German champions Bayer Leverkusen have signed Paris Saint-Germain defender Nordi Mukiele on loan until the end of the season, the Bundesliga club announced on Wednesday. German media reports Leverkusen do not have an option to buy at the end of the loan period. Mukiele arrives as a replacement for centre-back Odilon Kossounou, who has moved…
Belgian fans will be looking ahead to Friday when Domenico Tedesco names his squad for upcoming Nations League matches against Israel and France with the international futures of Kevin De Bruyne and Roger Lukaku up in the air. De Bruyne, who has won 105 caps since his debut in 2010, said after the European Championship…
Northern Ireland captain Jonny Evans announced his retirement from international soccer on Wednesday at the age of 36 and after 107 caps. The Manchester United defender, who won his last cap against European champions Spain in a friendly in June, made his international debut in 2006. “After much thought and consideration and after 18 years,…
Matildas midfielder Aivi Luik was banned for three months by Italian anti-doping authorities this year and took herself out of consideration for the Paris Olympics over a pain-killing injection administered two years ago, she told a podcast. The 39-year-old said the ban related to a cortisone injection she received from a doctor in March 2022…
Juventus has signed Netherlands midfielder Teun Koopmeiners from Atalanta in a deal worth up to 60.7 million euros ($67.5 million), the Serie A giants confirmed on Wednesday. In a statement, Juventus said it had agreed with Atalanta a fee of “51.3 million euros, payable in four financial years, with the addition of ancillary costs up…
Lille qualified for the league phase of the Champions League despite a 2-1 loss at Slavia Prague in the second leg of its playoff on Wednesday, advancing with a 3-2 aggregate win. Red Star Belgrade, Slovak champions Slovan Bratislava and Croatia’s Dinamo Zagreb also booked their spots in the league-phase draw. Coming into the return…
Atletico Madrid was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Espanyol in the La Liga at the Metropolitano on Wednesday after the home side failed to convert its chances in a largely one-sided contest. Espanyol is the only team yet to score in La Liga and it showed no signs of breaking the duck…
Jonas Hofmann’s second-half goal was enough for Bayer Leverkusen to start its German Cup title defence with a meagre 1-0 win at Carl Zeiss Jena on Wednesday. The fourth-tier side largely nullified Leverkusen’s attacking threat. Leverkusen, the defending German Cup and Bundesliga champion, started with the influential Granit Xhaka, Álex Grimaldo, Florian Wirtz and Jeremie…
Kolkata’s football fans — the Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, and Mohammedan Sporting loyalists who can’t agree on anything —recently found common ground in their grief and anger over the horrific rape and murder of a medical professional at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital. Though the Kolkata Derby, scheduled for August 18, had been called…
Excitement is ramping up in Naples over the rekindling of the winning combination of Romelu Lukaku and Antonio Conte. Chelsea forward Lukaku landed in the Italian city on Wednesday to finalise his transfer to Napoli, and more than 100 fans greeted the Belgian international when he arrived at the club’s clinic to complete his medical….
