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Getty Images Manchester United spent over $18 million sacking key staff including manager Erik ten Hag and sporting director Dan Ashworth, their latest accounts have shown. Only five months after officially starting at Old Trafford, and following a lengthy courtship while he was with Newcastle United, Ashworth left the club on December 8, a little over a month after Ten …

Getty Images Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, was found guilty in a Madrid court on Thursday of sexually assaulting Spain player Jenni Hermoso when he forcibly kissed her at the 2023 Women’s World Cup final. He will be appealing the decision, according to Reuters. The judge acquitted him of coercion, another charge he …

The U.S. women’s national team will open the 2025 SheBelieves Cup on Thursday against Colombia. Manager Emma Hayes called in 23 players to compete in the four-team showcase, as the tournament returns to a round-robin style with a six-game, three-matchday format. The USWNT will face Australia and Japan later in the competition as Hayes continues to expand and evaluate the …

Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman has responded after his manager called him “one of the worst penalty takers I’ve ever seen” following the clubs upset elimination in the Champions League at the hands of Club Brugge. After going down 3-0 in the first half, Atalanta crashed out of the Champions League losing 3-1 to Club Brugge (5-2) on aggregate Tuesday. It …

Borussia Dortmund and Sporting Lisbon will face off in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League knockout playoff phase on Wednesday on Paramount+. Dortmund, who sit 11th in the Bundesliga table, secured a convincing 3-0 road victory against Sporting in the first leg of the competition. Sporting, who top the Liga Portugal table, went on to draw against Arouca …

Getty Images A robbery took place at the Los Angeles home of LAFC forward Olivier Giroud earlier this month, with the thieves reportedly stealing around $500,000 worth of goods during the incident. Giroud and his family were not home at the time of the robbery, which took place on Feb. 5. The person who called the police said that a …

Two of the superpowers in club soccer will meet in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League knockout playoffs on Wednesday on Paramount+. Manchester City visit Real Madrid after the Spanish giants took the first leg, 3-2, thanks to a pair of goals in the last seven minutes. Jude Bellingham scored the game-winner in stoppage time after Kylian Mbappé got …

Getty Images The U.S. women’s national team play their first games of the year when they kick off the 10th annual SheBelieves Cup against Colombia on Thursday. Both squads faced each other nearly a year ago during the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup with the U.S. winning 3-0 during a quarterfinal meeting. The USWNT are unbeaten in 13 games all-time …

Kylian Mbappe couldn’t have picked a better time to score his first hat trick at home for Real Madrid than to put Los Blancos into the last 16 of the Champions League by defeating Manchester City 6-3 on aggregate. Mbappe opened the scoring in the fourth minute of a 3-1 win and proceeded to beat Manchester City with deft touches …

Manchester City’s prospects of overcoming Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League playoff have been dealt a major blow with Erling Haaland only fit enough for the bench. Haaland, who scored both goals in City’s 3-2 home defeat in the first leg, suffered knee pain in Saturday’s 4-0 win over Newcastle United. Although he was deemed fit …