•Mbappe celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the match Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain won 2-1 away to Real Sociedad in Spain on Tuesday to secure a place in the Champions League quarter-finals with a 4-1 aggregate victory. PSG had a two-goal lead from the first leg of their last-16 tie and […]
•Liverpool players pose with the trophy Liverpool won the League Cup in dramatic fashion as Virgil van Dijk’s header late in extra-time sealed a 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley yesterday. Jurgen Klopp’s injury-hit side finished a gruelling clash with a host of raw youngsters on the pitch, but it was their experienced captain who […]...
•Chelsea’s head coach Mauricio Pochettino (L) and Liverpool’s manager Jurgen Klopp (R) Liverpool have their sights on a “special” League Cup triumph in Sunday’s final against Chelsea as Jurgen Klopp reaches the first milestone moment of his long goodbye. Klopp is in his last season as Liverpool manager after the German’s bombshell announcement...
•Kylian Mbappe Kylian Mbappe is expected to sit out Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 meeting with Lille tomorrow as the club does not want to risk his injured ankle with a Champions League last 16 tie looming. The PSG star suffered the injury in his side’s French Cup last 16 win over Brest yesterday in which […]
•Liverpool players celebrate goal Liverpool will face Chelsea in the League Cup final after surviving a scare in their 1-1 draw against Fulham in the semi-final second leg on Wednesday. Holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg, Liverpool took the lead through Luis Diaz early in the first half at Craven Cottage, reports AFP. […]
•Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo insisted yesterday that the often derided Saudi Pro League was “more competitive” than French Ligue 1. “To be honest, I think the Saudi championship isn’t worse than the French championship. I think it’s more competitive,” five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo told the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai. Ronaldo was the fir...
UEFA said today’s ruling by Europe’s top court that it and FIFA had broken EU law to stifle the creation of a rival Super League “does not signify an endorsement or validation of” the breakaway competition. UEFA continued: “It rather underscores a pre-existing shortfall within UEFA’s pre-authorisation framework, a technical aspect that has alr...
•Liverpool’s Curtis Jones (R) scores his team’s fifth goal Liverpool destroyed West Ham 5-1 to reach the League Cup semi-finals yesterday, easing the frustration of their weekend Premier League stalemate against Manchester United. Curtis Jones scored twice and Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah were all on the scoresheet fo...
The 2023/34 UEFA Champions League round-of-16 draw occurs at the UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. 16 teams, consisting of eight group winners and runners-up, will take part in the draw. Qualified teams by countries England: Manchester City, Arsenal Spain: Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Barcelona, Atlético Germany: Bayern Munich, RB Leipz...
•Welch and Allison The English Premier League has appointed Rebecca Welch as its first female referee. The Professional Game Match Officials Limited announced today via the league’s website. Her first official match as a central referee will be Fulham host Burnley on Saturday, December 23. Welch, a Washington native, became a career referee in...