Title-holders Arsenal will kickstart their Women’s Champions League defence when they host eight-time winners Lyon on Tuesday as the elite European club competition debuts its new format. An 18-team league phase — in which all clubs play six matches, three at home and three away — has replaced the former 16-team group stage as the…
Kylian Mbappe’s brother Ethan haunted his former club Paris Saint-Germain as he came off the bench to grab a late leveller for Lille in Ligue 1 on Sunday, while Lyon went down to a surprise 2-1 defeat at home to Toulouse. The 1-1 draw at Lille’s Stade Pierre-Mauroy was, however, enough for injury-plagued PSG to…
Manchester City stand accused by La Liga president Javier Tebas of “losing money and cheating” for 10 years. The Premier League heavyweights currently find themselves at the centre of a long-running Financial Fair Play (FFP) saga, with serious questions being asked of whether rules were breached. Tebas is less than impressed with goings on in…
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid needs to bounce back from its thrashing in last weekend’s Spanish capital derby when it hosts a red-hot Villarreal on Saturday in La Liga. Xabi Alonso’s side was embarrassed when it lost 5-2 at Atletico Madrid, marking the first time its crosstown rival scored five times in the derby…
Barcelona suffered a late 2-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, with Goncalo Ramos scoring the decisive goal in the dying minutes after the sides had been level for most of the match. Coach Hansi Flick was candid about his team’s performance, admitting PSG were far superior, but he views the result as…
Title-holders Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to beat Barcelona 2-1 with a last-minute goal in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Manchester City had to settle for a draw in Monaco despite Erling Haaland’s double. Elsewhere there were comfortable wins for Arsenal and Newcastle United, as Napoli and Borussia Dortmund were among the other teams…
Erling Haaland’s brace in his 50th Champions League match for a competition tally of 52 was not enough as Manchester City had to swallow a last-gasp 2-2 draw at Monaco, while title holders Paris Saint-Germain won a heavyweight duel 2-1 at Barcelona on Wednesday. Haaland scored twice before the break but Monaco stole a point…
Barcelona 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain Barcelona have lost for the first time this season, with Paris Saint-Germain emerging victorious in their eagerly-anticipated Champions League clash at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Montjuic. Advertisement It was an excellent start to proceedings from the Catalans, who asserted their dominance against Luis Enrique’s injury-hit side. Ferran Torres missed…
Revenge is on the minds of Barcelona players as Matchday 2 of the Champions League wraps up Wednesday with their matchup with reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain. It was PSG who knocked Barcelona out of the quarterfinals two seasons ago with a 4-1 victory in the second leg to advance on aggregate 6-4. That defeat has…
PARIS (AP) — Ligue 1 leader Paris Saint-Germain faces its biggest rival Marseille at Parc des Princes on Sunday. Marseille’s longstanding bragging rights as the only French side to win the Champions League finally ended when PSG won it in emphatic style last season. On the domestic front, PSG has pulled away from Marseille with…