The return of club football coincided with the real Lionel Messi standing up, inspiring Barcelona to a 2-0 win over Espanyol with a brace, maintaining a 10-point gap at the top of the table. Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid were almost embarrassed by bottom-placed Huesca, Karim Benzema’s 89th-minute goal saw them pinch it 3-2.
Liverpool opened up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur. Manchester City, though, do have a game in hand…
Messi has scored at least 40 goals in each of his last 10 seasons for Barcelona.
What a weekend of football, eh?
The return of club football coincided with the real Lionel Messi standing up as the little Argentine inspired Barcelona to a 2-0 win over Espanyol with a brace, maintaining a 10-point gap at the top of the table. Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid were almost embarrassed by bottom-placed Huesca, but an 89th-minute Karim Benzema goal saw them pinch it 3-2.
Liverpool opened up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur….
We’re almost into the fourth month of the Gregg Berhalter era as U.S. men’s national team coach that’s seen two international camps and four friendlies. An experimental side beat Panama 3-0 and Costa Rica 2-0 at the end of January, and a squad full of Europe-based stars beat Ecuador 1-0 and held on for a 1-1 draw with Chile.
With no more scheduled friendlies yet before this summer’s Gold Cup, it’s time to take stock of where the USMNT stand. How is Berhalter faring? Which players have stood up…
There was plenty of fanfare as Bengaluru FC arrived in Bengaluru after winning their first Indian Super League (ISL) trophy. They beat FC Goa 1-0 in the final on Sunday, to lift their maiden ISL title, making it their sixth trophy in six years.
Here are the best pictures from their arrival at the Kempegowda International Airport on Monday:
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India will host the U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020, FIFA confirmed on Friday.
“We have decided that India will host the next U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said after the FIFA Council met in Miami.
This will be the second FIFA tournament that India will host, after hosting the U-17 Men’s World Cup in 2017, where England beat Spain 5-2 in the final in Kolkata. This will be the seventh edition of the U-17 Women’s World Cup, and the second in Asia after…
Eight clubs, including Minerva Punjab, have withdrawn from the upcoming Super Cup set to take place in Bhubaneswar this month. While other teams remained tight-lipped, Minerva cited the “unfair treatment” meted out by the AIFF to all I-League clubs as the reason for their decision. AIFF general secretary Kushal Das confirmed to ESPN that he had received the withdrawal letter from all eight clubs, but did not clarify the board’s future course of action.
Minerva accused the AIFF of neglecting…
Leaders Chennai City host Minerva Punjab, while Gokulam Kerala host second-placed East Bengal in simultaneous fixtures to determine the winner of the 2018-19 I-League title. A win for Chennai will grant them the trophy, regardless of results elsewhere. East Bengal, meanwhile, know that only a win will do — it’s not it their hands anymore.
Here’s what the points tally looks like:
Chennai City FC GP: 19, Pts: 40
East Bengal GP: 19, Pts: 39
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Chennai City became the first team from Tamil Nadu to have won the I-League, with a 3-1 win against come-from-behind 3-1 win against holders Minerva Punjab in Coimbatore on Saturday.
Here’s how it happened:
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Marcus Rashford’s late penalty sparked joy among the United fans and players given that it sent them through to the Champions League quarterfinals against all odds.
It was a remarkable night for Manchester United in the Champions League as their 3-1 away win, clinched in the most dramatic of circumstances Wednesday, ended up putting them in the quarterfinals at Paris Saint-Germain’s expense.
The victory was sealed in injury time with a VAR-assisted penalty that Marcus Rashford duly converted to give Ole Gunnar Solskjaer & Co. the victory on away goals, which prompted a flurry of social media celebrations from players past and present. And rightly so: Paul…
Chennai City take on Churchill Brothers in Fatorda, looking to seal the I-League title. Follow live updates from the match here:
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