Arsenal are painful to watch but maybe this is just how you win things | Barney Ronay
The crowd were getting anxious and players are either missing or off form but they have still reached the Champions League semi-finals And so I am become a meme. Towards the end of this game, already booked for standing on the edge of the pitch whirling his arms in a balletic, immaculately groomed pose of […]
Edgy Arsenal squeeze past Sporting to set up Atlético Madrid semi-final
To borrow a line from Mikel Arteta, it is not meant to be easy. And it was anything but on the latest anxiety-ridden, claustrophobic occasion for his Arsenal team. The club’s recent wobble has been pronounced. The loss to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final. The FA Cup exit at Southampton. The Premier League […]
Díaz and Olise late show sends Bayern into semi-finals after Real Madrid classic
A breathless, consistently thrilling game ended with Bayern Munich booking a semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain but that tie will be hard pushed to eclipse what happened here. Real Madrid were ahead three times through Arda Guler, twice, and Kylian Mbappé; they were pegged back by Aleksandar Pavlovic, Harry Kane and, at the death, Luis Díaz […]
Liverpool’s Hugo Ekitiké ruled out for rest of season and World Cup with France
Forward could be out until 2027 with suspected achilles tendon rupture Ekitiké is club’s leading goalscorer this season with 17 goals The Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitiké will miss the rest of the season and the World Cup with the injury he sustained against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, Didier Deschamps has confirmed. Ekitiké suffered a suspected […]
Bayern Munich v Real Madrid: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live
⚽ Champions League news; 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 2-1)⚽ Arsenal v Sporting – updates | Live scores | Mail Michael Some news: José Emilio Santamaría, a four-time European Cup winner with Real Madrid, died earlier today at the age of 96. The Uruguay international joined Madrid in 1957 and went on to lift one […]
Arsenal v Sporting: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live
⚽ Champions League news; 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 1-0)⚽ Bayern v Real Madrid – updates | Live scores | Mail Simon An email! “Barry Glendenning is absolutely right – Arteta’s anxiety and stress has rubbed off on his players and that is why they are losing,” writes Jeff Sax. “He lacks the composure and […]
Everton mark 37th anniversary of Hillsborough with tribute to 97 at Hill Dickinson Stadium
Club unveil plaque outside South Stand at new stadium Representatives of families attend ceremony Everton have marked the 37th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster by unveiling a permanent tribute at Hill Dickinson Stadium to the 97 Liverpool supporters who were unlawfully killed. Representatives of the Hillsborough families and Liverpool FC were invited to a ceremony […]
Football Daily | Atlético put boot into Barcelona as Raphinha gets rubbed up the wrong way
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! While Barcelona’s night at the Metropolitano was pretty well summed up by the accompanying image of poor Fermín López shipping six studs in the mush, Lamine Yamal’s cross in the buildup should be framed and hung in the Louvre. Using a minimum of […]
MLS will have fewer US World Cup players than ever. Its impact is being felt anyway
The league’s emphasis on youth development has seen its place in the careers of US national team players shift dramatically Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter When the United States men’s national team traveled to France for the 1998 World Cup, they did so with 16 Major League Soccer players on their […]
Sheffield Wednesday’s prospective buyers in talks over partial lifting of transfer ban before next deduction
Wednesday are under a transfer fee embargo until 2027 Arise hope takeover will be approved by end of season Sheffield Wednesday’s prospective new owners, Arise Capital Partners, are in talks with the EFL over a partial lifting of the club’s transfer ban this summer. Wednesday are currently under a transfer fee embargo, which prohibits them […]