Sports

Madrid, Dec 18 (EFE).- Englishman Jude Bellingham continued his scoring form as Real Madrid completed one of its most accomplished performances of the season to thrash Villarreal 4-1 and provisionally return to the top of the Spanish La Liga table on Sunday. Real Madrid’s midfielder Jude Bellingham (C) scores the...

Chicago, US, Dec 15 (EFE).- The United States’ professional football league, Major League Soccer, has approved a new rule that will require a player to leave the field in 10 seconds when substituted. The new rule was approved by the MLS Board of Governors on Thursday and will come into...

New York City, US, Dec 15 (EFE).- Six shirts worn by Argentinian football star Lionel Messi at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were sold for $7.8 million at an auction in New York on Thursday. Photo provided by Sotheby’s showing the six shirts that Lionel Messi wore in the...

Madrid, Dec 15 (EFE).- Argentine Leo Messi, Norwegian Erling Haaland and French Kylian Mbappé are the three finalists for The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2023 award. Norway’s Erling Haaland reacts during the UEFA EURO 2024 group A qualifying soccer match between Norway and Spain, in Oslo, Norway, 15 October 2023....

New York City, US, Dec 14 (EFE).- The NBA suspended Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green indefinitely on Wednesday after he struck Jusuf Nurkic of the Phoenix Suns in the face during his team’s 116-119 defeat earlier in the week. Green, who has already served a five-match ban earlier in the...

Sports Desk, Dec 14 (EFE)- Paris Saint-Germain held Borussia Dortmund 1-1 to join the UEFA Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday, while Porto completed the line-up with a nervy 5-3 win over Shakhtar Donetsk. Samuel Chukwueze of Milan scores his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League group...

Sports Desk, Dec 13 (EFE).- Kingsley Coman’s second-half strike helped Bayern Munich eliminate Manchester United from the UEFA Champions League with a 1-0 win, while Napoli and Copenhagen claimed victories in their respective matches to advance to the round of 16 on Tuesday. Napoli’s forward Victor Osimhen and Braga’s defender...

New York City, US, Dec 12 (EFE).- Lionel Messi’s American club Inter Miami announced on Monday that it would play against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr in the Riyadh Season Cup in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 1. The match will be part of a preseason tournament that will also feature Al...

Sao Paulo, Dec 12 (EFE) .- Brazilian football star Neymar requested relegated Santos to rest his number 11 shirt until his eventual return to the club, the club’s new president, Marcelo Teixeira, announced on Monday. “Yesterday (Sunday), I received a call from him, and he told me, ‘President, since you...

Sports Desk, Dec 11 (EFE).- Girona upset Barcelona 2-4, marking their first ever victory over the Catalan giants, to top the Spanish LaLiga table and boost their title hopes for this season. The charges of Michel Sanchez now have 41 points, two more than Real Madrid, which dropped two points...

Sports Desk, Dec 10 (EFE).- Manchester City staged a second half comeback away at Luton to deny the Premier League newcomers a famous win. Luton took the lead, against the run of play, at the end of the first half, when Elijah Adebayo nodded in Andros Townsend’s cross. Bernardo Silva...