Month: April 2023

5:03 PM ET PARIS —Lois Openda shone as RC Lens boosted their Champions League hopes with a 3-0 home win against Monaco, one of their direct rivals for a spot in Europe’s premium club competition, in Ligue 11 on Saturday. Belgium striker Openda struck twice before the break and set up midfielder Adrien Thomasson for

6:02 PM ET WREXHAM, Wales — It was like asking the tide to stop rolling in. “Please stay off the pitch!” the Wrexham stadium announcer pleaded, as hundreds became thousands and the Racecourse Ground playing surface was swamped in seconds by supporters waving scarves and lighting flares. They had waited 15 years for this; of

5:04 PM ET MADRID — Marco Asensio and Eder Militao scored to give Real Madrid a 2-0 win against Celta at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday and cut Barcelona‘s lead at the top of LaLiga to eight points. With eight-games remaining, second-placed Real maintained their slim title hopes by moving to 65 points. Barca have a

3:22 PM ET Mark Ogden WREXHAM — Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney watched alongside Ant-Man star Paul Rudd as the team won promotion from the National League to the English Football League with a dramatic 3-1 win against Boreham Wood on Saturday. Wrexham, bought by Reynolds and McElhenney from a supporter-backed Trust

2:26 PM ET Borussia Dortmund cruised past Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0, with two goals coming from Donyell Malen, on Saturday to take over the lead in the Bundesliga from Bayern Munich with five matches left in the season. Dortmund scored three times in the first half to make sure of a club-record ninth straight home game

2:33 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Mahrez scored three well-taken goals to seize the headlines from Wembley on Saturday. Rob Newell – CameraSport via Getty Images LONDON — A Riyad Mahrez hat-trick earned Manchester City a place in the FA Cup final and kept their treble hopes alive. Sheffield United matched Pep Guardiola’s side for a large

1:37 PM ET Riyad Mahrez scored a hat trick as Manchester City snapped their losing streak in FA Cup semifinals with a 3-0 stroll over second-tier Sheffield United at Wembley on Saturday. After exiting at the semi-final stage for the last three seasons, Pep Guardiola’s treble-chasing side were not about to suffer the same fate

11:59 AM ET Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah were on target as Liverpool edged Premier League strugglers Nottingham Forest 3-2 in a riveting clash at Anfield on Saturday to climb to seventh in the table. All the goals came in an action-packed second half, with Jota heading in the opener from a corner in the

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9:40 AM ET Sophie Lawson Caroline Graham Hansen celebrates with her Barcelona teammates after scoring against Chelsea. Steve Bardens – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Barcelona beat Chelsea 1-0 in their Champions League semifinal first-leg at Stamford Bridge thanks to an early stunner by Caroline Graham Hansen. It took Barcelona less than 200 seconds to take the

8:49 AM ET Sam Marsden Alex Kirkland Xavi Hernandez called for better regulations of playing surfaces after he was criticised for complaining about the state of Getafe‘s pitch last weekend. Barcelona were held to a goalless draw at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez, with Xavi moaning after the game about the dry, long grass not being

6:45 PM ET LONDON — Mikel Arteta insists he “cannot wait” to face Manchester City and said he believes Arsenal must win at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to lift the Premier League title. The Gunners came from two goals down to salvage a 3-3 draw against bottom club Southampton on Friday but handed a

5:04 PM ET Kylian Mbappe now has a league-leading 22 goals in Ligue 1 this season. DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain moved a step closer to a record 11th Ligue 11 title when Kylian Mbappe‘s double earned them a 2-1 victory at bottom side Angers on Friday. France forward Mbappe struck twice in the

5:44 PM ET Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has defended captain Harry Maguire as an “example” for the rest of his squad, after the defender’s latest high-profile error in Thursday’s Europa League exit at the hands of Sevilla. Maguire’s error led to an early goal for Sevilla and his performance came under the microscope

LONDON — Arsenal handed control of the Premier League title race to Manchester City despite scoring twice in the final three minutes to salvage a 3-3 draw against Southampton at Emirates Stadium. An unexpected night of high drama in north London began with a dreadful mistake from Gunners goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, gifting possession to Carlos

3:13 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Tata Martino has been without a coaching job since leaving Mexico after their group-stage exit at the 2022 World Cup. Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images Former Mexico coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino has said that he’s open to a return to managing in MLS. Martino, 60, led MLS’ Atlanta United during their 2017 inaugural

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