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Emily KeoghCloseEmily KeoghCorrespondentBased in London, Emily Keogh is ESPN’s women’s soccer correspondent, specializing in the WSL and UWCLSam MarsdenOct 2, 2025, 03:53 AM ETThe UEFA Women’s Champions League is back! With a new 18-team format, single group-stage table and tons of the world’s best female players on show, this season will be bigger than ever. And you can catch every game live on Disney+ across Europe.Holders Arsenal face eight-time winners OL Lyonnes in the first round of fixtures, while the second of last year’s semifinals, Chelsea vs. Barcelona, is also on the cards for later in the competition.So what do…

Alexander Isak has scored in three of his last four league appearances versus Chelsea, netting in his past two outings at Stamford Bridge for Newcastle United.The Blues have won just one of the last 11 meetings between the clubs in all competitions (seven draws, three Liverpool victories). However, it was the most recent clash, in May at Stamford Bridge (3-1).Since the start of last season, Chelsea have received more cards (114 yellow, four red) than any other Premier League side.Enzo Fernandez has been directly involved in 10 Premier League goals in 2025 so far (six goals, four assists). Only Bruno…

CAIRO (AP) — At least 91 civilians were killed in Sudan’s besieged city of el-Fasher in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, within 10 days last month, the United Nations said Thursday. The series of attacks were the latest in the intensified fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries seeking to control the city.U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Thursday that the city’s Daraja Oula neighborhood has been repeatedly attacked during RSF artillery shelling, drone strikes and ground incursions between Sept. 19 and 29.Türk called for urgent action to prevent “large-scale, ethnically-driven attacks and atrocities…

While it would appear that he retains the backing of the board for the time being, Ruben Amorim is a man who is attempting to operate under considerable, and rapidly mounting pressure at Manchester United.Wildly inconsistent performances and results have left Amorim’s misfits wallowing in 14th place in the Premier League table after six games, with just a three-point buffer between themselves and the relegation zone. United’s wild inconsistency has seen them fail to string together two consecutive wins across any competition under Amorim, while also spending just two gameweeks in the top half of the table since the 40-year-old…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway is buying Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion in what may be the last big acquisition involving the consummate dealmaker, Warren Buffett.Buffett wasn’t mentioned anywhere in materials released by Berkshire Hathaway discussing the deal Thursday, potentially signaling a passing of the torch to Vice Chair Greg Abel, to whom Buffet will hand the CEO title in January. Buffett will remain chairman at Berkshire and will still be involved in deciding how to spend the conglomerate’s colossal pile of more than $344 billion cash. Berkshire’s cash reserves have been growing for years because Buffett…

Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal’s strength in depth makes them better equipped to go even further in this season’s Champions League.Arsenal reached the semifinals last term before bowing out to eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain.Arteta was able to rotate his squad for Tuesday’s 2-0 league phase win over Olympiacos with a stacked bench including Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka.And it was England winger Saka who settled some frayed nerves when he climbed off the bench to score their second goal.”With all respect, last season we were looking [at the bench] and we had five academy players there, that probably never…

For a relatively simple sport, soccer is filled with novelties.Outfield players don the gloves and go into goal when there’s no other option, penalty takers attempt chipped ‘Panenka’ spot kicks to varying degrees of success, goalkeepers sprint the length of the pitch to come up for last-minute corners — and sometimes they even score. And, every now and then, players will score directly from a corner kick.Highly improbable, sometimes intentional, a goal scored in this way is known as a Gol Olimpico, an Olympic goal.But how did these goals get their name? The history of the Olimpico is irrevocably intertwined…

Ange Postecoglou could barely believe the scene during his first training sessions at Nottingham Forest. “John McGovern was running around chasing balls today and I’m going, ‘What are you doing, John? You are a legend, you don’t have to do that.'”It is true that McGovern does not have to do this. But he wants to do it. It has become part of the routine for the man who captained Forest to two European Cup wins. He turns 76 later this month but still gets a kick out of his daily visits to the training ground. “It is not quite as…

Sam TigheOct 2, 2025, 03:14 AM ETCloseSam is a writer, broadcaster and podcaster for ESPN. He will write on the Premier League, scouting and transfers.Passing combinations can be extremely revealing when it comes to how Premier League teams play. Who sees the ball a lot, and who do they pass to? Who receives lots of passes — and, intriguingly in some cases, who doesn’t?We’re still only six games into the season and therefore working with a small sample size, but already some trends are emerging.Let’s dig into what the top teams’ most common passing connections tell us about their style.Arsenal…

The race to build artificial intelligence-driven economies is transforming how the global economy and societies are organized. Breakthroughs in generative AI and machine learning in recent years have accelerated a new industrial revolution—one in which nations that can develop and deploy the most powerful computing infrastructure will be best positioned to reap the most economic, military and geopolitical advantages. A central part of this competition is AI data centers, also called “AI factories.” Unlike traditional data centers, these sprawling facilities house a high density of specialized AI chips known as graphics processing units, or GPUs. They require customized architectures optimized for AI…