Bologna eased into the Coppa Italia final following a 2-1 victory over Empoli at home on Thursday, which handed them a resounding 5-1 aggregate win as they set up a showdown with AC Milan. It will be the first Italian Cup final appearance for Bologna since 1974. The hosts strolled into the semifinal second leg…
Apr 24, 2025, 05:07 PM ET Jason Kidd is getting into the ownership game. On Thursday English Premier League club Everton announced that the Dallas Mavericks head coach would be joining the club’s ownership group. The announcement comes after Kidd joined Roundhouse Capital Holdings, which is part of The Friedkin Group — the U.S. firm…
Apr 24, 2025, 04:26 PM ET The players union for the USL Super League has partnered with women’s soccer footwear company IDA Sports to provide its cleats to all the league’s athletes. Texas-based IDA Sports is the only company devoted solely to soccer footwear specifically engineered for women, based on biomechanical needs. The company’s premise…
BARCELONA — Wojciech Szczesny wouldn’t have believed you if you’d suggested he would be playing in the Clásico at the start of the season. He had retired from football, moved to Marbella in the south of Spain and was more concerned with lowering his handicap in golf. But he can win his second trophy as…
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Apr 24, 2025, 03:00 PM ET Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny told ESPN he has lost his battle with smoking and urged others not to follow his lead. Szczesny, 35, has become a fans’ favourite at Barça since coming out of retirement to join the club in October, tasting defeat just once…
Jeff CarlisleApr 24, 2025, 01:40 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Bayern Munich midfielder/forward Thomas Müller has rejected a contract offer from FC Cincinnati, a source confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by German publication Bild. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Müller, 35, announced earlier…
Apr 24, 2025, 01:30 PM ET Carlo Ancelotti is once again the front-runner for Brazil’s vacant coaching job, sources told ESPN Brasil. Brazil’s Football Confederation (CBF) fired coach Dorival Júnior last month and had considered Al Hilal manager Jorge Jesus as a potential replacement. Ancelotti, whose contract with Real Madrid runs until June 2026, has…
Apr 24, 2025, 12:05 PM ET NBA Hall of Famer and Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd has joined the ownership group of Everton, the Premier League club announced on Thursday. Kidd has joined Roundhouse Capital Holdings, which is part of The Friedkin Group — the U.S. firm that completed its takeover of Everton in…
Apr 24, 2025, 10:49 AM ET While there is little suspense at the very top of the Bundesliga table, with Bayern Munich traveling inexorably to a Meisterschale lift, we’re in very different and more competitive territory in the European qualification shakeup. When the music stops on May 17, it’s difficult to say with any certainty…
Apr 24, 2025, 10:00 AM ET With the first legs of the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinals in the bag, Arsenal travel to Lyon needing to overturn a 2-1 deficit and Chelsea host familiar foes Barcelona with the uphill task of coming back from a 4-1 defeat in Spain. It looks a tough ask for…