Lionel Messi scored twice in Argentina’s 2-0 win at Peru in a FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier on Tuesday, playing the entire match for his national team. The 36-year-old appeared fit after he was sidelined for several matches with his club Inter Miami because of muscular pain. Also Tuesday, Brazil — the archrival of…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice for Portugal in a 5-0 demolition of host Bosnia in Group J of next year’s European Championship 2024 qualifying match. Bruno Fernandes, Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix also scored with all goals coming in the first half. Ronaldo has now scored at least 40 goals in 12 different calendar years….
Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored twice to help France and Portugal secure a spot at next year’s European Championship 2024 with a perfect record in qualifying, with Belgium also clinching a berth in Germany on Friday. The three European powerhouses all needed a win to qualify for the tournament and their star strikers…
Fort Lauderdale: Lionel Messi’s entry into the game in the second half wasn’t enough as Inter Miami surrendered a late goal in a 1-0 loss to FC Cincinnati on Saturday night, ending its post-season hopes. The seven-time Ballon d’ Or winner, who had missed five of his last six games because of a leg injury,…
Sunil Chhetri-led Indian national football team will have their task cut out when they take on world No. 57 Saudi Arabia in their Round of 16 Match of the Asian Games 2023 at the Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou on Thursday. In Hangzhou, India played three matches – losing against China (1-5), winning against…
On Sunday, the final group stage match at the Hangzhou Asian Games for the men’s national team of India will take place against Myanmar. For the Blue Tigers to advance to the next round, they must win this match. The Blue Tigers’ situation in the Asian Games hasn’t been ideal thus far due…
Fort Lauderdale: Lionel Messi returned to Inter Miami’s lineup on Wednesday night. It was a short-lived comeback, and now he’s sidelined again. Messi was subbed off in the 37th minute of Inter Miami’s match against Toronto, after spending a few minutes laboring with what appeared to be a leg issue. Miami came up big without…
Battered by hosts China in their opening match after playing without any training session, India will be up against a tricky Bangladesh side in their must-win group match in the Asian Games football competition in Hangzhou on Thursday. A rag-tag Indian team reached Hangzhou late on Monday evening and played its first match without proper…
Tehran: Cristiano Ronaldo was held scoreless in his first game in the Asian Champions League as his Al Nassr team beat Iranian club Persepolis 2-0 in Tehran on Tuesday. The game was played inside an empty Azadi Stadium after Persepolis was ordered to play without fans for one game by the Asian Football Confederation after…
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski made it a memorable night for himself in his side’s 5-0 UEFA Champions League 2023 win over Belgian side Royal Antwerp on Tuesday. Lewandowski became only the third footballer after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to score 100 goals in European club competition (including qualifying). Lewandowski got this record in…