Manchester United were spared a damaging and deserved defeat by Atletico Madrid on Wednesday as Anthony Elanga‘s late goal rescued them a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Champions League last 16. Atletico outplayed a sluggish United for the majority of the match at the Wanda Metropolitano and…
Mohamed Salah continued his superb form as Liverpool made it three wins out of three in the group stage of the Champions League by beating Spanish champions Atletico Madrid in a game of constant drama. In a frantic, fantastic match in the Spanish capital between sides that were dazzling in…
Theo Hernandez scored a superb 90th-minute winner as France hit back from 2-0 down to stun Belgium and reach the Nations League final. Didier Deschamps‘ side looked out of contention at the break after conceding two goals in the space of four minutes, but a thrilling second-half fightback set up…
Antoine Griezmann scored twice as defending champions France took another step towards Qatar 2022 with a 2-0 victory over Finland in Lyon. The 2018 World Cup winners coped without injured Kylian Mbappe as Griezmann combined with Karim Benzema for both of France’s goals – his 39th and 40th international strikes…
Lionel Messi scored twice and made another on the day he tied Xavi‘s record for most Barcelona appearances. Messi was playing for Barca for the 767th time and his curled double, along with goals from Antoine Griezmann and Oscar Mingueza, helped his side to a comfortable win over struggling Huesca.…
Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time playing for Barcelona as Athletic Bilbao stunned the Catalans to win the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday, a dramatic final finishing 3-2 after extra-time. Moments before Bilbao’s momentous triumph was confirmed, Messi threw an arm at Asier Villalibre, who had earlier…
Olivier Giroud scored his 40th international goal as France beat Croatia 4-2 in the Nations League Group 3 match, in a repeat of the 2018 World Cup final. Chelsea striker Giroud, 33, marked his 99th cap with a penalty after coming off the bench to move one goal behind France…
Lionel Messi might never have been faced with a more daunting task at Barcelona than engineering a victory against Bayern Munich in Lisbon on Friday. The only surviving former winners of European club football’s greatest prize — with five titles each — meet in a heavyweight Champions League quarterfinal behind…
