Month: February 2023

11:39 PM ET PARIS — First, the negatives: Paris Saint-Germain lost their third game in a row Tuesday night, a 1-0 Champions League defeat against Bayern Munich. The losing sequence is a rarity; it has happened only twice since the Qataris took over the club 11 years ago. They have now been defeated five times

6:14 PM ET Kylian Mbappe admitted that he was “not supposed to play” in Paris Saint-Germain‘s Champions League round of 16 first leg against Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Mbappe came off the bench but was unable to prevent a 1-0 loss at the Parc des Princes. The France forward suffered a hamstring injury Feb. 1

5:45 PM ET PARIS — Bayern Munich took control of their Champions League round-of-16 match with Paris Saint-Germain as Kingsley Coman‘s goal gave them a 1-0 victory at Parc des Princes on Tuesday. Bayern dominated much of the game and had chances to double their lead after Coman’s 53rd-minute winner. Up to that point, the

1:02 PM ET Associated Press The 2030 World Cup hosts are due to be picked in September 2024, FIFA said on Tuesday, also confirming that the three 2026 World Cup hosts — the United States, Canada and Mexico — all had their expected automatic entries confirmed in the 48-team finals tournament. FIFA’s ruling council confirmed

12:53 PM ET Mikel Arteta has accused referee Lee Mason of “not understanding” his job as a VAR official and said Arsenal have “huge anger” over the mistake which influenced Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Brentford. Ivan Toney‘s 74th-minute header earned Brentford a point at the Emirates Stadium despite Christian Norgaard assisting the goal from an

5:00 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Marc-Andre ter Stegen wants Frenkie de Jong to stay at Barcelona forever as the Dutch midfielder prepares to face Manchester United — the club that tried so hard to sign him last year — in the Europa League on Thursday. De Jong was the subject of talks between

4:53 PM ET AC Milan took a step towards their first Champions League quarter-final appearance for 11 years as Brahim Diaz‘s goal gave the Italians a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in their last-16 first leg at the San Siro on Tuesday. The Spaniard headed in a rebound in the seventh minute after a superb

4:58 PM ET Bayern Munich put themselves in pole position to reach the Champions League quarterfinals, with Kingsley Coman scoring against his former club in a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes in the first leg of their heavyweight round-of-16 tie. The German champions dominated the majority of the contest against