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…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Premier League manager was sacked just around 20 minutes after his team’s latest loss, marking a brief and winless tenure in charge. Nottingham Forest took to social media about 20 minutes after Saturday’s 3-0 loss to Chelsea to announce that the soccer club was moving on from manager…
BARCELONA, Spain — Substitute Ronald Araújo snatched Barcelona a 2-1 victory over Girona in stoppage time in La Liga on Saturday and ended a mini losing streak before the clasico at Real Madrid next week. The central defender made the move of a striker when he slid in front of his marker as they raced…
The last time Elche were a top-flight side, they were flirting with unwanted records. Back in 2022-23 — their centenary year — they finished 12 points adrift at the bottom of the table, cycled through six different managers, and went 19 games without a win to get the season underway. Only two teams have ever…
London — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has criticized a local U.K. authority’s decision to ban fans of an Israeli soccer team from coming to support their side. Starmer called the move by authorities in Birmingham, England, to block Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending an upcoming game against the city’s Aston Villa team a…
Eric Garcia being Barcelona’s best defender this season will have come as a surprise to many. Under coach Hansi Flick, the 24-year-old is now truly shining for the first time since he rejoined his boyhood club from Manchester City in the summer of 2021. Before Flick’s arrival, Garcia had been out of the team or…