Football

10:50 AM ET Brenden, 21, is thriving in Europe and should make the 2022 World Cup squad. But he didn’t get there alone, backed by his family and his brother, Paxten, who’s also making a name in the sport. Tom Pennington/Getty Images SALZBURG, Austria — Brenden and Paxten Aaronson are on FaceTime, debating who is better

6:28 PM ET SOUTHAMPTON, England — After a case of history repeating, Liverpool have earned the chance to find out if destiny is calling. The Premier League title race will go to the final day of the season after Takumi Minamino and Joel Matip struck to overturn Nathan Redmond‘s 13th-minute opener to ensure the Reds

9:41 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain have given up on keeping Kylian Mbappe at the club next season and expect the forward to announce a move to Real Madrid imminently, sources have told ESPN. There are still some details to be sorted out between Mbappe’s attorney and LaLiga champions Madrid, but nothing that would prevent the

Mikel Arteta said Arsenal must “swallow the poison” after a 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United left his team facing failure to qualify for the Champions League for the fifth successive season. Arsenal had been one win away from sealing a top-four spot and returning to the Champions League for the first time since 2017 ahead

9:34 AM ET Where would Manchester United be without Cristiano Ronaldo? That question has been posed almost since the day the 37-year-old scored twice on his second Premier League debut for the club during a 4-1 win against Newcastle at Old Trafford last September. This followed his transfer from Juventus, for an initial €15 million,

9:25 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has been assured that Erik ten Hag will have no involvement with the Manchester United first-team during his final week as interim manager, sources have told ESPN. Ten Hag took charge of Ajax for the final time on Sunday but will not join the Dutch side on their

10:06 PM ET With the Premier League and Serie A title races going down to the wire and the battle for Champions League spots and relegation scraps playing out in almost every league, it was a tense weekend of games across the continent. Manchester City showed resilience to keep their bid to repeat in the

2:01 PM ET Luis Suarez will leave Atletico Madrid at the end of the season, the club announced on Sunday. The 35-year-old has spent two years in the Spanish capital and Atletico confirmed his exit before their LaLiga home clash against Sevilla. – La Liga on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)– Lowe:

10:53 AM ET Riyad Mahrez missed a late penalty as Manchester City slipped up in the Premier League title race after drawing 2-2 at West Ham United on Sunday. Jarrod Bowen grabbed a first-half brace to give West Ham a shock lead but City responded with second-half strikes from Jack Grealish and a Vladimir Coufal

6:01 PM ET LONDON — Nothing quite screams “Chelsea need a striker” as the sight of Ross Barkley playing at centre-forward in an FA Cup final. It was a circuitous route to this most bizarre of situations, relying on a peripheral midfielder without any first-team minutes since Jan. 8 to help close out an occasion

3:53 PM ET LONDON — Liverpool are leaving absolutely nothing out on the field in their pursuit of the quadruple. It is now two down, two to go, after a second cup final penalty shootout win against Chelsea this season saw Jurgen Klopp’s team add the FA Cup to the Carabao Cup they lifted at

10:18 AM ET Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has informed the club that he wants to leave and not extend his contract, Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said on Saturday. Speaking ahead of Bayern’s final game of the Bundesliga season at VfL Wolfsburg, Salihamidzic confirmed widespread reports that the Bundesliga’s second-highest all-time scorer wants to

3:30 AM ET Top Premier League teams may only have to win six matches to lift the men’s FA Cup, but Saturday’s final (11.45 a.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+, U.S. only) will still feel like a marathon more than a sprint for Chelsea and Liverpool. This weekend’s fixture concludes the 150th edition of the

5:30 PM ET Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has said Jurgen Klopp generates public support for Liverpool because he is “the master of being the underdog.” Tuchel’s side face Liverpool in Saturday’s FA Cup Final ker’s future is “not the situation you want” on the eve of an FA Cup final against Liverpool on Saturday

9:00 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Luis Suarez didn’t wait, and he didn’t look back. At the end of Atletico Madrid‘s visit to Elche on Wednesday night, he headed straight down the tunnel, still annoyed that the goal he’d scored was ruled out. He had felt like he needed it — a little vindication at

4:38 PM ET Harry Kane celebrates after opening the scoring for Tottenham against Arsenal from the penalty spot. Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images Tottenham kept their Champions League hopes very much alive with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Arsenal in a one-sided North London derby on Thursday. In a match of huge implications at the Tottenham Hotspur

5:30 AM ET Let’s be honest: It hasn’t been the most exciting season in LaLiga. The drama Real Madrid and Villarreal have packed into their Champions League runs evidently didn’t leave much for domestic play. Real Madrid wrapped up their 35th title with four games to spare, and their odds of winning said title hadn’t

4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Tuesday’s announcement that Borussia Dortmund‘s Erling Haaland has agreed a €60 million move to Manchester City this summer set pulses racing across the world. But it’s no coincidence that the transfer of a No. 9 striker attracted such wild speculation across both mainstream and social media. A club’s centre-forward often