The Italian Super Cup is to be held in Saudi Arabia in December, the Italian football league announced on Wednesday. “For the sixth time the Italian Super Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia. This 38th edition will be staged in Riyadh (from December 18-22),” a federation statement confirmed. Since 2023 the competition has featured…
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…
BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich is purring in the Bundesliga after a perfect start to the season. Eintracht Frankfurt – arguably the only side that looked capable of challenging the Bavarian powerhouse – lost at Bayer Leverkusen last weekend, leaving a far-from-perfect Borussia Dortmund team and overachieving Cologne and St. Pauli as Bayern’s closest rivals…
Kevin De Bruyne returns to the Etihad Stadium with Napoli tonight, making his Champions League debut with the Partenopei against Gigio Donnarumma’s Manchester City. It kicks off at 21:00 CET (20:00 BST) at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. De Bruyne left City just three months ago, joining Napoli on a free transfer, and reunites with…
After a 22-year absence, Newcastle United are set to clash with Spanish giants Barcelona this Thursday on the opening day of the 2025/2026 Champions League.Barcelona will be without their young star Lamine Jamal, who suffered a thigh injury during his recent call-up with the Spanish national team. Under the leadership of Hans Flick, the Catalans…
Associated Press Barcelona will have to cope without superstar winger Lamine Yamal for a trip to Newcastle in the Champions League on Thursday, when there’s a sooner-than-expected return to Manchester City for Kevin De Bruyne. The final batch of matches from the first round of the league stage also sees Kairat, a tournament newcomer from…
Sunderland started the 2025-2026 Premier League season in a positive way, since they have collected points in three of the four matches they have played in their return to the top category of English football. Although the team has shown interesting football under the direction of coach Regis Le Bris, they haven’t done it in…
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland (£14.1million) has dominated the early-season form charts in Fantasy Premier League, while Mohamed Salah (£14.5m) of Liverpool has been rewarding his owners’ patience with some crumbs in added time. They are the two most expensive players in FPL, and with their ownership rates (35.7% and 53.7% respectively at the time of…
Newcastle United FC vs FC Barcelona Competition/Round: 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, League Phase, Matchday 1 Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Marc-André ter Stegen, Alejandro Balde, Gavi, Lamine Yamal (out) Newcastle Outs & Doubts: Yoane Wissa, Jacob Ramsey (out) Date/Time: Thursday, September 18, 2025, 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA),…
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…