Month: March 2023

7:08 PM ET Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool’s Champions League elimination has given them a “massive task” to salvage their season in the Premier League and the Anfield manager said three games in a week against Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal will make or break their hopes. Karim Benzema’s second-half goal — his 13th goal in
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7:49 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti praised Luka Modric and Toni Kroos after the veteran midfielders starred in Real Madrid‘s 1-0 Champions League round-of-16 win over Liverpool on Wednesday. Karim Benzema scored in the 78th minute with Vinicius Junior providing the assist as holders Madrid overcame last year’s beaten finalists Liverpool 6-2
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7:57 PM ET Associated Press Bolivia’s soccer federation suspended six match officials after they added 42 minutes in a top-division league match. Palmaflor beat Blooming 3-2 on Monday in a match that was later revised by the country’s refereeing commission. The 132-minute clash took place under heavy rains in the city of Chapare, in the
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3:45 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent SEVILLE, Spain — Erik ten Hag said he is ready to risk Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro against Real Betis on Thursday despite the threat of suspension. Manchester United‘s midfield pair are one booking away from missing the Europa League quarterfinal first leg should Ten Hag’s team progress. – Europa League
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5:53 PM ET Real Madrid are returning to the Champions League quarterfinals after a 1-0 second-leg win over Liverpool at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night gave them a 6-2 victory on aggregate. The UCL holders came into the match with a 5-2 advantage following the first leg at Anfield and a second-half goal from
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2:49 PM ET Associated Press Changes to UEFA’s rules could ease a Qatari-funded takeover of Manchester United, despite PSG being owned by a Qatari sovereign wealth fund. Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images UEFA should rethink its rules that prevent clubs in related ownership from playing in the same competition such as the Champions League, its president
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3:18 PM ET The United States men’s national team will play the March CONCACAF Nations League matches without injured Leeds United midfielder Tyler Adams but with Borussia Dortmund winger Giovanni Reyna, along with 12 other players from European club rosters, U.S. Soccer said on Wednesday. The matches at Grenada on March 24 and against El
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10:16 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens A Spanish court has accepted the complaint lodged by prosecutors against Barcelona last week and will open an investigation into allegations of corruption. Prosecutors filed charges against Barca on Friday following the revelation of payments made to the former vice president of the refereeing committee, Jose Maria Enriquez
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11:11 AM ET FIFPRO highlighted how players at the 2019 Women’s World Cup earned just 7% as much as their male counterparts. John Wilkinson/ISI Photos/Getty Images The global professional football players’ union FIFPRO has written to FIFA calling for parity in conditions, facilities and prize money between the men’s and women’s World Cups. The letter, seen
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5:53 PM ET Erling Haaland celebrates after becoming one of only three players to score five goals in a Champions League game. James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images Erling Haaland made history with five goals, including a first-half hat trick, to send Manchester City into the quarterfinals in emphatic fashion with a 7-0 win over RB Leipzig
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4:28 PM ET Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool have a “one percent chance” of overturning a 5-2 first-leg deficit to eliminate Real Madrid from the Champions League at the Santiago Bernabeu, but still believes his team can achieve the improbable. Reigning European champions Madrid fought back from 2-0 down in the first game at Anfield to
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5:26 PM ET Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring a goal against RB Leipzig in the Champions League. Getty Images Erling Haaland broke Manchester City’s single-season scoring record with his fifth goal of the game in their Champions League round-of-16 second leg against RB Leipzig on Tuesday. Haaland, 22, now has 39 goals in all competitions for
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