MELBOURNE - Upbeat Australia coach Graham Arnold has urged Argentina to bring Lionel Messi to the Olympics and described their tough pool as Tokyo's "group of dreams.”
Drawn with twice champions Argentina, 1992 winners Spain and Egypt, the “Olyroos” face an uphill battle to reach the knockout rounds of the 16-team tournament, their first Games since Beijing in 2008.
Los presidentes del Real Madrid y de la Juventus de Turín, Florentino Pérez y Andrea Agnelli, continúan tratando de justificar la genialidad de su fallida Superliga. Dentro de sus argumentos, dijeron que los jóvenes ya no tienen interés en el fútbol y que la competencia vendría a competirle a videojuegos como Fortnite o Call of Duty".
MANCHESTER, England — The European Super League collapsed on Wednesday as eight of the 12 founding members from England, Italy and Spain abandoned the breakaway project under massive pressure from fans, politicians, soccer officials and even the British royals.
Founder and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli told Reuters he was reluctantly calling time on the new league after six English clubs withdrew on Tuesday, with Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid following suit and AC Milan indicating they would too.
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City started the process of withdrawing from the breakaway European Super League on Tuesday less than 72 hours after agreeing to join, with Chelsea also reported to be quitting in a major blow for the proposed new competition.
City confirmed they wanted to pull out while fellow English club Chelsea were reported by local media to be preparing the paperwork to leave a project backed by U.S. investment bank JP Morgan and headed by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
In the wake of 12 of Europe's major soccer clubs planning an independent Super League we look at a selection of previous sporting breakaways and how they turned out.
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Late Australian media mogul Kerry Packer changed the face of world cricket in 1977 when he secretly recruited top players for a series of day-night matches for his Channel Nine Australian TV network.
MANCHESTER, England - European soccer's governing body UEFA on Monday said clubs and players joining a proposed breakaway Super League could be banned from all of its competitions and the World Cup as it condemned a "disgraceful and self-serving proposal.”
Addressing an emergency meeting the day after 12 of Europe's top clubs announced the breakaway, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin upped the ante, describing the Super League plan as a "spit in the face" of all football lovers.
Los minutos de Héctor Herrera en el Atlético de Madrid no han sido abundantes este año. El Zorro, sin embargo, hoy aprovechó la titularidad que le dio Diego Simeone para convertirse en el motor de un equipo que se sacudió de los fantasmas que lo perseguían. Los colchoneros, sin los lesionados Luis Suárez y João Félix, vencieron por 5-0 al Eibar y se aseguraron una semana más al tope de LaLiga.
El primer gol del Atlético demoró, pero llegó, con el mediocampista mexicano como protagonista. A los 41', Herrera pivoteó un tiro de esquina de Kevin Trippier y habilitó a Ángel Correa.
SEVILLE - Barcelona president Joan Laporta said he was very confident Lionel Messi would choose to stay at the club after the Argentine delivered a vintage performance in Saturday's 4-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final.
Messi scored a sensational individual goal midway through the second half after strikes from Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie de Jong had put the Catalans in charge.
This angle of Lionel Messi's goal pic.twitter.com/SFVfTAMKk3
Al final de la primera etapa en la final de la Copa del Rey, las estadísticas mostraban que el Barcelona había tenido un 83,5% en el dominio del balón. Los palos, la actuación de Unai Simon y los imponderables del fútbol, sin embargo, de algún milagroso modo le servían al Athletic Club para mantener un 0-0 en el marcador. Menos suerte tendría el equipo vasco en el complemento: a través de Antoine Griezmann, un enamorado Frenkie de Jong y un doblete de Lionel Messi, los catalanes golpeaban con un contundente 4-0 y sumaban su 31º título en la competencia.