4:13 PM ET PSG opened 2023 with an ugly, deserved defeat to second-place Lens that threatens to blow the title race wide open. Glenn Gervot/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images For the first time in 62 years, Ligue 1 played a round of fixtures on New Year’s Day, and it caused quite a stir. The league called

12:19 PM ET Associated Press Cristiano Ronaldo was officially presented by Al Nassr as the Saudi Arabian club’s superstar new signing on Tuesday, and said he turned down multiple other offers from Europe and North America. The former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus forward has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract to play in the Saudi

8:00 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi, left, and Kylian Mbappe met Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving at the Barclays Center. Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images With the 2022 World Cup now firmly in the rearview mirror, it’s nice to see Kylian Mbappe and Achraf Hakimi put their respective international heartaches behind them as

11:29 AM ET The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for football brilliance during a glittering club career, started bidding goodbye to its hero on Monday with a 24-hour wake. Mourners lined up to see Pele’s body in an open casket in the centre of the field at

9:00 AM ET Chelsea have spent a reported £274 million on new players and changed managers since the end of last season, yet they somehow contrived to make their team worse. That is some achievement by the club’s new owners, a consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly. But for now at least,

6:00 AM ET Another year, another chance to reflect on what to wish for in 2023 and beyond. It’s easy to get cynical and assume things will never change (or at least not for the better). And, indeed, some things take a long time to come to fruition. And some never do. Which is why

8:55 PM ET It’s 2023 and club football is back with a bang! Newcastle United and Arsenal have underlined their Premier League title credentials with a series of impressive performances, while in LaLiga one of the Qatar World Cup‘s most infamous characters was back in the spotlight again. ESPN correspondents Julien Laurens, James Tyler, Mark

Dec 31, 2022 Luke Shaw said Erik ten Hag has stopped Manchester United players from “doing whatever they want” after the manager dropped striker Marcus Rashford for the 1-0 win at Wolves for oversleeping and being late to a team meeting. Rashford was named as a substitute at Molineux, with Ten Hag citing “internal discipline”

5:39 AM ET January is usually quiet for transfers, but the Premier League‘s winter spending in 2022 was actually the second highest in history and over half the money (€335 million, according to Transfermarkt) was splashed by the bottom five clubs: Everton, Norwich City, Newcastle United, Watford and Burnley. 2 Related With the break for

5:17 PM ET With the opening of the January transfer window coming closer, there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Chelsea close in on Argentina star Fernandez Chelsea are hoping to complete the deal