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'One-of-a-kind': Mourinho lauds Bellingham as Madrid stay perfect in Champions

Real Madrid stayed perfect in the Champions League after Jude Bellingham sparked a 3-2 comeback win against AEK in Athens.

Champions League: Como clobber Lens 9-1 after Real Madrid roar back to deny AEK Athens

Valverde hits late winner as Madrid win 3-2 in Athens Napoli thrashed by Porto, Club Brugge win at PSV Anastasios Douvikas led the rout with a hat-trick as Como cruised to a 9-1 victory at Lens , equalling the record for the most goals scored in a single Champions League game. Only two teams had previously won a game by a margin of eight goals since the launch of the modern Champions League in 1992. Liverpool thumped Besiktas 8-0 in the group stage in 2007 and Real Madrid won by the same scoreline against Malmo in 2015. Continue reading...

Tennis great Rafa Nadal accepts Madrid offer to join board

Tennis legend Rafa Nadal confirmed on Wednesday he has accepted an offer to become a member of Real Madrid's board of directors.

Arsenal have everything they need to repeat as Premier League champions | Jonathan Wilson

Sunday’s win at Liverpool showed the Gunners are deeper, more experienced, and are playing against a weaker class of contenders than last season Sign up for our free newsletter here Arsenal are three points clear at the top of the Premier League table . But given the team in second are Manchester City, who are likely to be facing at the very least a major points deduction , perhaps more significant is that they are five clear of Brighton in third. The season of domination that many anticipated from the champions appears to be coming to pass. Liverpool challenged them on Sunday. There was a 20-minute spell before half-time when they swarmed all over Arsenal, and Anfield felt at least like it did in the golden years of Jürgen Klopp, when it buzzed with an energy that could overwhelm visitors. But Arsenal got through that, reset at half-time, and navigated the second half with relative comfort. For the second league game running, they denied Liverpool a shot on target. This is an extract from Soccer Desk, a newsletter from the Guardian US. Subscribe for free here . Continue reading...

Kane beat Mbappé to Ballon d'Or by one of smallest margins in history

Harry Kane edged out Kylian Mbappé for the 2026 Men's Ballon d'Or by just 28 points, making it one of the closest votes in the award's history.

Mbappé's 100 Real Madrid goals: Quicker than Ronaldo to hit century

Kylian Mbappé has reached the 100-goal mark at Real Madrid. How does his century of strikes compare to some of the club's greatest forwards?

Ancelotti continues Brazil 'renewal' with squad for Japan, Singapore

Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti announced his squad for friendlies against Japan and Singapore in November, once again leaning heavily toward youth.

Brazil and Ancelotti call three Serie A players for friendly matches

Carlo Ancelotti has called three Serie A players for Brazil’s friendly matches against Japan and...

Arsenal striker dilemma: Should Arteta keep faith in Havertz?

Mourinho and chaos - is Real Madrid boss misunderstood?

Jose Mourinho has spent the past decade seeing other managers hailed as geniuses, but did Real Madrid's win at Barcelona show he's been misunderstood?

If Clásico win is any indication, Mourinho's Madrid might just be special again

José Mourinho hasn't hit the ground running in Madrid, but the Clásico win over Barcelona showed that The Special One still has some magic left in him.

Neymar faces 6-game ban for covering his mouth to allegedly trash-talk Bahia rival

Neymar has been reported to Brazil's Sports Tribunal for breaching the "Vinícius Júnior rule" and could be banned for up to six matches.

Team success, the ‘Bundesliga tax’ and the World Cup: three takeaways from the 2026 Ballon d’Or

There was plenty to learn from this year’s ceremony in London as Harry Kane took home the top honor It was an awards show that, as Michael Owen admitted, could have been a phone call – as it was in 2001 when he won. A quarter-century on, a ballroom full of footballers, power brokers, a gravity-defying dancer and a handful of heckling rabble-rousers plodded through a three-hour slog of a ceremony. Aside from a reminder to viewers at home just how precious our free time is, what could be gleaned from the men’s element of the Ballon d’Or ceremony? Continue reading...

Sources: Mbappé's Madrid end Ballon d'Or boycott

Real Madrid will have representation at the Ballon d'Or award again, with Kylian Mbappé leading the team's delegation at the event, sources have told ESPN.

'Beyond my wildest dreams' - Kane first English winner of Ballon d'Or in 25 years

Harry Kane has become the first English winner of the Ballon d'Or in 25 years after being honoured at a ceremony in London.

'Beyond my wildest dreams' - Kane first English winner of Ballon d'Or in 25 years

Harry Kane has become the first English winner of the Ballon d'Or in 25 years after being honoured at a ceremony in London.

Mourinho’s plan comes together as Real Madrid relaunch with clásico statement | Sid Lowe

It was just like old times as José Mourinho ended a night at Camp Nou with a knee slide and three points José Mourinho had already done the por qu é? , the printout and the press conference no-show in under 100 days. Now he’s done a knee slide too, and in the perfect place: back where it all began and where it can all begin again. When Kylian Mbappé scored the first in the clásico on Sunday night, Real Madrid’s manager hardly moved, sitting in the shadow of the bench – but when the striker got the second to win it with time running out, that was different. Mourinho leapt into the light, throwing himself to the grass, the knees of a 63-year-old’s trousers muddy as a schoolboy’s, stuck his tongue out and pumped his fists. He does so love it when a plan comes together. To the right of him, the bench was emptying, subs joining the players in sprinting towards the south-west corner. As they leapt about, dodging the bottles thrown towards them from the end, way, way up in the furthest corner and stuck inside a glass box like a bunch of David Blaines, the small group of Madrid fans who had come were going mad. In the main stand, a thousand phones were raised. And 600 kilometres west, back in Boadilla, Thibaut Courtois was watching his teammates from the sofa at home, presumably wrapped in a blanket and cradling a cup of Lemsip. On the morning of the biggest game there is, he awoke with flu, forced to miss out. Continue reading...

Can ESPN predict the Ballon d'Or? We simulated the voting process to find out

The Ballon d'Or awards are typically tough to predict, but can ESPN and our global resources do just that?