Former Atletico Paranaense player Pablo kisses the trophy after winning the 2018 Copa Sudamericana. There are few more explosive issues in Brazil than the thorny question of how many genuinely big clubs the country can count on. It is a subject where once the touch paper has been lit, it is advisable to retreat to

Shaka Hislop and Alexis Nunes give their early predictions of how the Champions League quarterfinals will pan out. Despite them being big underdogs, Alejandro Moreno believes Manchester United have more of a chance than people think in their quarterfinal Champions League tie against Barcelona. A small profit again for the column over the weekend thanks

Where does one begin while describing the greatness of Pradip Kumar Banerjee, PK for most? Does one talk of his five decades in football, from his debut for Bihar in the Santosh Trophy at age 16 in 1952 to a stint as Mohammedan Sporting coach 51 years later? Perhaps one could bring up his brightest

Everton hand Arsenal a 1-0 defeat, leaving them clinging to the 4th spot in the table by goal differential alone. LIVERPOOL, England — It turns out that old habits die hard. Arsenal would have put themselves resoundingly in the driving seat for a top-four place if they had won at Everton, but instead produced a

ESPN FC’s Paul Mariner delves into the latest transfer rumours surrounding David De Gea, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Adrien Rabiot and more in Transfer Rater. The transfer window for Europe’s biggest clubs is closed, but click here for all the deals. Transfer Talk will continue to scour the world’s media and set correspondents loose to see what’s

12:07 PM ET Karim Benzema scored two headers to seal a 2-1 comeback win for Real Madrid at home against Eibar in La Liga. After Wednesday’s 2-1 loss at Valencia, a Bernabeu stadium that was only two-thirds full saw Marc Cardona’s goal give Eibar, who won the reverse fixture 3-0 back in November, the lead

The combination of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez was too much for Atletico to handle, as Barcelona all but wrapped up the La Liga title race at the Camp Nou. Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa was given a straight red card in Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Barcelona at the Camp Nou for crude remarks he made about

Shaka Hislop reacts to Leonardo Bonucci’s comments on Moise Kean’s goal celebration against Cagliari, which were met with racist abuse by some of the crowd. Serie A has postponed its decision regarding the alleged racist insults directed at Juventus striker Moise Kean during a match at Cagliari but has fined the teenager for diving in

A goal and an assist from Zlatan Ibrahimovic steered his LA Galaxy side to an impressive 2-0 win at Vancouver. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his fourth goal of the season and added an assist in just his second start on artificial surface in MLS, lifting the LA Galaxy to a 2-0 victory over the still winless