Nov 27, 2024, 01:05 PM ET Bayern Munich apologised to Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi after the German club’s fans displayed a banner that personally attacked him during Tuesday’s Champions League game between the two teams at the Allianz Arena. The banner questioned how Qatari Al-Khelaifi could be a club owner, a UEFA Executive Committee…
Nov 27, 2024, 12:11 PM ET Ligue 1 club Lille say two of their supporters were stabbed when a group of fans were attacked in a bar ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League game at Bologna. Lille issued a statement on social media condemning “this cowardly and intolerable attack,” which they said happened on Tuesday. “During…
Nov 27, 2024, 11:30 AM ET We are now down to four teams in the MLS Cup playoffs. In the Western Conference final, two sides with plenty of MLS history face each other as the LA Galaxy will host the Seattle Sounders with seven MLS Cups combined between the two teams. It has been a…
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Nov 27, 2024, 10:59 AM ET Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has won the 2024 Golden Boy award on Wednesday — the youngest winner of the prize for the best under-21 men’s player in the world — while Barça Femenà star Vicky López scooped the Golden Girl award. Yamal, 17, becomes the…
Inter Miami forward Luis Suárez signed a one-year contract extension, meaning he will continue to star in Major League Soccer next season.
Nov 27, 2024, 08:03 AM ET FIFA launched a $50 million legacy fund for social programmes on Wednesday in collaboration with 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar and the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. In November 2022, world football’s governing body FIFA had promised the legacy…
Nov 27, 2024, 07:18 AM ET Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has apologised for suggesting he wanted to hurt himself after his side threw away a three-goal lead against Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday. Guardiola sat down at a news conference after the 3-3 draw with Feyenoord with a cut on his nose…
Nov 27, 2024, 06:14 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique acknowledged in an angry retort that he is to blame for Tuesday’s Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich. Playing down with 10 men since the 58th minute after Ousmane Dembélé‘s sending off, PSG fell to a 1-0 loss in Munich, their third defeat in…
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 27, 2024, 05:08 AM ET It was late February 2014 in the Karaiskakis Stadium when former Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward lent forward from his seat in the directors’ box to take a picture of the scoreboard. With Olympiacos leading the Champions League tie 2-0, Woodward decided that the image on…
Manchester City did the easy part by having manager Pep Guardiola sign a two-year contract extension at the Etihad Stadium earlier this month. However, the real challenge will be resolving the futures of the 16 first-team players whose own contracts are due to expire between now and the end of Guardiola’s new deal in 2027….