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Vermont picked up its first ever team sport national championship on Monday night (AP/Ben McKeown) Thanks to Maximilian Kissel, the Catamounts got it done on Monday night. Kissell drilled a perfect goal in the extra period to lift Vermont to a 2-1 win over Marshall to officially win the 2024 Men’s College Cup and claim

Ademola Lookman has been named African Footballer of Year by the Confederation of African Football at their awards ceremony on Monday. The Atalanta forward scored a hat-trick as side won the Europa League final against Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin in May and earlier in the year he helped Nigeria reach the Africa Cup of Nations

Southampton have sacked manager Russell Martin in the aftermath of Sunday’s 5-0 mauling at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur. The defeat, which saw Spurs score all five of their goals in the first half, was Southampton’s 13th in the 16 Premier League games they’ve played this season, leaving them nine points adrift from safety. Having

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 15, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has insisted Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho were not axed from his squad for the Manchester derby because of breaches of discipline. The pair were omitted from Manchester United‘s matchday squad ahead of the dramatic 2-1 win over Manchester City on Sunday.

Premier League Showdown: Southampton Host Tottenham at St Mary’s Tottenham Hotspur travel to Southampton this weekend for a Premier League clash between two struggling sides. Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs, winless in their last two league outings, will be desperate to rediscover form against a Saints side firmly anchored at the bottom of the table. With both

Brazil all-time top scorer Neymar has said he wants to play at the 2026 World Cup despite an injury absence of more than 13 months from international action. The 32-year-old broke Pele’s record by scoring the 78th of his 79 international goals during Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against Bolivia in September 2023 but ruptured his

Manchester City will be praying to avoid another nightmarish result during their poor run of form when they entertain local rivals Manchester United on Sunday. The reigning Premier League champions seemed to be recovering after taking four points from two domestic outings, but defeat to Juventus in the Champions League has plunged Pep Guardiola’s team

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterDec 12, 2024, 12:17 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The first few matchdays of the 2024-25 Champions League campaign were a bit strange from a general vibes perspective. We saw plenty of interesting matches and great performances, but with the freshly expanded

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to The Cooligans Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros react to Tim Weah and Weston McKennie starring in Juventus’ 2-0 win over Manchester City on this episode of The Cooligans. Christian and Alexis then bring on Tifo’s JJ Bull, a comedy soccer content creator, to chat

Exclusive: Inside Man United’s plans to sell Marcus Rashford and five replacement transfer targets As has already been widely reported, Manchester United are ready to sell Marcus Rashford in what could be a major end of an era for the club and their star player. The 27-year-old has majorly gone off the boil in recent

Arsenal can go one step closer to securing passage to the next stage of the Champions League with a win against Monaco tonight. The Gunners stuttered in their most recent Premier League game at Fulham, but have a good record in Europe. One loss from five games puts them in a good position to progress,

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has developed tight relationships with Saudi authorities, which have been scrutinized as he helped deliver Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup. (Photo by Marcio Machado/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) FIFA members confirmed Saudi Arabia as the host of soccer’s 2034 men’s World Cup on Wednesday, but, in formalizing the choice, they left

Matchday 6 was once the concluding point of the first phase in the typical modern Champions League campaign. However, the competition’s expansion combined with the arrival of a new format means we’ve only just started talking about business ends and tables taking shape. There are three matchdays remaining in the maiden league phase and this

Dec 10, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Find out who is missing through injury, who’s in a race against time to prove their fitness and who has been ruled out through suspension for the next round of UEFA Champions League fixtures. Positions: Goalkeeper (GK), Defender (D), Left-back (LB), Right-back (RB), Centre-back (CB), Midfielder

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti yet to make Vinicius Junior call ahead of ‘demanding’ Atalanta Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that Jude Bellingham is 100% fit to play against Atalanta in their Champions League crunch match against Atalanta on Tuesday night, but was less certain of whether Brazilian duo Vinicius Junior or Rodrygo

Time is running out for MLS commissioner Don Garber (R) to truly capitalize on the “unbelievable opportunity” of 2026. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) There were 552 days on the World Cup clock when MLS commissioner Don Garber stepped to a lectern last Friday and spoke, yet again, about “unbelievable opportunity.” He was summarizing the

Mikel Arteta dismissed suggestions Arsenal were over-reliant on set-pieces following the 1-1 draw at Fulham this afternoon. William Saliba got Arsenal’s equaliser from a corner, cancelling out Raul Jimenez’s opener, prodding home after Kai Havertz had knocked down Declan Rice’s delivery. It was the fourth game in succession that the Gunners had scored from a corner,

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentDec 7, 2024, 10:21 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions CARSON, Calif. — As the LA Galaxy players waited to hoist their sixth MLS Cup trophy, midfielders Gastón Brugman, Edwin Cerrillo and Mark Delgado met on the field and