After Lionel Messi opened his 2016-17 La Liga account with two long-range goals in Barcelona’s 6-2 win over Real Betis, the club compiled a montage of Messi’s Top 10 goals fromoutside the penalty area. Of the more than 400 goals Messi has scored for Barca, 41, not counting 23 free kicks, have been shots from […]
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U.S. Abroad: Wood debuts in Hamburg win
Bobby Wood made his first start for new club Hamburg in a 1-0 win at Zwickau in the first round of the German Cup. Christian Pulisic dressed but did not play for Borussia Dortmund in its3-0 win at Eintracht Trier. Twelve Americans in all saw action in the first round. GERMANY, Cup Shawn Barry (FSV […]
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Rio Olympics: German women win first gold medal
Germany, winner of six straight European Women’s Championships and two Women’s World Cups, captured its first gold medal in women’s soccer when it beat Sweden, 2-1, in Friday’s final before 52,432fans at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium. The game broke open in the second half when Dzsenifer Marozsan scored on a curling shot and Swedish […]
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CCL: Monterrey stunned by Panama's Arabe Unido
Panama’s Arabe Unido stunned three-time champion Monterrey, 3-2, in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. Of the nine MLS and Liga MX clubs entered in the group stage, the Rayados are the onlyteam that has lost. Jose Gonzalez, Fidel Cesar andEdgar Yoel Barcenas scored to hand the Rayados only their second CCL loss at home in […]
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Video Pick: Three own goals and red card in two games
Things have not been going much better for Irish defender Shane Duffy since we saw him red-carded in Ireland’s 2-1 loss to France at Euro 2016. On Wednesday, Duffy scored twoown goals and was ejected in Blackburn’s 2-1 loss at Cardiff, five days after scoring an own goal in Blackburn’s 3-0 loss to Wigan. Duffy […]
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Rio Olympics: Brazil runs wild at Maracana Stadium
It will be Brazil-Germany for the gold medal in men’s soccer on Saturday at the Rio Olympics, the matchup everyone wanted, a rematch (of sorts) of the Brazil-Germany semifinal at the 2014 World Cup. Neymar led Brazil, which has never won the gold medal in men’s soccer, with the first and last goals in a […]
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Video Pick: Coutinho free kick is best of EPL
The 30-yard effort by Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho is one of the best free kicks you’ll ever see and a nominee for Week 1 English Premier League Goal of the Week, along with superstrikes by Adama Diomande, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Theo Walcott and Xherdan Shaqiri.
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Report: Hull City and Derby County bid for Yedlin
The Daily Mail reported that U.S. internationalDeAndre Yedlin, in limbo at Tottenham after his return from his loan spell at Sunderland, is being pursued by the EPL’s Hull City and second level Derby County, which have both out in bids of$4.5 million for his transfer. Yedlin, who signed with Tottenham from the Seattle Sounders in […]
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Rio Olympics: Men's Soccer, Day 3
After two scoreless draws, Brazil came to life at the Rio Olympics with a 4-0 win over Denmark that sent it into the quarterfinals. Mexico and Argentina, winners of the last three Olympic gold medals,were both eliminated for the Rio Olympics on Wednesday. Mexico, the 2012 champion, lost to South Korea, 1-0, in a match […]
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Rio Olympics: Men's Soccer, Day 1
Stranded in Atlanta, Nigeria didn’t arrive in Manaus for its opening game of theOlympic men’s soccer competition until six hours before kickoff. If its players were suffering any ill effects of the 3,000-mile flight, they didn’t show. Nigeria beat Japan, 5-4, getting four goalsfrom Oghenekaro Etebo. Giant forward Sadiq Umar put Nigeria ahead in the […]