9:07 AM ET Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said Real Madrid will be “favourites” when they meet in the Champions League final later this month. Madrid produced a remarkable last-minute comeback against Manchester City on Wednesday to force extra-time before striker Karim Benzema netted a penalty to send the club to the final against Liverpool

May 5, 2022 Jeff Kassouf A sellout crowd of 22,000 fans packed Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday for a party unlike any the National Women’s Soccer League has ever seen. Angel City FC hosted its first regular-season match, rolling out the pink carpet (because red would be too on-trend) for a

4:00 AM ET Manchester City have created plenty of history under Pep Guardiola, but they may now be heading for the ignominy of adding their name to the list of sport’s biggest chokers. To make matters worse, City’s failings could fast-track Liverpool‘s path to an unprecedented quadruple. 2 Related This week has reminded us that

2:13 PM ET Roman Abramovich has dismissed suggestions he is seeking any financial return from selling Chelsea. A spokesman for the Russian oligarch issued a statement through the club’s website on Thursday denying claims that he explored the possibility of seeking repayment on the £1.6 billion ($2bn) loan owed to him by the Blues as

9:10 PM ET Fewer games and fewer goals, watching Liverpool‘s comeback in second leg of the Champions League semifinal against Villarreal from the stands — with just over six months to go until the World Cup, Roberto Firmino has chosen a bad time to have his least effective season. The main villain is injuries —

May 4, 2022 Fresh off the back of winning a 10th Bundesliga title in a row, Thomas Muller has announced that he will play on at Bayern Munich until 2024 after signing a one-year contract extension with the club. 2 Related The new deal is likely to extend the 32-year-old’s careerlong association with Bayern into

12:02 AM ET Raul Ruidiaz scored a brace to help Seattle Sounders FC make their mark on CONCACAF Champions League history on Wednesday night, beating Liga MX side Pumas UNAM 3-0 in the second leg and 5-2 on aggregate to win the title. The Sounders become the first Major League Soccer side to win the

6:11 AM ET Adriana Garcia Santi Mina has received a four-year prison sentence for sexual abuse. Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images Celta Vigo forward Santi Mina has been found guilty by a Spanish court of sexually abusing a woman while UD Ibiza defender David Goldar has been acquitted of being an accomplice. The court

6:33 PM ET Seattle Sounders FC manager Brian Schmetzer said it would be “a huge honor” if his team can prevail over Pumas UNAM in Wednesday’s second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final. Schmetzer has led the Sounders to two MLS Cup triumphs as a manager, and was a beaten finalist on two other

10:07 AM ET For Garth Lagerwey, the flashbacks are unavoidable. Eleven years ago, the Seattle Sounders GM and president of soccer had a similar role with Real Salt Lake, and in 2011 the squad he put together was on the cusp of history. The final of that year’s CONCACAF Champions League pitted RSL against Monterrey,