PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappé has been named France captain to succeed Hugo Lloris, the French football federation (FFF) said on Monday.
French sports daily L'Equipe reported that Mbappé had accepted the captaincy after speaking with coach Didier Deschamps.
Kylian Mbappé is the new captain of the French national team, reports @lequipe pic.twitter.com/31NSzzsLTk
Argentina worships Leo Messi. It always has been the case, but after the World Cup title, the adoration only multiplied. The love, the obsession, it's so unleashed that when people found out he was eating at a steakhouse in Buenos Aires on Monday night, hundreds gathered around the restaurant to chant his name and police had to come to keep everybody safe.
Arsenal are just 10 games away from their first Premier League title in 19 years, but any true Gooner will tell you that the piece of silverware they want more than any other is the one they last lifted seven years ago in San Jose, California: the MLS All-Star trophy.
Qué jornada más sabrosa y jugosita fue la 12 del Clausura 2023.
América marcó terreno en Jalisco para quedarse con el Clásico Nacional y lo propio hizo Monterrey en cancha de Tigres para ganar el Clásico Regio. También disfrutamos del festival de golazos de Atlas ante Puebla y la visita de Ronaldinho Gaúcho en la reapertura al público del Estadio La Corregidora.
Pumas volvió a caer y el proceso de Rafa Puente Jr. llegó a su fin.
Talking points from the weekend in European soccer leagues:
BARCELONA TAKE HUGE STEP TOWARDS LALIGA TITLE
Barcelona have tightened their grip at the top of the LaLiga standings after an electric 2-1 comeback win in an El Clásico against bitter rivals Real Madrid on Sunday.
Franck Kessié's stunner in added time gave Barça a well-earned victory that left second-placed Real trailing the leaders by 12 points with only 12 games to be played.
Based on how preposterously good Arsenal and Lionel Messi have been this season, there's only one possible explanation for their respective failures this week: tourist Kim Kardashian.
On Thursday, the 42-year-old socialite made her presence felt at the Emirates with her son Saint (the second-oldest of Kim and Kanye's four children). Cruising at the top of the Premier League table and targeting European glory, Arsenal suffered a shock elimination to a Sporting side that's sitting fourth in Liga Portugal.
Santiago Giménez se impuso en el duelo de mexicanos de la Eredivisie.
Con un gol de Bebote, Feyenoord derrotó 3-2 al Ajax de Edson Álvarez y Jorge Sánchez, en un partido de corte histórico para el equipo de Rotterdam, ya que fue su primera victoria en el Johan Cruijff Arena desde 2005.
Lo más importante, sin embargo, es que la victoria dejó al Feyenoord un paso más cerca del título de la Eredivisie, algo que no consiguen desde 2017.
Qué baile le dio América a Chivas en el Akron.
En la previa del Clásico Nacional se habló mucho de lo parejo que sería el partido, que con el Rebaño en el cuarto puesto y Las Águilas en el quinto, además del historial reciente, todo iba a estar muy apretado.
Sin embargo, en la cancha solo hubo uno: el América venció 4-2, pero el marcador pudo haber sido aún más abultado.
Portugal have recalled Diogo Jota to their squad after the forward missed the World Cup through injury while Cristiano Ronaldo was also included on Friday by new coach Roberto Martinez for their Euro 2024 qualifiers this month.
38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo is part of Roberto Martinez's first Portugal squad.
He's not done yet pic.twitter.com/CkpBff89po
Liga MX is entering the final stretch of its regular phase, which means it is time for clásicos. National derbies, regional derbies, all kinds of derbies.
There are several rivalries in Mexican soccer, but just five of them reach what we can label as tectonic levels. Those kind of rivalries where people talk all week before the game and those kind that people talk all week after it.