Tag: Football
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Angry fans crash through gate at El Salvador match in stampede that kills 12, injures dozens
Fans angry at being blocked from entering a Salvadoran soccer league match despite having tickets knocked down a small access gate to the stadium, creating a ... -
Inter beats city rival to reach first CL final in over a decade
Inter Milan 1, AC Milan 0 Inter Milan reached its first Champions League final in more than a decade with a 1-0 victory against city rival ... -
Gundogan is Guardiola’s go-to guy again in City’s latest title march
Pep Guardiola’s first signing as Manchester City manager will go down as one of his best. Reliable, versatile and delivering when it really matters, Ilkay Gundogan ... -
Madrid, City draw in Champions League semifinals
Real Madrid 1, Man City 1 Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland were relaxed and laughing as they embraced after the final whistle ... -
Lionel Messi’s next move fuels frenzy of speculation
Lionel Messi’s next stop could mark his return to Barcelona. Or he could make a hugely profitable move to Saudi Arabia. Staying at Paris Saint-Germain is ... -
After years of turmoil, Milan teams back in European elite
Wednesday, 03:00 Real Madrid v Man City H 3.35, D 3.76, A 2.23 Thursday, 03:00 AC Milan v Inter Milan H 3.25, D 3.2, A 2.52 ... -
Leicester plots great escape seven years after EPL title triumph
Leeds 1, Leicester 1 Seven years after producing the biggest shock in Premier League history, Leicester is now trying to pull off a great escape. The ... -
UEFA, top coaches team up to urge easing of handball law
Expect to see fewer penalties awarded for handball in the Champions League next season. After gathering elite coaches including Zinedine Zidane and Jürgen Klinsmann to discuss ... -
Atalanta eyes return to Europe after beating Roma
Atalanta boosted its chances of returning to Europe after beating visiting Roma 3-1 in Serie A yesterday [Macau time]. Mario Pasalic put Atalanta ahead before the ... -
No need for Champions League heroics for Madrid this time
Chelsea 0, Real Madrid 2 Real Madrid’s pursuit of a 15th European Cup marches on. Chelsea, meanwhile, does not know when it will compete on this ... -
Man City crushes Bayern in Champions League quarterfinals
Man City 3, Bayern 0 After a 3-0 win against Bayern Munich yesterday [Macau time], Manchester City looks to be cruising toward the Champions League semifinals ... -
Focus on coaches as Madrid hosts Chelsea in quarters
Thursday, 03:00 Real Madrid v Chelsea H 1.76, D 3.9, A 5.25 Oddschecker.com The latest encounter between Real Madrid and Chelsea in the Champions League ... -
Kane and Ronaldo help England and Portugal stay perfect
England and Portugal made it two wins out of two at the start of European Championship qualifying, helped by their star players continuing their record-breaking streaks. ... -
Macau loses friendly to Singapore after almost four-year hiatus
Macau 0, Singapore 1 After an almost four-year hiatus, the national Macau football team has returned to the field for an International “A” friendly match against ... -
New Zealand beats China 2-1 in friendly match
New Zealand broke a lengthy scoring drought and won for the first time in more than a year yesterday when it beat China 2-1 in a ... -
Dozens in Indonesia protest Israel’s presence at U-20 Cup
Dozens of conservative Muslims marched Jakarta yesterday to protests Israel’s first-ever participation in the FIFA World Cup Under-20 in Indonesia. The world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation ... -
Inter reaches Champions League QF after draw at Porto
Porto 0, Inter M 0 Heroic defending and the woodwork helped Inter Milan reach the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in more than a ... -
Madrid tries to avoid Liverpool comeback in Champions League
Thursday, 4:00 Real Madrid v Liverpool H 2.36, D 4.1, A2.9 Oddschecker.com Real Madrid got used to pulling off dramatic comebacks in the Champions League last ... -
Napoli returns to Champions League set for historic season
Napoli returns to Champions League action this week well on track to have the standout season in European soccer and in the club’s entire history. The ... -
Benfica shows strength going into Champions League quarters
Benfica 5, Club Brugge 1 When Benfica started its Champions League campaign in the third qualifying round in August, few expected the Portuguese team to make ... -
Benfica heavy favorite against Brugge
Wednesday, 04:00 Benfica v Club Brugge H 1.44, D 5, A 8.4 Oddschecker.com Thriving and facing an opponent in crisis, Benfica couldn’t be in a better ... -
Just Fontaine, who scored 13 goals at 1958 World Cup, dies
Just Fontaine, the French soccer great who scored a record 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup, has died. He was 89. Fontaine’s former club Reims ... -
Mbappé and Messi combine as leader PSG wins at Marseille
Marseille 0, PSG 3 Kylian Mbappé scored twice and Lionel Messi got the other goal as the World Cup final stars combined to give French league ... -
Haiti, Portugal qualify for Women’s World Cup for first time
Haiti and Portugal qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals for the first time after winning playoff matches yesterday in New Zealand. Carole Costa scored ... -
Leeds looks set to hire Javi Gracia as next manager
Leeds appears to be close to hiring Javi Gracia as manager of the struggling Premier League team after the Spanish coach arrived at Elland Road yesterday. ... -
Champions League greats Liverpool and Real Madrid collide
Wednesday, 4:00 Liverpool v Real Mad H 2.35, D 3.64, A 3.15 Oddschecker.com With 20 Champions League titles between them, Liverpool vs. Real Madrid is a ... -
Mbappe, Messi inspire PSG to comeback 4-3 win against Lille
French league leader Paris Saint-Germain gave away a two-goal lead then trailed by one goal with four minutes left before Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi turned ... -
Macau to receive additional USD8m from FIFA to develop local football
The Macau Football Association (MFA) will receive a new cash subsidy from the governing body of world football – FIFA – under the program FIFA Forward ... -
Mbappé can’t save slumping PSG in CL loss to Bayern Munich
PSG 0, Bayern M 1 Not even Kylian Mbappé’s substitute appearance could end Paris Saint-Germain’s slump, as it lost 1-0 at home to Bayern Munich yesterday ... -
UEFA blamed for near-disaster at Champions League final
UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer’s ruling body mostly responsible for chaotic security failures at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris that put the lives ... -
Champions League back with Messi, Mbappé doubt, legal drama
The Champions League returns today to a very different European soccer scene than it was before a three-month midseason break. In the interim, Lionel Messi won ... -
Man City case could join list of soccer’s biggest scandals
Manchester City is not the first high-profile soccer club to be caught up in a scandal. The Premier League has accused City of breaching a host ... -
Former Chelsea forward Atsu rescued after Turkey earthquake
Former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake that struck Turkey, the Ghana Football ... -
Fernandez signing caps big-spending Chelsea’s latest spree
Chelsea completed another staggering spending spree by its new American ownership — more than $350 million this time — by signing Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez for ... -
FIFA anxious to reboot Club World Cup after years of delays
A little-loved member of FIFA’s family of soccer tournaments for so long, the latest Club World Cup starts today as a seven-team event two years after ...
