Soccer
Sports Desk, Aug 13 (EFE).- Chelsea and Liverpool shared the points Sunday, drawing 1-1 in the Premier League opener for two clubs anxious to turn the page on the disappointments of last season, when the Blues finished 12th and the Merseyside team had to scrap for fifth place. Looming over...
Sports Desk, Aug 11 (EFE).- Erling Haaland had a brace Friday for Manchester City as the reigning champions beat Burnley 3-0 in the 2023-2024 Premier League opener. The Norwegian put the visitors ahead in the 4th minute at Turf Moor against a Burnley side making their return to the Premier...
Sports Desk, Jul 23 (EFE).- The Netherlands, who finished second at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, beat Portugal, while Sweden came from behind against South Africa, and France drew with Jamaica on the fourth day of the 2023 edition in Australia and New Zealand. Stefanie van der Gragt’s goal in...
Sports Desk, Apr 1 (EFE).- Manchester City kept the pressure on league leaders Arsenal with a comfortable 4-1 victory over Liverpool at home on Saturday. Against the run of play, the visitors opened the scoring in the 17th minute after Diogo Jota broke through City’s high defensive line, with Mohamed...
Jakarta (EFE).- An Indonesian court sentenced a policeman Thursday to more than a year in jail for negligence in connection with a stampede at a soccer stadium that killed more than 135 people in October, while he acquitted two other defendants of the same charges. The court in the city...
Madrid, Mar 7 (EFE).- Uefa will issue refunds to fans who struggled to get into the Stade de France in Paris for last season’s Champions League final, European soccer’s governing body said Tuesday. The announcement comes after a recent independent report found Uefa bore “primary responsibility” for the chaotic scenes...
Paris, Mar 3 (EFE).- Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi has been formally charged with rape, French prosecutors told Efe on Friday. The 24-year-old had been under investigation by prosecutors in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris, after a 23-year-old woman filed a report with police, although she did...
By Sergi Escudero Barcelona, Dec 21 (EFE).- Lionel Messi won the 2022 World Cup in an “extraordinary fashion” but his high level performance at the tournament at the age of 35 was not surprising given his career-long track record of proving himself a decisive factor on the pitch, says his...
Doha, Dec 16 (EFE).- The 2022 World Cup in Qatar was the “best ever,” Fifa president Gianni Infantino told a press conference Friday ahead of the competition’s third place playoff and final this weekend. “Thanks to everyone involved, Qatar, all the volunteers to make this the best World Cup ever,”...
Doha, Dec 8 (EFE).- Luis Enrique has left his role as Spain’s national team head coach, the Spanish football federation confirmed Thursday, after his contract expired at the end of the team’s run at the World Cup in Qatar. Spain were stunned by Morocco as they crashed out on penalties...
Doha, Dec 5 (EFE).- Brazil outclassed South Korea for the first 45 minutes and then cruised down the home stretch to record a 4-1 victory here Monday night and a berth in the World Cup quarterfinals. Just three days after a surprise 1-0 loss to Cameroon in their final round-robin...
Doha, Nov 30 (EFE).- Spain coach Luis Enrique on Wednesday insisted his players would be aiming to beat Japan and top Group E amid questions about whether La Roja will try to come second to secure an easier opponent in the round of 16. Spain take on the Samurai Blue...
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