Alan Pulido scored his first goal since August 2021 as visiting Sporting Kansas City finally snapped their winless start to the season with a 2-1 victory over Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday. Erik Thommy scored an early opener and then assisted Pulido for Kansas City (1-7-3, 6 points), which became the last MLS team to win its first game against a Sounders team that remains atop the Western Conference standings.…
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England — Arsenal cut Manchester City’s lead at the top of the Premier League to one point with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Newcastle United in a pulsating match at St James’ Park on Sunday. Martin Odegaard gave the visitors the lead against the run of play after 14 minutes with a fine low drive before Fabian Schar turned Gabriel Martinelli’s 75th-minute cross into his own net.…
A howler by Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea gifted West Ham United three vital points in their battle against relegation as the Londoners snatched a 1-0 win in the Premier League at the London Stadium on Sunday. United are fourth on 63 points after 34 games, one ahead of Liverpool and with a game in hand over the Merseysiders, while West Ham are 15th on 37 points, seven above…
LONDON — Manchester United lost a Premier League game for the second time in four days as they were beaten 1-0 by West Ham at London Stadium. – REPORT: Man United lose at West Ham thanks to De Gea error After losing at Brighton on Thursday, United dropped more points in the race for the top four after David de Gea’s howler gifted West Ham a victory that all but…
Chelsea claimed their first win under interim manager Frank Lampard with a 3-1 victory at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday to snap a nine-match winless run in all competitions. Late goals from Benoit Badiashile and Joao Felix helped Chelsea move up to 11th with 42 points while Bournemouth slipped to 14th, three points behind the London side having played a game more. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,…
Rodrygo struck twice and Vinicius Junior dazzled as Real Madrid beat Osasuna 2-1 on Saturday to win their 20th Copa del Rey title and first since 2014. Brazilian Rodrygo scored the opener after two minutes, but Carlo Ancelotti’s side were pegged back when Lucas Torro equalised 13 minutes after the break. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Rodrygo, however, tapped in a loose ball in the 70th minute…
A Harry Kane header helped ailing Tottenham Hotspur to a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, securing their first victory in five games. Kane headed Tottenham in front in first-half injury time to score his 209th Premier League goal, one more than Wayne Rooney but still some way behind record-holder Alan Shearer’s tally of 260. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Tottenham’s victory lifted them to sixth…
You would be forgiven for assuming there couldn’t be any direct connection between the United Kingdom’s imminent coronation of King Charles III and UEFA’s creation of the Champions League in 1992, but the two events do share a common theme — quite literally. Keen to emphasise the high-brow lustre of its flagship club competition, UEFA relaunched the European Cup ahead of the 1992-93 season and sought to establish its elite…
Wrexham will play Como from Italy’s second tier, a U.S. women’s side of former national team players led by Heather O’Reilly and a Say Word team paying homage to North Carolina and Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Group D of a seven-on-seven tournament June 1-4 in Cary, North Carolina. A Welsh club bought in 2020 by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, Wrexham have been promoted to the fourth…
Manchester City are nine games away from the treble. Their manager, Pep Guardiola, doesn’t want to talk about it, and it’s a feat that has only been achieved once before in English football by Manchester United in 1999, but City have given themselves the opportunity to lift the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup in the same season. Guardiola and his team have got a lot right, but have…