Melchie Dumornay scored twice as OL Lyonnes got revenge on Arsenal to open their Women’s Champions League campaign with a 2-1 victory in London, while Barcelona thrashed Bayern Munich 7-1 on Tuesday. Arsenal came back from losing the first leg at home to beat the French giants 4-1 away in their semifinal series last season before also stunning Barca in the final to become […]
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UEFA ‘reluctantly’ approves European league games in Miami and Perth
UEFA on Monday said it had “reluctantly” approved the staging of a La Liga and Serie A match in the United States and Australia respectively, despite fan protests.
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Barca’s Lamine Yamal eyes up PSG after Ballon d’Or miss
Yamal has pledged he would bring the Champions League trophy back to Barcelona, which has not won it since 2015.
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U.S. U-20 star Diego Kochen returns to Barcelona
Diego Kochen, expected to be the USA’s starting keeper at the 2025 Under-20 Men’s World Cup, was recalled by Spanish champion Barcelona. The unusual move to replace Kochen with Brøndby goalkeeper Gavin Beavers came two days before the USA’s opener against New Caledonia. The two other keepers in Chile are Adam Beaudry (Colorado Rapids) and Duran Ferree (San Diego FC). Barca, which […]
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European fans take aim at the hosting of league matches overseas
European supporters groups say plans by the Spanish and Italian federations to host league matches overseas were “absurd.” Spain’s La Liga has agreed to move a game between champions Barcelona and Villarreal to Miami, Florida on December 20. The Serie A encounter between AC Milan and Como is due to be staged in Perth, Australia […]
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LaLiga: Champion Barca aims to add steel to youthful flair
While Barcelona thrilled on their way to winning La Liga last season, scoring 102 goals in the process, coach Hansi Flick accepts this season his team needs to improve defensively.
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Five talking points as Spain’s La Liga begins
With Real Madrid aiming to wrestle the Spanish title back from champions Barcelona, here are five talking points as the LaLiga season begins on Friday. Alonso’s challenge Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid were dismantled on a regular basis by rivals Barcelona last season, who triumphed in all four meetings between the sides as well as winning […]
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Barcelona could be playing in Miami as soon as December
When LaLiga first broached the idea of playing league matches in the United States in 2018, there were multiple hurdles. One big one was the support of the Spanish federation, the Real Federación Española de Fútbol. Monday’s approval by RFEF of the request for the Villarreal-Barcelona match — scheduled for the weekend of Dec. 20 — […]
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Barca star Lamine Yamal faces probe into dwarf entertainers at 18th birthday
Barcelona star Lamine Yamal is facing an investigation regarding the presence of a group of people with dwarfism as entertainers.
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Inter Miami players relish union with Luis Enrique
PSG has been been transformed under Spanish coach Luis Enrique, who coached Inter Miami’s stars at Barcelona.