just one level below the Premier League. It is a remarkable rise for a team…