Liverpool swept into the last 16 of the Champions League with a comfortable win over 10-man Atletico Madrid that ensured they will finish top of Group B. Early goals by Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane, both created by Trent Alexander-Arnold, put the Reds in full command and there was no…
Lionel Messi became the first South American to score 80 international goals as his Argentina side beat Uruguay in World Cup qualifying. The Argentina captain opened the scoring for his side with a floated cross that somehow evaded the goalkeeper. Rodrigo de Paul doubled Argentina’s lead before half-time, with Lautaro…
Barcelona have agreed to let striker Luis Suarez join La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid. Suarez is not wanted at Barca and the Catalans were happy to release him for free, providing he did not join certain other top clubs. The Uruguayan agreed terms on a reduced salary with Atletico after…
German champions Bayern Munich utterly humiliated fellow European heavyweights Barcelona with an extraordinary 8-2 demolition job on Friday that sent them through into the semifinals of the Champions League. It began with Bayern grabbing a fourth minute lead when Mueller collected Ivan Perisic‘s cross from the left and played a…
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…
