Silva leaving Man City at the end of the season
Manchester City great Bernardo Silva is leaving the club at the end of the season.
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Manchester City great Bernardo Silva is leaving the club at the end of the season.
It’s been almost two years since Kylian Mbappé left Paris Saint-Germain to join Real Madrid, in part to try and win the Champions League. The France captain and the Champions League’s greatest club are still waiting for that win.
At 41, Cristiano Ronaldo realistically gets only one more shot at a World Cup trophy to cap an already illustrious career. A five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Ronaldo has more international goals than any other men’s player, with 143 in 266 matches for Portugal.
Lionel Messi and Argentina hope to become the first repeat World Cup champion in six decades this summer.
UANL Tigres lost the match but won their series on away goals Wednesday. Albert Rusnak scored twice and the Seattle Sounders had a 3-1 victory over the Tigres, but the Tigres advanced to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals.
Real Madrid coach Álvaro Arbeloa slammed referee Slavko Vinčić’s “inexplicable” decision to send off Eduardo Camavinga toward the end of Bayern Munich’s 4-3 win in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Arsenal secured their place in the semifinals of the Champions League following a 0-0 draw against Sporting CP at the Emirates.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup “for sure” despite its war with the United States.
Bayern Munich scored two late goals to knock record 15-time European champions Real Madrid out of the Champions League following a thrilling 4-3 win at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday.
Thomas Muller wants Vancouver Whitecaps fans to show their support by showing up at B.C. Place.
Lionel Messi is being sued by a Miami-based event promoter who says the soccer icon violated terms of a $7 million contract by missing an exhibition match last year.
Hugo Ekitike was ruled out of the World Cup for France after sustaining a leg injury in Liverpool’s Champions League quarterfinal loss to Paris Saint-Germain, France coach Didier Deschamps confirmed Wednesday.
The City of Toronto is proposing a $10 charge for admission to its World Cup fan festival after initially promoting it as a free event.
Seeking its third world title after 1998 and 2018, France is among the tournament favorites with a roster headed by Kylian Mbappé, Hugo Ekitike, Ousmane Dembélé and Michael Olise.
The pressure is on co-host Canada to advance past the group stage for the first time at the World Cup. Canada is in Group B along with Switzerland, Qatar and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which eliminated Italy in the European playoffs for the World Cup.
New Zealand will play at next year’s Women’s Soccer World Cup in Brazil after beating Papua New Guinea 1-0 Wednesday in the final of the Oceania Confederation Qualifying Series.
Dennis Bouanga scored a late penalty to help LAFC draw 1-1 with defending champion Cruz Azul on Tuesday and advance to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals.
Barcelona forward Raphinha criticized the refereeing after Barcelona’s elimination against Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday.
Ousmane Dembélé scored two late goals as Paris Saint-Germain extinguished Liverpool's hopes of a comeback to march into the Champions League semifinals 4-0 on aggregate.
Vanessa Gilles scored two second-half goals to lead short-handed Canada to a 3-1 win over South Korea on Tuesday in a FIFA Series women’s soccer match.
Atlético Madrid held on after an early charge by Barcelona to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time in nearly a decade on Tuesday.
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