8:17 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo endured a disappointing night as he received a yellow card and was substituted for the first time since his move to Saudi Arabia in Al Nassr’s 3-1 win over Abha in the King’s Cup on Tuesday. Ronaldo failed to score for the third consecutive game and is yet to open

9:00 AM ET LONDON — Arsenal may have exceeded all expectations to top the Premier League in mid-March, but manager Mikel Arteta is just getting started. When Arteta, 40, laid out his blueprint for restoring the Gunners to pre-eminence in conversation with the Kroenke family upon his appointment in December 2019, his plan had five

8:18 PM ET Adam Brown The January transfer window may be closed around Europe, but teams are looking ahead to the summer and there’s plenty of gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Chelsea turn attention to Gvardiol as Neymar

6:25 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Erling Haaland scored five times as Manchester City hammered RB Leipzig 7-0 to book their place in the Champions League quarterfinals. City reached the last eight for the sixth year in a row after Haaland found the net five times in under an hour at the Etihad

10:00 AM ET Bukayo Saka has been getting his kicks this season while getting kicked. The 21-year-old is continuing a meteoric rise for Arsenal and England by becoming a key player in an improbable Premier League title charge which shows no signs of abating as mid-March arrives. Saka has 19 goal involvements in the league

1:15 PM ET Barcelona won again this weekend to remain clear atop LaLiga, but their ongoing scandals and impending court dates threaten to overshadow their remarkable turnaround. Pablo Garcia Sacristan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images It was another big weekend of drama, talking points and action across Europe’s top five leagues. Barcelona remained on course in LaLiga‘s

4:30 PM ET Ryan Rosenblatt One of the charms of MLS is its unpredictability. That obviously applies during the season, but especially when it comes to preseason predictions. We all walk into a season with expectations of teams, and every year there are several who are miles better than anyone figured. That leads us to

9:00 AM ET As well as finding themselves just 11 games from clinching the Premier League title, Arsenal reasserted their local superiority on Sunday after cantering to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage. A hat trick of assists laid on by Leandro Trossard set up goals for Gabriel, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin

2:41 PM ET Miguel Almiron came off the bench to secure a 2-1 victory for Newcastle United over Wolverhampton Wanderers to move them into fifth place in the Premier League on Sunday. Left out of the starting lineup by manager Eddie Howe, Almiron got his chance in the 68th minute and made his mark 11

6:50 PM ET Raphinha provided a match-winner for the second week running as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at San Mames on Sunday, despite some late drama when Inaki Williams had an equaliser ruled out by VAR. Williams thought he had earned a point for the home side in the 87th minute only for his