When Newcastle United was taken over by a consortium back in October led by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), "key" to green-lighting the sale was the Premier League's moral assurance that the new owners wouldn't be mixed up in the sort of things that the Saudi government has been guilty of lately, like the dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi, the disastrous war in Yemen or its "appalling" human rights record.
PARIS - Chaotic scenes at the French national stadium before and during Saturday night's Champions League final were branded a national embarrassment, while French ministers blamed Liverpool fans for the trouble.
The final between Liverpool and Real Madrid kicked off with a 35-minute delay after police tried to hold back people attempting to force their way into the Stade de France without tickets, while some ticket holders complained they were not let in.
It’s been a spectacular year for Wrexham AFC. From the dredges of the National League — the fifth tier of English football — the third oldest club in the world was thrust into global acclaim when Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought the Dragons.
Plenty of people can relate to making a mistake their first day on the job. It’s a common occurrence. Not many people can say that on their first day they insulted one of the country’s biggest sports fan bases by running a headline that was never meant to be seen.
Someone did that on Tuesday when a BBC headline insulting Manchester United casually calling the club “rubbish” ran on live television.
Christian Pulisic probably didn’t get any good sleep on Thursday night after he missed a golden opportunity against Leicester City during Premier League action. Wednesday’s sitter was the latest in a worryingly growing Pulisic miss compilation.
In the span of a year, Pulisic has had a high number of misses from close range. Here’s the full Pulisic miss compilation that spans from May 2021 through May 2022. We’ll start with Thursday’s missed chance.
Todo delantero puede perderse goles. Es parte de los sinsabores del trabajo. Sin embargo, cuando la falta de finiquito se vuelve algo crónico, comienzan los problemas.
Basta ver a Ian González. El español no tuvo un buen semestre con el Toluca y la noche de este martes, en un amistoso ante el Bayer Leverkusen de Alemania, se perdió un par de goles cantados que desataron un furioso enfrentamiento entre él y las tribunas del estadio Nemesio Diez.
Win at all costs. Even if you're playing for Balkan Botevgrad in the South-West division of Bulgaria's Third Amateur League, the mantra doesn't change.
Even if you're entirely safe from relegation and not chasing promotion, which is the current scenario for Balkan Botevgrad, you've got to have the garra charrua inside you.
On Tuesday morning we finally got "here we go" confirmation of Erling Haaland spurning the wandering eyes of Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid and electing to join Pep Guardiola's Manchester City with the Premier League side activating his $63 million release clause.
Haaland officially joins on July 1 on a five-year contract that pays him $462,000 per week ($24 million a year).
Relegation Battle 101 always finds managers stressing two key elements for teams facing the drop: (1) Don't play with fear; fear leads to mistakes and (2) Don't play with wild abandon, because you'll be punished for it.
Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch said as much in his pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday's trip to Arsenal: "It's important to eliminate the emotion and continue to focus on our ability and discipline to have concentration for what's important to us."