Key talking points ahead of the weekend’s action in the English top-flight: Arsenal travels to Fulham in the latest test of the Gunners’ Premier League title credentials as Manchester City aims to ramp up the pressure on Mikel Arteta’s team by winning at Crystal Palace. Liverpool is the in-form team in the race for a […]
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Ligue 1's standing takes hit as French clubs suffer European woes but Tim Weah's Lille is on the rise
U.S. national team forward Timothy Weah (right) is finally holding down a starting spot at Lille — but at outside back. Lille, in sixth place, is gunning for a spot in next season’s European competition. The Ligue 1 fifth-place finisher enters Europa Conference League qualifiers; fourth-place enters the Europa League group stage; third-place joins Champions […]
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CBS Sports will launch 24/7 soccer streaming Golazo Network
CBS Sports will launch a 24-hour soccer digital network, the CBS Sports Golazo Network, on April 11. CBS Sports has entered the U.S. soccer broadcasting in a big way with its coverage of the UEFA Champions League, the NWSL, Italy’s Serie A and Concacaf national team competitions, among others. The CBS Sports Golazo Network will […]
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Carolyn Kindle breaks barriers as first female CEO and president of an MLS team By Christopher Brito (CBS News)2. BBC ‘speaking frankly’ with Gary Lineker over tweet comparing UK asylum policy to 1930s Germany By Jemma Crew & Katie Razzall (BBC News)3. Indonesian court jails soccer official for role in deadly stadium crush By Masrur […]
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50+1: German league strengthens member-ownership rules
The German Football League Association (DFL) plans to put an end to exceptions to the current rules requiring member control of clubs in the country’s top leagues. The rule, nicknamed 50+1 and enshrined in DFL regulations, requires that all Bundesliga clubs wholly or partly own the team. The 50+1 rule, unique among the major European […]
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Americans Abroad: Men in Europe
• Djordje Mihailovic made his debut in the Europa Conference League, playing the last seven minutes for AZ in its 2-1 win at Lazio … Daryl Dike scored his sixth goal of the season to give West Bromwich a 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic that moved it to within four points of the English Championship’s […]
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NWSL Preseason: Alyssa Thompson's golazo
• A golazo by 18-year-old Alyssa Thompson five minutes into her debut with Angel City FC (Video) highlighted the second-year NWSL team’s 3-0 win over Club America on Wednesday night. Paige Nielsen and Simone Charley added second-half goals. The match drew 15,021 fans in Los Angeles … The first game in a home-and-home series between […]
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Watch: Bayern Munich dash Qatari owners' Paris SG quest again
Qatar Sports Investments bought Paris Saint-Germain in 2011 aiming for the UEFA Champions League crown with seemingly limitless funding. It has spent an estimated $1.5 billion on transfer fees since its takeover and PSG’s 2022-23 season payroll is a world record $770 million. But on Wednesday, Bayern Munich beat PSG, 2-0, to advance to the […]
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Results: Concacaf Champions League (Wednesday)
First Round, First Leg Tauro (Panama) 0 Leon (Mexico) 1. (Goal: Moreno 55.) Olimpia (Honduras) 4 Atlas (Mexico) 1. (Goals: Lopez 10, Benguche 55, 73, Bengtson pen. 61; Furch 15 pen.) Vancouver Whitecaps 5 Real Espana (Honduras) 0. (Goals: Blackmon 21, Raposo 59, own goal 64, Vite 70, White 77.)
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France women's coach Corinne Diacre under pressure as tensions grow ahead of Women's World Cup
The Women’s World Cup is just a few months away but France’s preparations for the showpiece in Australia and New Zealand are in disarray after a revolt by leading players piled pressure on Coach Corinne Diacre. On Thursday, the French soccer federation — itself in crisis following the resignation of its scandal-hit president Noel Le […]