Real Madrid against Barcelona is often described as the biggest game in club football, with everyone involved always super motivated and everyone watching usually completely enthralled. This week, the dramatic collapse of plans for Barcelona to play a La Liga game against Villarreal in Miami — first reported by The Athletic — added extra spice…
LIVERPOOL, England — Alexander Isak is a doubt for Liverpool’s Premier League game at Brentford on Saturday after picking up a groin injury against Eintracht Frankfurt this week. The Sweden international — a British-record signing — was withdrawn at halftime of Liverpool’s 5-1 win in the Champions League on Wednesday, but Liverpool manager Arne Slot…
BARCELONA, Spain — Real Madrid and a red-hot Kylian Mbappé host Barcelona on Sunday aiming to hit back at their rivals after losing all four clasicos last season. Mbappé has scored a La Liga-leading 10 goals in nine rounds – four more than his nearest chaser – and another five goals in the Champions League…
MILAN (AP) — Liverpool emphatically rebounded from a miserable run as it won 5-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday. There were also comfortable wins for Chelsea and Bayern Munich, while record 15-time champion Real Madrid maintained its perfect start in this season’s tournament with a 1-0 win at home over struggling…
MILAN (AP) — Victor Osimhen continued his impressive scoring record in Europe to help Galatasaray to a 3-1 win over Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League on Wednesday. Osimhen netted two first-half goals to extend his scoring streak in continental competition to seven outings — with nine goals in that period — stretching back to Galatasaray’s…
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — American international Sergino Dest failed to start in PSV Eindhoven’s stunning win against Napoli on Tuesday because he turned up late for the Champions League match, his coach Peter Bosz said. Bosz said in an interview with broadcaster Ziggo Sport that Dest had to face the consequences for breaching team rules. “Sergino…
Getty Images Bayern Munich will host Club Brugge on Wednesday for their third match of their Champions League season. The German side, coached by Vincent Kompany, had a perfect start of the 2025-26 spell, with seven wins in the opening seven games of the Bundesliga season, including the last home win against Borussia Dortmund over…
As Frankfurt host Liverpool on Wednesday, it will be a reunion between the German side and former striker Hugo Ekitike, who joined Liverpool over the summer as the latest forward export from the system, but as the Reds descend upon Deutsche Bank Park in the middle of the forest, something special is happening. No team…
MADRID — Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City return to the Champions League with Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland enjoying red-hot starts to their seasons. They all found the net in their teams’ league victories this weekend to extend impressive scoring runs. Each has scored at least once in all but one…
Player protests across La Liga this weekend were not widely broadcast after the Spanish league asked TV companies not to show them, according to multiple people familiar with the request. La Liga sides did not start play for the opening 15 seconds of matches after the Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) said on Friday the players…