Football
Champions League back with Messi, no Mbappé, and legal drama
Paris: The Champions League returns on Tuesday to a very different European soccer scene than it was before a three-month mid-season break. In...
Toulouse stuns fifth-place Rennes 3-1 in French league
Toulouse: Toulouse proved lethal in transition to stun fifth-place Rennes 3-1 in the French league on Sunday. Rennes has now lost three of...
UEFA sends aid money to Champions League final host Turkey
Nyon: UEFA gave 200,000 euros ($214,000) on Friday to help relief work after the earthquake in Turkey, the country that will host the...
Messi, Mbappe and Benzema battle for FIFA Best Player award
Zurich: It’s Lionel Messi vs. Kylian Mbappé again, this time for the FIFA Best Men’s Player award for 2022. Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain...
Potter aware that pressure is mounting on big-spending Chelsea
London: Graham Potter says he understands the mounting pressure he is under to get Chelsea back on track after the club’s huge spending...
Madrid faces Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal for club world title
Barcelona: Having surprisingly made it this far, Al-Hilal has nothing to lose when it takes on Real Madrid in the final of the...
European football leagues to hold minute’s silence for quake victims
Milan: The football leagues of Italy, England, Spain, France and Germany will observe a minute’s silence for the victims of the earthquake in...
Messi to be available for Champions League game with Bayern
Paris: Lionel Messi will be available for the Champions League game against Bayern Munich on Tuesday despite being left out of the squad...
Scaloni, Ancelotti, Guardiola on FIFA coach award shortlist
Zurich: Lionel Scaloni, Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola were shortlisted on Thursday for a “best coach” award, while Walid Regragui didn’t get enough...
Super league organizers set out 80-team competition idea
Geneva: Organizers of the Super league project presented a long-promised new proposal on Thursday for a multi-division competition involving up to 80 European...
