Football

4:58 PM ET RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol headed in a 70th-minute goal to earn a 1-1 draw against visitors Manchester City in their Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday. The 21-year-old defender bagged the deserved equaliser with a towering header after City’s Riyad Mahrez had slotted in following a Leipzig mistake
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2:47 PM ET Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said the door will always be open for Lionel Messi to return to Camp Nou following renewed speculation about the forward’s future. Messi, 35, is out of contract with Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season and reports in Spain this week claimed his father, Jorge, met
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1:45 PM ET With opening day approaching Saturday, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber expressed hopes of picking a 30th team by the end of the year and defended an expanded playoff format in which 18 of 29 clubs make the postseason. MLS has nearly tripled in size from 2004, when it was a 10-team
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3:32 PM ET Everton and Liverpool were fined by the Football Association (FA) on Wednesday for failing to control their players following a mass confrontation during the Merseyside derby earlier this month. Everton were hit with a £40,000 ($48,256) fine while Liverpool will have to pay £25,000 following the incident, which took place in the
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1:05 PM ET Atletico Madrid striker Alvaro Morata has called for fans that make racist chants in stadiums to be banned for life. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s derby against Real Madrid, which will see Morata’s Atletico face Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, who has been subjected to racial abuse on numerous occasions this season by opposing fans,
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11:58 AM ET Tottenham midfielder Eveliina Summanen has been handed a two-match ban for “successful deception of a match official” after her role in Ella Toone’s sending off. England star Toone was shown a straight red card in Manchester United’s 2-1 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium following a confrontation with Summanen in the latter
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6:15 AM ET Jurgen Klopp criticised Liverpool for their “slapstick” defending as they suffered a humiliating 5-2 Champions League defeat against Real Madrid on Tuesday. The Premier League club led 2-0 after 14 minutes on goals from Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez, but Vinicius bagged a brace before half-time to level the scores. His second
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