[ad_1] LONDON: Unai Emery is finally winning admirers in the Premier League after revitalising Aston Villa just five months into his redemptive return to English football. Villa were languishing just above the relegation zone when Emery was hired following Steven Gerrard’s sacking after an underwhelming 11-month spell in charge. Energised by the Spaniard, Villa have … Read more
[ad_1] THE HAGUE: The Dutch football federation said on Thursday matches would be abandoned if there was a repeat of incidents which halted Ajax’s Dutch Cup semi-final at Feyenoord when a player was injured by a lighter thrown from the stands. The Dutch government also pledged a top-level investigation of the match. The game on … Read more
[ad_1] PARIS: Lionel Messi is “much more likely” to leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season than sign a new deal, a source close to the club told AFP on Tuesday. “The dynamics have completely changed with PSG less pushing to renew (his contract),” the source said, adding that there was “no deal, … Read more
[ad_1] TURIN: Romelu Lukaku netted a last-gasp leveller in Inter Milan’s dramatic 1-1 draw at Juventus on Tuesday which left their Italian Cup semi-final all square after the first leg. Belgium striker Lukaku rolled in from the penalty spot deep in stoppage time to keep both teams level ahead of the second leg in Milan … Read more
[ad_1] LONDON: Chelsea interim coach Bruno Saltor said the players would be “sad” after the Premier League club sacked manager Graham Potter as he prepared the team to face Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. Potter was dismissed on Sunday, after a 2-0 home defeat against Aston Villa the previous day. Big-spending Chelsea, who hired the Englishman to … Read more
[ad_1] MANCHESTER: Manchester City thrashed Liverpool 4-1 on Saturday but remain eight points adrift of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League after Gabriel Jesus scored twice in the Gunners 4-1 win over Leeds. In the clash between the two sides that have dominated English football over the past five years, City were a … Read more
[ad_1] SAO PAULO: A new force is in town and threatening the power of the Brazilian league to attract top Latin American football talent: Major League Soccer. The North American MLS has already replaced Argentina and Mexico’s top flights as the main challengers to Brazil’s hegemony. It is partly thanks to a change of strategy. … Read more
[ad_1] MIAMI: Second-half sub Ricardo Pepi needed almost no time to make his presence felt, delivering the game-winning goal in the United States’ 1-0 victory over El Salvador on Monday in the CONCACAF Nations League. The Netherlands-based striker, who scored twice in a starting role in the United States’ 7-1 thrashing of Grenada on Friday, … Read more
[ad_1] PARIS: Harry Kane scored again as England made it two wins from two in Euro 2024 qualifying by beating Ukraine 2-0 at Wembley on Sunday, while Cristiano Ronaldo extended his international goals record to 122 with a double as Portugal thrashed Luxembourg. Captain Kane, who broke Wayne Rooney’s all-time England goalscoring record in midweek, … Read more