5:00 AM ET Barcelona have unveiled their new home kit for the 2022-23 season, which is directly inspired by a huge sporting event that took place in the city three decades ago. 2 Related Indeed, this year’s elegant design is inspired by the Olympic Games staged in Barcelona in 1992 — when the Catalan city

10:26 AM ET European soccer is in the strangest of places right now. The richest league (the Premier League, duh) and the richest clubs continue to distance themselves financially from their peers, leading to less parity and what feels like more predictability; meanwhile, the Super League saga of a year ago served as a reminder

12:25 PM ET Twenty years have passed since South America last won a World Cup. The evidence from the continent’s recent set of qualifiers is that Brazil and Argentina are shaping up to be strong contenders in Qatar, and this impression has been emphatically confirmed by their first warm-up meetings with opponents from other regions.

1:18 PM ET Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne were on Wednesday named among the six nominees for the English Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Player of the Year award. De Bruyne is the current holder of the award, having won it the last two seasons, while Ronaldo won the

5:50 PM ET GLASGOW, Scotland — Ukraine are 90 minutes away from the World Cup. For a country that is fighting for its very existence following Russia’s invasion in February, to even think about the insignificance of qualifying for a football tournament is difficult to comprehend, but Ukraine’s 3-1 win against Scotland in their World

9:22 AM ET LIVERMORE, Calif. and MESA, Ariz. — As Julio Benitez sits in a hotel conference room during Real Salt Lake‘s preseason preparations in February, his hand is pressed against his chest, in the shape of a claw. It’s as if he’s searching for a piece of his heart that is no longer there,

6:33 PM ET The United States national team’s Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie said they’re excited to be reunited with former teammate Haji Wright. Pulisic and Wright played together at the 2015 FIFA U17 World Cup, and seven years later now are playing together with the full team ahead of a quartet of games over

1:43 PM ET The French government and UEFA have announced inquiries into events before, during and after Saturday night’s UEFA Champions League final. These were the sort of scenes the European game hoped were long behind them: supporters (including children) being pepper-sprayed, ticket-less individuals forcing their way through or over gates, fans being mugged and

9:42 AM ET Associated Press Miguel Angel Ramirez coached Charlotte to a 5-8-1 start in Major League Soccer this season. Andrew Katsampes/ISI Photos/Getty Images Charlotte FC fired head coach Miguel Angel Ramirez on Tuesday just 14 games into the regular season. Ramirez was hired by owner David Tepper to lead the Major League Soccer expansion club

4:39 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur are expected to complete the signing of Inter Milan winger Ivan Perisic on a free transfer this week, sources have told ESPN. The 33-year-old is in London to complete a medical after agreeing terms on a two-year contract. He will officially join Spurs on July 1 when his Inter contract