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Celtic fans will be able to attend the their Champions League away match at Bayern Munich.© AFP Celtic fans will be able to attend the second leg of their Champions League play-off round tie away to Bayern Munich after being handed a UEFA reprieve. The Scottish champions feared supporters would be banned after…
Liverpool will not get carried away by lofty expectations of winning a quadruple this season, captain Virgil van Dijk said after his side thrashed Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 at Anfield to set up a League Cup final clash with Newcastle United. Van Dijk completed the rout with a header after goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah,…
Ferran Torres scores three of Barcelona’s first four goals in a 5-0 Copa del Rey quarterfinal win at Valencia. Ferran Torres fired a 30-minute hat-trick as Barcelona booked their place in the Copa del Rey semifinals with a 5-0 win at Valencia. The Barca forward opened the scoring in the third minute at Estadio de…
Former Real Madrid left-back Marcelo announced his retirement from professional football on Thursday after a trophy-laden career. The 36-year-old spent 16 years at Spanish giants Madrid, winning six La Liga titles and five Champions League trophies. “At 18, Real Madrid came knocking on my door and I arrived here,” Marcelo said in a…
Brazilian forward Neymar made his long-awaited return to his childhood club Santos in a lacklustre 1-1 draw with Botafogo in the Brazilian Paulista Championship on Wednesday. The Urbano Caldeira stadium erupted in celebration as jubilant and tearful fans lit up their mobile phones to give the striker, who left the club 12 years ago, a…
Time was when sport was seen as soft power, like movies and cultural exchange programmes. Not anymore. As Miguel Delaney tells us in States of Play, the most significant recent book on sports (or indeed politics) football is hard power. Its world is ruled by kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers. It is an extraordinary story…
Mohamed Salah scored twice to take Liverpool nine points clear at the top of the Premier League by beating Bournemouth 2-0 on Saturday, while third-placed Nottingham Forest smashed Brighton 7-0. Salah’s double took him above Frank Lampard as the sixth highest goalscorer in Premier League history with 178 goals on another significant day…
Defending champions Real Madrid face the team they replaced as holders, Man City, following the draw for the playoff stage of the Champions League in Switzerland. Spanish giants Real Madrid have been drawn against English champions Manchester City, pitting the last two winners of the Champions League against each other in a blockbuster two-leg playoff…
It took champions Real Madrid time to click into gear this season but they visit Espanyol on Saturday in La Liga sitting top of the table. The trip is its final league match before facing rivals Atletico Madrid, who trail Carlo Ancelotti’s side by four points. Kylian Mbappe is showing the form that made Madrid…
Manchester United cruised through to the Europa League knockout stages after goals from Diogo Dalot and Kobbie Mainoo earned the Premier League side a 2-0 victory over Steaua Bucharest on Thursday. Coming into the trip to Romania, United knew victory would guarantee it a top-eight finish in the league phase of the new-look Europa League,…
