international

Inter Milan and Juventus are renewing an old Serie A title rivalry as Italy’s two most widely supported clubs head into a busy week leading the way. Top of the league with a perfect 12 points, Inter is two in front of second-place Juve ahead of the trip to pointless and goalless Empoli, which will […]

As if putting in its “weakest performance” in Diego Simeone‘s reign last weekend wasn’t enough — to use the coach’s own words — Atletico Madrid was also sucker-punched in the Champions League ahead of the Madrid derby on Sunday. Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel scored a 95th-minute equalizer to deny Atletico an impressive win in Rome on Tuesday which […]

Manchester United faces old nemesis Vincent Kompany at Burnley this weekend in desperate need of a Premier League win while Arsenal hosts in-form Tottenham in a tantalizing north London derby. Struggling Chelsea takes on Unai Emery‘s Aston Villa and new-look Liverpool will look to make it five wins in a row against West Ham. Here are three talking […]

Bitter rivals Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille meet in Ligue 1 on Sunday with the build-up to French soccer ‘s biggest game overshadowed by a crisis engulfing the 1993 Champions League winners.Marseille is unbeaten five games into the Ligue 1 campaign and is a point ahead of reigning champion PSG before the teams clash in the […]

Rejuvenated Wolfsburg aims for a first Bundesliga win in over 10 years at struggling Borussia Dortmund on Saturday with Coach Nico Kovac describing the mission as “an endurance test.” Dortmund, which lost the title to Bayern Munich on the final day of last season, has started this season poorly by its standards and was a […]

Brighton’s “incredible” journey from homeless exiles facing oblivion to its current status as a Premier League trendsetter will reach a memorable climax when it hosts AEK Athens in their first-ever European match on Thursday. For a generation of Brighton fans, AEK’s visit to the Amex Stadium in the Europa League group stage is the kind […]

Most of Spain’s women’s national team have agreed to stay with the squad, the government said Wednesday, after a strike by the World Cup winners sparked by the disgraced former president of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, forcibly kissing Jenni Hermoso during the medal ceremony after the final in Sydney. The announcement followed hours […]

Spanish internationals selected by new coach Montse Tome gathered Tuesday at the women’s national team training camp near Valencia, despite declaring themselves unavailable, with doubts about their willingness to play in upcoming Nations League games persisting. Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas and other Barcelona-based players flew to Valencia and arrived at the camp in […]

Jude Bellingham scored for Real Madrid on his debut, and in four of the five matches which have followed, in a superb start to life in the Spanish capital for the former Birmingham youngster. The England midfielder has five goals in five games in La Liga, taking the Spanish top flight by storm after his […]