Lionel Messi could not help Argentina extend its unbeaten streak since their FIFA World Cup 2022 title. Uruguay beat Argentina 2-0 at La Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires on Thursday in a World Cup qualifying match, their biggest victory so far under new coach Marcelo Bielsa. Argentina hadn’t lost a competitive match since its group-stage…
The Indian senior men’s football side started off its FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers second round campaign with a 1-0 win over Kuwait in Kuwait City on Thursday. Indian winger Manvir Singh (75’) scored the lone goal of the match and got his name on scoresheet. Faizal Zaid Al-Harbi of Kuwait was sent off in…
Liverpool: Mohamed Salah reached a double century of goals in English soccer as Liverpool beat Brentford 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday. Salah struck in each half at Anfield and Diogo Jota added a third as Jurgen Klopp’s team moved up to second in the standings, above Arsenal on goal difference. The win…
Liverpool’s comeback fell short in a 3-2 loss at Toulouse in the Europa League on Thursday but it was still a victorious day for striker Luis Díaz. Díaz’s father was released hours before the match, 12 days after his kidnapping in northern Colombia by members of the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, or ELN. Diaz…
Copenhagen: Chants of “Roony, Roony” swept around Parken Stadium after Manchester United’s latest loss in the Champions League, and the irony cannot have been lost on the beleaguered English club. A player whose name has similarities to one of United’s greatest players — Wayne Rooney — plunged the team into serious trouble in Europe’s top…
Milan: AC Milan scored for the first time in this season’s UEFA Champions League 2023 to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in a hugely entertaining match on Tuesday and leave Group F wide open. Rafael Leão and Olivier Giroud scored early in each half to help Milan recover from conceding a ninth-minute opener to former Inter…
Berlin: Harry Kane scored a hat trick in ‘der Klassiker’ as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 4-0 away to deliver a big Bundesliga statement on Saturday. Bayern’s 10th consecutive league win over its old rival dealt Dortmund its first defeat of the season in the Bundesliga, and it banished any fears of a slump in…
London: Son Heung-min scored again as Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 2-1 away on Friday to provisionally extend their English Premier League 2023 lead to five points. After a sluggish start, Tottenham took the lead in the 53rd when Palace defender Joel Ward turned a cross-shot from James Maddison into his own net. Son then netted…
Star striker Kylian Mbappé scored again and 17-year-old midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery caught the eye with two assists as Paris Saint-Germain beat a lackluster AC Milan 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League 2023 on Wednesday. Mbappé opened the scoring late in the first half following Zaïre-Emery’s fine run and pass. After Mbappé’s France teammate Randal Kolo…
Led by Jude Bellingham yet again, Real Madrid defeated Braga 2-1 on Tuesday to keep a perfect record in the UEFA Champions League 2023 and move closer to securing a spot in the knockout stage. Bellingham scored his 11th goal in 12 matches since joining Madrid to help the 14-time European champion earn the away…