7:00 AM ET Aleksandar Mitrovic faced the consequences of his baffling actions this week after the Fulham striker was handed a hefty eight-game ban for pushing the referee during his side’s recent FA Cup defeat against Manchester United. The Serbia international was sent off for aggressively shoving Chris Kavanagh, who had just shown a red

8:00 AM ET What might go down as Aly Wagner’s greatest assist occurred long after she retired as a professional soccer player. It came in the summer of 2022, when she pitched Charlotte Waxman, the wife of Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman, on the virtues of a NWSL expansion team in the San Francisco Bay

4:53 PM ET Chelsea and Liverpool were both left frustrated after a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday in the home side’s first game since the dismissal of Graham Potter as manager. Chelsea, under the charge of interim boss Bruno Saltor, were the better, more dangerous team but, as so often during Potter’s ill-fated

8:23 PM ET Interim Tottenham Hotspur coach Cristian Stellini brushed aside chants from Everton fans calling Harry Kane a cheat after his dust-up with Abdoulaye Doucoure saw the Mali international sent off at Goodison Park. Michael Keane‘s late strike from distance cancelled out Kane’s penalty on 68 minutes in the 1-1 draw, but it was

Apr 2, 2023 Chelsea sacked head coach Graham Potter on Sunday after less than seven months in charge. Chelsea fell into the bottom half of the Premier League following Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat to Aston Villa, Potter’s 11th defeat in 31 games since replacing Thomas Tuchel in September. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more

3:37 AM ET Vivianne Miedema ruptured her ACL in December. Getty Images Netherlands‘ record goalscorer Vivianne Miedema has said she has “no hopes” of playing at this year’s Women’s World Cup due to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury she sustained in December. The 26-year-old underwent surgery after rupturing her ACL during Arsenal’s 1-0 Champions League

10:46 PM ET Another weekend of European football is in the books and, once again, there was drama across the board. Jack Grealish starred in Manchester City‘s 4-1 rout of Liverpool, but did Pep Guardiola’s celebrations take the gloss off the win? Elsewhere, Karim Benzema was back to his best for Real Madrid, Bayern Munich

4:34 PM ET Frustrated Manchester United players held a meeting without manager Erik ten Hag after they were humbled in a 2-0 loss to Newcastle United on Sunday, said defender Luke Shaw, who gave a brutally honest assessment of his team. “I’m not going to go too much into that, but the players had a

10:21 PM ET Jordan Morris backed up his four goals last week against Sporting Kansas City. Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Jordan Morris continued his historic goal-scoring run as his tally in the 21st minute helping the Seattle Sounders to a 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy on Saturday in Carson, California. Seattle (4-1-1, 13 points) ran

10:53 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Jurgen Klopp saw his Liverpool side well beaten by Premier League champions Manchester City. Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool would not have won against Manchester City with an extra man on the field after they were comfortably beaten 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium on