El arbitraje mexicano cavó un nuevo nivel bajo tierra. Sí, todas las semanas hay decisiones que dejan a los aficionados preguntándose si están en un programa de bromas con cámaras ocultas, pero lo que ocurrió anoche en la Liga Expansión desafía toda lógica posible: un choque entre dos jugadores de un mismo equipo acabó siendo sancionado como penal por el silbante Edgar Allan Morales.
Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte said the club's current focus was on signing younger players who still needed to gain experience.
"If you want to grow faster, you want to try to be more competitive faster, you also need players with a lot of experience because then they increase the experience in your team," he told Italian Sky Sport in an interview.
Conte, who helped Serie A's Inter Milan to win the title last year and break Juventus's nine-year win streak, said Spurs came out of the January transfer window numerically weakened.
ROME — Italy's Justice Ministry has issued an international arrest warrant for former AC Milan and Brazil striker Robinho after the country's top court confirmed his conviction for rape, a ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
The ministry has asked the global police agency Interpol to enact the warrant.
Robinho, whose full name is Robson de Souza, lives in Brazil. The South American country does not extradite its nationals, which means Robinho would only face arrest if he travelled abroad.
Real Madrid’s Casemiro will miss the second leg against Paris Saint-Germain for yellow card accumulation. The Brazilian picked up a yellow card in the first half at the Parc de Princes for a hard tackle on Leandro Paredes. Casemiro should consider himself lucky to have not seen a red card for what happened after the tackle.
While the incident is brief, Casemiro clearly grabs a hold of Paredes’ neck after the challenge.
Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo apologized for his "unfortunate gesture" in Sunday's 2-2 LaLiga draw away at city rivals Espanyol, saying the "tension" of the match led to the incident.
Araújo appeared to be taking aim at Espanyol midfielder Nico Melamed while he was leaving the field towards the end of the match, which saw both teams have a player sent off.
VfL Bochum returned to the Bundesliga for the first time in 12 years this season after earning promotion from the 2. Bundesliga. The club recorded a famous 4-2 victory on Saturday against Bayern Munich with all four goals coming in the first half.
Robert Lewandowski gave Bayern the lead nine minutes into the game after some great play from the Bavarian giants. The lead would only last five minutes as a clinical Bochum counterattack got the hosts level.
Bochum then shocked the Bundesliga leaders in the 38th minute after converting a penalty to take the lead.
El ambiente en el América está tóxico. La racha de ocho partidos sin ganar y el esperpéntico arranque en el Clausura 2022, que tiene al equipo en el decimosexto puesto con un raquítico punto de nueve posibles, han expuesto varias grietas al interior del equipo.
Las críticas se acumulan: que el estilo de juego de Santiago Solari no es el adecuado para la historia del club, que su director deportivo Santiago Baños hizo un terrible trabajo en el mercado de traspasos invernal, que los futbolistas no sienten los colores y son unos agrandados que no le han ganado nada a nadie, etc.
LONDON — West Ham United player Kurt Zouma's cats are being cared for by animal charity the RSPCA after a video emerged showing the Frenchman kicking one pet across the floor, and Vitality said it was suspending its sponsorship of the Premier League club over its handling of the incident.
Back in November, Rory Dames tried to quietly exit the NWSL with a press release hours before a Washington Post story outlined years of his alleged abuse of players while he coached the Chicago Red Stars. The allegations came from NWSL stars like Christen Press, one of the most recognizable players in league history.
Update: After initially choosing not to look into the incident, police are now launching enquiries about the Zouma incident.
A truly horrifying Kurt Zouma cat video was leaked onto the internet Monday that showed the West Ham defender abusing his cat while people laughed. In the video he's seen slapping, kicking and throwing shoes at one of his two felines.
Viewer discretion is advised as the videos are disturbing.