Wayne Rooney knows his team will be relegated if they lose to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images Wayne Rooney knows all about the high stakes and nail-biting tension that accompany the final day of the season, but nothing he ever experienced with Manchester United will come close to matching the pressure

LONDON — Arsenal sacked Unai Emery because they feared he was sending them into the wilderness. As it turns out, it didn’t stop him. Emery’s Villarreal side advanced to the Europa League final with a 0-0 draw at Emirates Stadium, earning a 2-1 aggregate win they deserved for being the better organised, more purposeful outfit

The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Juve’s Chiellini could make MLS move Giorgio Chiellini has been a Juventus player

Manchester United booked a Europa League final place for the second time in five years despite slipping to a 3-2 defeat against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The hosts started brightly and should have taken the lead as Gianluca Mancini, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Henrikh Mkhitaryan all squandered chances, only for Edinson Cavani to blast United

Eden Hazard has apologised to Real Madrid fans after laughing and joking with Chelsea players following his team’s exit from the Champions League. Cameras showed the Belgium international laughing with former teammate Kurt Zouma and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy on the Stamford Bridge pitch after Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat. Hazard, who spent seven successful seasons at Chelsea

One day back in 2019, Atlanta United FC play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Egan ran into forward Josef Martinez in the parking lot of the team’s training facility. Egan asked Martinez how he was doing, and the Venezuela international responded, “Good. All I want to do is score goals.” Back then, Martinez was in a rich run

“I don’t think I have ever seen him play this well at club level. Not even at Juventus, where he was young and had the likes of Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal around him. He is at his absolute best at the moment and he is happy — you can tell.” Coming from someone who

Chelsea ensured that the 2020-21 Champions League final will be an all-Premier League affair by comfortably dispatching Real Madrid in the second leg of their semifinal on Wednesday night. A straightforward 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge saw Thomas Tuchel’s side tally up a 3-1 aggregate, meaning they will now travel to Istanbul to face Manchester

Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling was racially abused on Instagram less than 48 hours after English football’s social media boycott campaign came to an end. The abuse occurred after City’s Champions League semifinal victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) A spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram,

Striker Sam Kerr scored a goal in each half as Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 to move back to the top of the FA Women’s Super League on Wednesday ahead of the final round of games. The Blues are on course for a Quadruple this season having already won the League Cup and beating Bayern

Fifteen-year-old Olivia Moultrie is suing the National Women’s Soccer League on anti-trust grounds over its refusal to allow her to play in the league due to her age. The NWSL requires players to be at least 18 years of age in order to play. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon, alleges

Konrad de la Fuente has split time between Barca’s first team their B team this season. Photo by Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images United States international Konrad de la Fuente says it’s been difficult to bounce between Barcelona‘s first team and “B team” this season as he finally starts to feel the benefits of playing regularly.

2:37 PM ET Gabriele Marcotti Moises Llorens UEFA are ready to pursue severe disciplinary action against clubs who signed up to the Super League and have yet to sufficiently distance themselves from the project, multiple sources familiar with the situation have told ESPN. This could result in the maximum punishment under the organisation’s disciplinary pathway,

Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang said he lost a significant amount of weight after contracting malaria which left family members scared for his health, and after recovering vowed to kickstart his season by firing his side into the Europa League final. The 31-year-old opened up about his experience in detail for the first time at a

Manchester United owner Avram Glazer has refused to apologise to fans for the club’s involvement in the failed breakaway European Super League. Avram is a member of the American Glazer family who own United. Their ownership has faced protests from fans since they bought a controlling stake in the club in 2005 but these have

When Barcelona host Atletico Madrid on Saturday, and Sevilla travel to reigning champions Real Madrid the following day, each club will be within four games of potentially becoming Spain’s champions. This is the tightest (six points separate first from fourth), most open (four teams) La Liga title race in living memory. Still more remarkable is

8:21 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Man United plot £90m Kane move Manchester

It was the moment that Pep Guardiola knew it was mission (almost) accomplished. As Riyad Mahrez celebrated his and Manchester City‘s second goal of their Champions League semifinal second-leg victory against Paris Saint-Germain, Guardiola turned away from the pitch, sought out Ferran Soriano in the directors’ box and, with his fist clenched, nodded at the

The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Spurs have option to keep Bale on loan Tottenham may be able to

8:47 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens La Liga has opened an investigation into whether Barcelona‘s players breached coronavirus regulations by attending a lunch at Lionel Messi‘s house, a league source told ESPN. Reports in the Catalan media also say local authorities are looking into whether the event could have infringed restrictions in place in