Marcus Rashford proved the perfect replacement for Lamine Yamal in Barcelona’s 2-1 win at Newcastle in the Champions League on Thursday and Kevin De Bruyne watched mostly from the sideline as Napoli lost 2-0 at his former club Manchester City. With Yamal missing through injury, Rashford — a loan signing from Manchester United — got…
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New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. The first matchday of the 2025-26 Champions League is coming to an end with four final matches, including one between England’s Newcastle United and Spain’s FC Barcelona. Newcastle is back…
Expectations around Marcus Rashford were not massively high when he landed at Barcelona this summer. Essentially, he was the third-choice option for a backup role in Hansi Flick’s side. Barca only turned to the 27-year-old England forward after missing out on Nico Williams and Luis Diaz, who the club wanted to sign to support Raphinha…
Atletico Madrid chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin spoke proudly in an open letter to his club’s fans on August 1. “We firmly believe that we have a squad to dream big,” wrote Gil Marin, who also owns around a third of Atletico’s shares. “We’re ambitious, we take risks, we’ve brought in new partners to…
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This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. Another week of football in the books and things are already going wild in both college and the pros. Brent Brookhouse…
This is an updated version of an article that was originally published in April. Arsenal have not faced a team like Athletic Club before. The side from the city of Bilbao are only able to pick players from the Basque Country — a region of northern Spain and southern France with a population of just…
This is an updated version of this article, originally published in August. Less than four months after Paris Saint-Germain lifted their inaugural Champions League title by thrashing Inter, the 2025-26 edition is upon us. The 36-team league phase of Europe’s premier club competition kicks off on Tuesday, with Arsenal facing Bilbao’s Athletic Club in one…
Three months and change after Paris Saint-Germain lifted their first-ever UEFA Champions League title, the quest to crown a new champion officially begins on Tuesday with the start of the 2025-26 league phase. Matchday 1 will offer a chance for PSG and several other contenders to stake their claim on Europe’s top club prize, even…