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Barcelona, Spain (EFE).- Spanish league leaders FC Barcelona will sport the logo of Rosalía’s most recent album Motomami on the official team shirts during the Clásico match against Real Madrid this weekend. It will be the second time that Barça have taken to the pitch wearing a sponsor dedicated to...
Sports Desk, Mar 14 (EFE).- Erling Haaland had five goals Tuesday to lead Manchester City 7-0 over RB Leipzig in the second leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash for a 8-1 triumph on aggregate, while Inter Milan held Porto 0-0 to advance on the strength of their...
London, Mar 13 (EFE).- Former football player Gary Lineker will return to his role as the presenter of the BBC’s highly popular Match of the Day after reaching an agreement Monday with the organization, which suspended the celebrity over tweets criticizing the British government’s controversial new migrant policy. Match of...
Sports Desk, Mar 12 (EFE).- Manchester United were held to a goalless draw by the Premier League’s bottom club Southampton at Old Trafford on Sunday. United midfield lynchpin Casemiro was sent off in the first half for a studs-up challenge on Carlos Alcaraz after the VAR intervened. Both teams had...
Barcelona, Spain, Mar 10 (EFE).- FC Barcelona were charged on Friday with corruption relating to payments the LaLiga club made to former referee José María Enríquez Negreira. A court said FC Barcelona, club officials including former presidents Jose Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, and Negreira – also a former vice-president...
Sports Desk, Mar 8 (EFE).- For the fifth time in the last seven years, Paris Saint-Germain have crashed out of the Champions League in the round of 16, falling 2-0 Wednesday to Bayern Munich to lose the tie 3-0 on aggregate. While AC Milan are headed to the quarterfinals of...
Los Angeles, United States, Mar 7 (EFE).- With a purple and gold jersey with the number 16 and his name on each and every one of the stadium seats, Los Angeles celebrated Tuesday the legacy of Pau Gasol, whose number was retired by the Lakers. Hours before the tribute, which...
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...
Los Angeles, Mar 6 (EFE).- Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells after he was unable to enter the United States due to his Covid-19 vaccination status. The Serb would have had to rely on US authorities granting him an exception to the country’s entry...
London, Mar 5 (EFE).- Liverpool crushed Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday, romping to a 7-0 result and all but ending the visitors’ chances of getting into the Premier League title race, given that they are 14 points behind powerhouse league leader Arsenal. Strikers Darwin Nuñez and Cody Gakpo each...
Madrid, Mar 4 (EFE).- Diego Simeone’s men marked his record-breaking 613th match as coach of Atletico Madrid by hammering Sevilla 6-1 here Saturday to vault over Real Sociedad into the third spot in LaLiga. With a brace each for Memphis Depay and Alvaro Morata and goals from Antoine Griezmann and...
Sports Desk, Mar 4 (EFE).- Arsenal capped a remarkable comeback against Bournemouth on Saturday with a goal deep in stoppage time to take all 3 points and remain 5 ahead of Manchester City in the race for the Premier League title. With the defending champions having already won earlier to...
