Germany’s two-time women’s Champions League winners VfL Wolfsburg hammered Italian side Fiorentina 5-0 on Wednesday to book its spot in the group stage of this year’s competition, while Swedish side Hammarby knocked out Portugal’s Benfica thanks to a stoppage-time goal. Wolfsburg followed up last week’s 7-0 away win with another blistering display of attacking football…
Next year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup will not have any sites on the U.S. East Coast, a sign that FIFA may place games along the Eastern Seaboard in its expanded 32-team Club World Cup. CONCACAF said on Wednesday that BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, PayPal Park in San Jose, California, and U.S. Bank Stadium in…
Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt and Dutch side AZ Alkmaar became the first teams to claim victories in the revamped Europa League on Wednesday. Jens Petter Hauge’s two goals guided 10-man Bodø/Glimt from a goal down to a 3-2 win over Porto while Troy Parrott netted the winner from the penalty spot for Alkmaar to beat Sweden’s…
Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo scored two goals apiece as holders Liverpool thrashed West Ham United 5-1 at Anfield on Wednesday to cruise into the fourth round of the League Cup in another solid performance from Arne Slot’s side. Mohamed Salah was also on target for Liverpool who fell behind and endured some nervy moments…
Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday he would love to stay at Real Madrid for a long time, ahead of his 300th game as the Galacticos head coach. Madrid will host Alaves on Tuesday, with a hope to closing in on Barcelona, which sits atop the league table and leads Madrid by four points. “I’m not…
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has urged Darwin Nunez to “stay calm” after the Uruguay international broke his long goal drought for the Anfield side. Nunez scored his first goal in 15 matches in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Bournemouth and appeared tearful after his brilliant finish. The 25-year-old forward is hoping for a fresh start…
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson is aiming to return to action this weekend, manager Arne Slot said on Tuesday. The Brazil international is recovering from a hamstring injury and has been ruled out of Liverpool’s English League Cup third-round match against West Ham on Wednesday. Backup keeper Caoimhin Kelleher replaced Alisson for the 3-0 win against Bournemouth…
Playing just two days after a feisty Premier League match against Arsenal, Manchester City fielded a heavily rotated team and still had too much for second-tier Watford in the English League Cup. City won 2-1 thanks to first-half goals by Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes at Etihad Stadium as the third round continued Tuesday with…
A first-half strike by top-scorer Robert Lewandowski earned a below-strength Barcelona a 1-0 LaLiga win over lowly Getafe on Wednesday to maintain its 100% record after seven games. Barcelona, who rested Pedri and was without the injured Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Dani Olmo, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong, Ronald Araujo, Fermin Lopez and Andreas Christensen, went ahead…
Manchester City midfielder Rodri will be sidelined “for a long time” with a right knee injury, manager Pep Guardiola said Tuesday, but the club is waiting to discover the severity of the problem sustained against Arsenal in the Premier League over the weekend. Rodri, who is among the favourites to win the Ballon d’Or for…
