Brazil international Douglas Costa has signed for Los Angeles Galaxy, the Major League Soccer club said on Thursday, as the winger completed an initial loan move from Brazil's Grêmio that will become a permanent deal to the end of the 2023 season.
Monterrey unió los pedazos de orgullo rotos tras la derrota ante el Al Ahly y este miércoles tuvo un partido casi perfecto para vencer a Al Jazira y quedarse al menos con el quinto puesto del Mundial de Clubes 2021.
The Campeonato Pernambucano — the state football championship of Pernambuco, Brazil — was the site of an unbelievable goal on Sunday from 21-year-old Salgueiro AC defender Lucão.
Up 1-0 shortly before halftime and facing pressure from Sete de Setembro, Lucão showed everyone that the quickest transition from defense into attack is simply an 80-yard volley from the middle of your own half that touches down inside the opponent's net.
It's an effective way to beat the high-press that should be taught in academies across America — if Brazil's doing it, we should do it too.
In the Africa Cup of Nations final billed as Sadio Mané versus Mohamed Salah, it was Mané's Senegal that ultimately triumphed in a shootout on Sunday to claim its first-ever AFCON title.
Salah individually outperformed Mané over 120 minutes of action, but two Egypt misses in the shootout denied Salah an opportunity in the fifth spot, whereas Mané made amends for an early penalty miss of his own by converting Senegal's all-important fifth attempt.
El Club América parece estar en un pozo sin fondo. Las Águilas cayeron la noche del sábado de manera estrepitosa ante el Atlético de San Luis y sumaron su octavo partido sin conocer la victoria. Lo peor de todo es que sus jugadores se pasean por los campos de la Liga MX cabizbajos y sin encontrar respuestas al momento en que viven, mientras que los aficionados apuntan dedos exigiendo la renuncia de Santiago Solari, su entrenador, así como la del director deportivo Santiago Baños.
Barcelona and Atlético Madrid played out an instant classic at the Camp Nou on Sunday with the hosts, despite being a man down for over 20 minutes, winning 4-2 to reenter the LaLiga top four for the first time since matchweek three.
Luis Suárez kept Atléti in it, but Adama Traoré was electric in his first game since arriving on loan from Wolves, and the 38-year-old Dani Alves stole the headlines with a goal, assist and straight red card during his 69 minutes on the pitch.
Pachuca se encaramó a la cima del Clausura 2022 luego de vencer a domicilio a un feble Necaxa. Fue un 1-3 incuestionable y que además regaló a sus espectadores un candidato a gol del año en la Liga MX, gracias a una plástica acción de Avilés Hurtado.
La conquista ocurrió en el minuto 9, cuando los Tuzos ya ganaban 0-1 gracias a anotación de Romario Ibarra.
LIVERPOOL - Liverpool beat a young Cardiff City side 3-1 in the FA Cup on Sunday at Anfield to advance to the fifth round, with second-half goals from Diogo Jota, Takumi Minamino and Harvey Elliott.
While Jürgen Klopp named a strong Liverpool team, four academy graduates started for Cardiff with manager Steve Morison making several changes due to injuries and with one eye on the Championship relegation battle where they are 20th.
China claimed a record-extending ninth Women's Asian Cup title after staging a dramatic second-half comeback to hand South Korea a 3-2 defeat in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
Xiao Yuyi scored three minutes into injury time to cap a late title-winning resurgence from the Chinese, who had trailed to strikes from Choe Yu-ri and Ji So-yun at halftime.
Minutes to win it
ABU DHABI — A wonder goal from Mohamed Hany allowed Al Ahly to beat Monterrey 1-0 in the second round of the Club World Cup at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday to advance to the semi-finals.
A depleted Al Ahly have several players unavailable for the tournament after Egypt qualified for Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final and it was evident when the Mexican side dominated possession and had several attempts on goal in the first half.
However, that did not stop Al Ahly from taking the lead in spectacular fashion through wing back Hany in the 53rd minute.