Month: May 2024

TORONTO — Rookie Malachi Jones and Andrés Perea scored second-half goals and Matt Freese made nine saves as New York City FC held on for a 3-2 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday night. Santiago Rodríguez staked New York City (5-5-2) to a 1-0 lead on a penalty kick in the 25th minute. Rodríguez scored
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Undefeated Al Hilal won a record-extending 19th Saudi Pro League title on Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Al Hazem to reclaim the trophy from Al Ittihad who won it last season. Jorge Jesus’s side hold a 12-point advantage over Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Al Nassr in second with three matches remaining. Aleksandar Mitrovic gave Al Hilal
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Lizzy Becherano May 11, 2024, 10:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami‘s Lionel Messi expressed his anger over the new Major League Soccer rule that forces an injured player to the sidelines for two minutes, saying, “These types of rules…it’s going bad,” after exiting the pitch during the 3-2 victory over Montréal. In the
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Late goals from Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson lifted Chelsea to a 3-2 Premier League victory at Nottingham Forest on Saturday that left the hosts mathematically still in danger of relegation. Mykhailo Mudryk also scored for Mauricio Pochettino’s team, who are seventh in the table with two games remaining. Forest are 17th and three points
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May 11 (Reuters) – AC Milan snapped a six-match winless run in all competitions with a crushing 5-1 Serie A victory over relegation-threatened Cagliari on Saturday. The win moves Stefano Pioli’s side closer to securing second place. They have 74 points and are seven ahead of third-placed Bologna, who beat Napoli earlier in the day,
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Real Madrid celebrated their LaLiga title in style with a comfortable win at Granada. Newly-crowned LaLiga champions Real Madrid earned an emphatic 4-0 win over relegated Granada on Saturday, extending their unbeaten league run to 28 games. Carlo Ancelotti’s side continued their superb form following their midweek Champions League semi-final win over Bayern Munich, reaching
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Burnley were relegated to the Championship following their loss to Tottenham on Saturday. Burnley were relegated from the Premier League after a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday left Vincent Kompany’s side five points from the safety zone with one game remaining. The result left 19th-placed Burnley with 25 points from 37 games, giving
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May 5, 2024, 02:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sheffield United have set an unwanted record for the number of goals conceded by a team in a single Premier League season. Abdoulaye Doucouré’s first-half strike for Everton on Saturday took Sheffield’s goals against total to 101, surpassing Swindon Town’s mark of 100 goals conceded in
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Manchester City hit the top of the Premier League with one week of the season left when two goals by Josko Gvardiol and one each from Phil Foden and Julián Álvarez sealed a 4-0 demolition of Fulham on Saturday. City’s stroll in the London sunshine, their seventh successive league win and 16th consecutive victory over
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May 11, 2024, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AC Milan players will wear their mothers’ surnames on the back of their jerseys during Saturday’s Serie A fixture against Cagliari, the club announced, as part of an initiative to bring attention to personal identity rights. It comes following an Italian law passed on June 1,
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May 11, 2024, 07:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he hoped Kylian Mbappé would play in this year’s Paris Olympic Games. The France striker confirmed on Friday that he would leave Paris Saint-Germain and he has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid. “I have no
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Associated Press May 10, 2024, 11:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Thierry Henry was in the stadium to see his investment in Como pay off when the Italian second-tier club won promotion to Serie A on Friday. Como, coached by Henry’s former Arsenal teammate Cesc Fabregas, drew with Cosenza 1-1 to clinch second place in
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May 10, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Malik Tillman helped PSV win the Eredivisie title while on loan this season. Photo by Photo Prestige/Soccrates/Getty Images United States forward Malik Tillman has made a permanent move to PSV Eindhoven after spending this season on loan from Bayern Munich, it was announced on Friday. Tillman scored
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High-profile veteran players Guillermo Ochoa, Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, Raúl Jiménez and Henry Martín have been left out of Mexico‘s 31-man preliminary roster for this summer’s Copa América. With an eye towards the 2026 World Cup, the squad list includes a total of 10 players that are 23 or younger, signifying a generational change for the
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May 10, 2024, 02:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé has announced he is leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, after which he is expected to join Real Madrid. The announcement brings Real Madrid closer to ending their years-long pursuit of the France international, who is widely regarded as one of
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May 10, 2024, 04:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Certain players and managers just feel made for each other; their styles, personalities or attitudes simply fit like a glove, often leading to great success on the pitch. Think Xavi dictating the Barcelona midfield for Pep Guardiola, Ricardo Carvalho marshalling José Mourinho’s defensive line at Chelsea,
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