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Man City and Inter Milan draw 0-0 in goal-shy Champions League. PSG scores late to beat Girona
GENEVA (AP) — Where did all the goals go? The 0-0 draws between Manchester City and Inter Milan in their rematch of the 2023 final, after Bologna and Shakhtar Donetsk also could not find a goal, capped an untypically goal-shy evening for the Champions League on Wednesday. ...
Man City's Rodri says top soccer players close to going on strike because there are too many games
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City midfielder Rodri says top soccer players are close to going on strike because of the number of games they are having to play. The Spain international said players are concerned about the way the game is headed as more games are added to...
Man City hearing is the chance to clear the club's name or taint its dominance of English soccer
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The biggest challenge to Manchester City’s Premier League dominance was due to start on Monday at a hearing into a slew alleged financial breaches. On the line is City's reputation and punishment could be as extreme as expulsion from the league. ...
Champions League starts bigger new era with Mbappé at Madrid and rematches of past finals
GENEVA (AP) — The new Champions League format kicks off Tuesday after more than six years of planning, one failed proposal and one Super League launch fiasco. In the end, storied clubs who pushed for change from UEFA and created turmoil in European soccer got most of what they...
Ronaldo, Carsley and Georgia are winners in Europe's return to national team soccer
Potential coaching upheaval, players' injuries, an underdog continuing to soar — oh, and Cristiano Ronaldo stealing the spotlight once again. International soccer returned to Europe over the past week, less than two months after the conclusion of Euro 2024, and there was plenty to...
Ballon d'Or: Lionel Messi is left off list of contenders for soccer's biggest individual prize
Lionel Messi may be considered by many as the greatest soccer player of all time, but the Argentina star was omitted from the list of nominations to win this year's Ballon d'Or award — the sport's most prized individual honor. The record eight-time winner and holder of the trophy...
Haaland hat trick gives Man City early lead over Arsenal in EPL as Arteta slams red card decision
LONDON (AP) — At the rate Erling Haaland is scoring, keeping up with Manchester City is going to be a difficult task in the English Premier League. So while it's still only three games into the season, it felt significant when title rival Arsenal dropped points on Saturday and...
Real Madrid gets Champions League final rematches with Liverpool, Dortmund in new format fixtures
MONACO (AP) — The Champions League will have a series of rematches of recent finals in the bigger slate of games paired Thursday in the new format of European soccer’s signature competition. Real Madrid will have re-runs of its past three Champions League title wins, against...
Sven-Goran Eriksson, Swedish soccer coach who was first foreigner to lead England team, dies at 76
Sven-Goran Eriksson, the Swedish soccer manager who spent five years as England’s first ever foreign-born coach after making his name winning trophies at club level in Italy, Portugal and Sweden, died Monday. He was 76. Eriksson died at home surrounded by his family, his agent Bo...
Ten Hag faces scrutiny after United loss while Haaland nets hat trick and Arsenal beats Aston Villa
LONDON (AP) — Two games into the Premier League season, and the scrutiny is already back on Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag. Joao Pedro scored in the fifth minute of injury time to give Brighton a 2-1 home win over United on Saturday in a game that showed that the...
