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 […]
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Bundesliga: Struggling Dortmund tackles rejuvenated Wolfsburg in 'endurance test'
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 […]
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A turning point
Alexia Putellas, Jennifer Hermoso and Irene Paredes (L-R) celebrate with the World Cup trophy after Spain’s triumph at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium. Photo: Kim Price/CSM via ZUMA Press Wire/ISI Photos. * * * * * When I visited Spain for a summer, I was invited to a soccer game in Quintanarraya, the small town where I was […]
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Brighton relishes 'incredible' rise from exile to Europa League
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 […]
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Most Spanish players agree to play after deal but two leave camp
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 […]
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Players arrive at Spanish WNT camp under threat of sanctions
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 […]
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Bellingham ready for 'real' Madrid debut in Champions League
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 […]
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New generation of young Americans make quick inroads in Champions League
The UEFA Champions League should be the measuring stick by which Americans in Europe are judged. Christian Pulisic‘s four years at Chelsea are now widely judged to have been a failure, but that is a harsh assessment of what he accomplished. Pulisic became the first USMNT player to play in and win the Champions League […]
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What They're Saying: Jenni Hermoso
“A claim was made today stating that the environment within the federation would be safe for my colleagues to rejoin yet at the press conference it was announced that they were not calling me as a means to protect me. Protect me from what? And from whom?” — Jenni Hermoso on not being called up […]
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Inter dishes out derby destruction on AC Milan
Inter Milan laid down an early title marker on Saturday by handing out a 5-1 derby hammering to AC Milan and going it alone at the Serie A summit. Four wins from its opening four matches have Inter leading the pack with a perfect 12 points, two ahead of its other fierce rival Juventus, which […]