1:59 PM ET Jon Arnold Kelly Rule was just trying to help. The celebrating woman on the street being interviewed by Rule, a local news reporter, was great for TV but paused as she named the Philadelphia sports teams who are “taking over” in addition to the Phillies, who had clinched the National League pennant

7:00 AM ET Manchester United successfully qualified for the knockout stage of the Europa League with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Sheriff Tiraspol, though the game didn’t pass entirely without dispute. 2 Related Cristiano Ronaldo scoring on his return to the team grabbed the headlines, but an incident in the first half saw winger Antony

3:04 PM ET EINDHOVEN — Arsenal‘s bid to top Group A will go to the final match of the pool stages as they fell to a 2-0 defeat to PSV Eindhoven. The Eredivisie side flourished in front of their home support as they took full advantage of a poor Arsenal performance to clinch their spot

12:58 PM ET Seven weeks ago, Graham Potter left Brighton & Hove Albion for a team lower in the Premier League table. Months after leading the Seagulls to their best-ever top-division finish — ninth place in 2021-22, just five points away from qualifying for European competition, with late-season wins over Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester

5:30 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Welcome to the ESPN FC hotlist, which highlights some of the most in-form talent aged 23 or under across Europe’s top leagues each month. Generally, young but established stars like Manchester City‘s Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund‘s Jude Bellingham or Barcelona‘s Gavi aren’t included — otherwise they’d be on the list

10:33 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Toluca are looking for their 11th Liga MX title, which get them closer to the tallies of giants Chivas and Club America. Mauricio Salas/Jam Media/Getty Images Get ready for the Liga MX final! Beginning with Thursday’s first leg at Toluca and wrapping up with Sunday’s second leg at Pachuca, this week

10:27 AM ET European champions England will take on Copa America winners Brazil in the inaugural women’s Finalissima at London’s Wembley Stadium on April 6 next year, UEFA announced on Wednesday. England beat Germany in the European Championship final in July to lift their first major title while Brazil sealed an eighth continental crown in

4:43 PM ET Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe each scored twice and Neymar added another as Paris Saint-Germain routed Maccabi Haifa 7-2 at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday to cruise into the Champions League last 16. The star attacking trio each found the net to put the hosts up 3-0 inside just 35 minutes.

3:30 AM ET ISTANBUL — Dr. Eric Lamberg gathers his players together. “All right guys, you hear that?” the coach asks. “That was a shock. Everybody’s shocked. You guys just took down England!” There are cheers, applause and crutches hoisted into the air in celebration from the assembled players and staff of the United States’