With a new manager and another big signing in the winter, Atlanta United are gearing up to defend their MLS Cup title in 2019. The Chicago Fire have acquired striker C.J. Sapong from the Philadelphia Union, the club announced on Saturday. Sapong, 30, changes clubs for what could be up to $450,000 in combined allocation money,
Month: February 2019
Lionel Messi brought Barcelona back from a goal down twice, then sealed the deal with a deft chip over the keeper for the win and the 50th hat-trick of his career. Following last week’s shock defeat to Girona, Real Madrid travel to Levante in search of an essential three points. Gerard Pique suggested Real Madrid
AEK Athens have been hit with a suspended ban from European competition by UEFA over the crowd trouble that marred their Champions League Group E match in Athens in November. The Greek club has also been ordered to play its next two UEFA competition home games behind closed doors and fined €80,000 ($90,600). Riot police
Jose Mourinho described former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger as of the ‘best managers in football history’ and admitted he enjoyed the challenge of facing his sides. This weekend, the venerable Roy Hodgson will become the oldest manager to ever take charge of a Premier League match when he steps into the away dugout for Crystal
Lionel Messi’s hat-trick at Sevilla was the 50th of his career. Lionel Messi scored the 50th hat-trick of his career to help Barcelona twice recover from a goal down and win 4-2 at Sevilla on Saturday. Messi’s first came from a superb volley before he curled home from the edge of the area and then
1:10 PM ET Kylian Mbappe celebrates with fellow goal-scorer Christopher Nkunku. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player in 45 years to reach 50 Ligue 1 goals as Paris Saint-Germain beat Nimes 3-0 at home on Saturday to stretch their lead at the top to 17 points. Christopher Nkunku‘s opener and Mbappe’s second half-double
4:44 PM ET AC Milan continued their impressive run of form as second-half goals gave them a 3-0 win over Empoli in Serie A on Friday. Gennaro Gattuso’s fourth-placed side are now unbeaten in their last eight league matches and the latest victory moved them within a point of third-placed Inter Milan. Polish striker Krysztof
2:54 PM ET RB Leipzig’s Yussuf Poulsen scored twice as they beat VfB Stuttgart 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday to move within a point of third-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach. The 24-year-old Dane scored twice in a game for the fifth time this season in the Bundesliga to take his tally to 12 league goals so
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi says the club’s new shirt deal adds to their financial resolve, and that he’s ‘not worried’ about Financial Fair Play. PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi has emphatically told ESPN FC that superstars Neymar and Kylian Mbappe will be staying with the club for the foreseeable future.
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