Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois will miss Euro 2024 following a knee ligament injury despite a potential return for Real Madrid. Courtois, 31, has missed the entire season and needed another operation on his knee in March when he had a setback. He might return for Real Madrid before the end of the campaign but Belgium…
Borussia Dortmund Manager Edin Terzic says Paris St-Germain is built to win the Champions League Both teams meet in the first leg of the semi-finals on Wednesday, with Ligue 1 champions PSG bidding to win the competition for the first time. The French side, who beat Barcelona in the quarter-finals, lost to Bayern Munich in…
Harry Kane has revealed what Jude Bellingham told him as he prepared to take Bayern Munich’s penalty in the last night Champions League Semifinal match As Kane stepped up to take the kick, Bellingham could be seen mumbling something to Kane in an apparent bid to unsettle him. But the England captain placed his penalty…
Vinicius Junior scored twice as Real Madrid and Bayern Munich played out a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tie. His first came after beating Bayern defender Kim Min-jae and slotting a shot past goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and his second was from the penalty spot after the South Korean defender…
Negotiations between Bayern Munich and Ralf Rangnick for the position of Manager are ongoing. Rangnick confirmed last week he had been contacted about the job by the Bundesliga club. Bayern want Rangnick to replace current manager Thomas Tuchel, who will leave at the end of the season. It is believed Bayern think Rangnick can rebuild…
The United States and Mexico have withdrawn their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup and will instead focus on bidding for the tournament in 2031. It comes less than three weeks before the hosts were to be chosen, at a Fifa congress in Bangkok on 17 May. The remaining bids are from…
Former Premier League striker Chris Sutton has blamed Mohamed Salah for the touchline argument with his manager during Saturday’s 2-2 draw at West Ham United Salah had been dropped for the game and clashed with Klopp as he prepared to come on as a 79th-minute substitute. The draw leaves Liverpool, who are out of the…
Former World number one tennis player Rafael Nadal has qualified for the last 16 of the Madrid Open after a hard-fought victory over Argentina’s Pedro Cachin. The Spaniard, 37, came through 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 after three hours and six minutes on court. Five-time champion Nadal is playing on the Madrid clay for the final…
Chiamaka Nnadozie has been crowned the best goalkeeper in the French women’s league. Nnadozie is the first African, cum Nigerian to win the individual accolade. The feat cemented her status as one of the best goalkeepers in the world. She beat Olympic Lyon’s Christiane Endler and Katarzyna Kiedrzynek of Paris SG to the award. Nnadozie…
The fight between YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul and former world champion Mike Tyson has been officially sanctioned as a professional fight. It means the outcome of the bout, which is scheduled to take place in Texas on 20 July, will appear on both their records. Tyson, whose professional career ended in 2005, most recently competed in…
