Cagliari’s chances of staying in Serie A took a hit on Saturday with a 2-1 domestic defeat to Verona, while Napoli bounced lower back from recent woes by thumping Sassuolo 6-1. First-half goals from Antonin Barak and Gianluca Caprari for Verona left Cagliari three points above the relegation sector with all their competitors within the struggle towards … Read more
Moise Kean’s late goal on Monday handed Juventus a 2-1 win over Sassuolo in Serie A, allowing them to cut the distance on third-placed Napoli to just one point. When Kean scored two minutes from time, Sassuolo had done more than enough to earn a share of the points. Kean, a 67th-minute substitute for Alvaro … Read more
With a dramatic injury-time victory over Lazio, AC Milan reclaimed first place in Serie A. Ciro Immobile scored his 26th goal of the season after the Rossoneri were caught sleeping after four minutes. After a quick equalizer from Olivier Giroud, Milan’s persistence paid off as Zlatan Ibrahimovic set up Sandro Tonali for the winner. With … Read more
Stephan El Shaarawy’s last-gasp equalise secured AS Roma a 1-1 draw at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Monday, putting an end to Napoli’s Serie A title chances. After captain Lorenzo Insigne broke the stalemate with a well-taken penalty after 11 minutes, the hosts led for the duration of the game in a tense match … Read more
After Inter Milan won 3-1 at Spezia on Friday, AC Milan will stay atop Serie A this weekend thanks to a 2-0 win over struggling Genoa. Milan, who are expected to be sold to Bahraini investment firm Investcorp, recaptured first place after being demoted to second place just before kick-off in front of almost 70,000 … Read more
Inter Milan climbed to the top of Serie A with a 3-1 victory over Spezia on Friday, moving them ahead of AC Milan to the first place. Marcel Brozovic’s spectacular first-time finish half an hour into the encounter on the Italian Riviera, a nice flick from Lautaro Martinez in the 72nd minute, and an Alexis … Read more
Inter Milan kept their Serie A championship defence alive and healthy with a 2-0 victory against Verona on Saturday, bringing them to within a point of leaders AC Milan. In front of approximately 60,000 spectators at a sun-dappled San Siro, goals from Nicolo Barella and Edin Dzeko in the first half ensured that the champions … Read more
Italian giants Juventus are close to signing Fiorentina’s rampaging 21-year-old striker Dusan Vlahovic, Italian media reported widely on Tuesday. Often compared to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Serb has 17 goals in Serie A this season and Juventus are ready to pay around 70 million euros for the youngster as they seek to fill the goal gap left by Cristiano Ronaldo. … Read more
Haaland prefers move to Real over Man City Borussia Dortmund’s star striker Erling Haaland is preferring a move to Real Madrid despite interest from reigning English champions Manchester City, as per Spanish daily AS. The Norway international has a release clause of €75 million which will be activated in the summer transfer window. It was … Read more
MILAN: Inter Milan kept their lead in the Serie A title race thanks to a tight 2-1 win over Lazio on Sunday, while Juventus pulled off an incredible comeback to sink a distraught Roma 4-3. Milan Skriniar thumped home the decisive goal with a towering header from Alessandro Bastoni’s cross in the 67th minute to put … Read more
MILAN: Inter Milan have stolen a march in the Serie A title race as the champions reach the halfway point of the campaign in pole position with arch-rivals Juventus out in the cold. Under Antonio Conte Inter broke almost a decade of Juve dominance when they claimed their 19th league championship last season and have … Read more
Inter Milan will attempt to pull clear of AC Milan as they travel to struggling Salernitana in Serie A this weekend while their title rivals host a Napoli smarting from back-to-back defeats. Champions Inter are one point ahead of Milan who on Sunday face a tricky tie against fourth-placed Napoli, just four points off top … Read more
PARIS: Last season’s beaten finalists Chelsea were sent packing from the Women’s Champions League on Thursday after a 4-0 defeat away to Wolfsburg in Germany in a dramatic final round of group games. Captain Svenja Huth and Tabea Wassmuth, the competition’s leading scorer, both scored twice as the Germans claimed the comprehensive win they needed … Read more
LONDON: The Premier League on Thursday postponed six more matches due to the wave of coronavirus infections hitting Britain, but said it intended to “continue its current fixture schedule where safely possible” as calls for a circuit break intensified. Leicester’s scheduled match against Tottenham was postponed just hours before kick-off on Thursday. Five more games … Read more
MILAN: Inter Milan will attempt to pull clear of AC Milan as they travel to struggling Salernitana in Serie A this weekend while their title rivals host a Napoli smarting from back-to-back defeats. Champions Inter are one point ahead of Milan who on Sunday face a tricky tie against fourth-placed Napoli, just four points off … Read more
Atalanta closed in on Serie A leaders AC Milan after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Verona on Sunday and move to within two points of top spot. Gian Piero Gasperini’s side sit third in Italy’s top flight thanks to goals in either half from Aleksey Miranchuk and Teun Koopmeiners which ensured they took … Read more
Liverpool made it a perfect six Champions League wins from six on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory at AC Milan which knocked one of Europe’s most storied clubs out of continental competition for another season. Fikayo Tomori had given Milan, who needed to win and a favourable result between Porto and Atletico Madrid, hope they … Read more
PARIS: Atletico Madrid won a bad-tempered game in Porto on Tuesday to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League as Liverpool and Ajax both completed the group stage with 100 per cent records. Diego Simeone’s Atletico, who lost to Real Madrid in the 2014 and 2016 finals, needed to beat Porto in Portugal … Read more
MILAN: Junior Messias’ composure in his first season at AC Milan should come as no surprise despite the former delivery man’s remarkable rise from amateur football to the Champions League. As recently as 2019, Brazilian Messias was plying his trade in Italy’s third-tier Serie C, a past in local leagues and a former job shifting fridges not that … Read more
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain have been milking the fact that they have this year’s Ballon d’Or winner in their ranks, but Lionel Messi was crowned the world’s best player for the seventh time in his glittering career entirely because of what he achieved elsewhere. Read more: Messi claims Ballon d’Or for seventh time At 34, perhaps … Read more
Simon Kjaer is expected to be out for months after AC Milan announced on Thursday the Denmark centre-back had damaged ligaments is in left knee. Kjaer was stretchered off early on in Milan’s 3-0 win at Genoa on Wednesday and the Serie A giants revealed in a statement he would be going under the knife … Read more
PARIS: Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 on Wednesday but both clubs qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League, along with Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Sporting Lisbon. Gabriel Jesus tapped in from Bernardo Silva’s deft knockdown on 76 minutes to settle an absorbing match at the Etihad after Raheem Sterling had cancelled … Read more
LIVERPOOL: Jurgen Klopp saluted Liverpool’s understudies after they dented Porto’s bid to qualify for the Champions League last 16 as Thiago Alcantara’s first goal since May inspired a 2-0 win on Wednesday. Klopp’s side had already booked their place in the knockout stages as Group B winners, but they did not rest on their laurels … Read more
MADRID: Atletico Madrid’s chances of reaching the Champions League last 16 were dealt a hammer blow on Wednesday after a 1-0 defeat by AC Milan left them needing to win at Porto in their final game in Group B. A scrappy contest at the Wanda Metropolitano looked set to end goalless until Milan substitute Junior Messias headed home a … Read more
Antoine Griezmann will be available to play against AC Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday after Atletico Madrid successfully appealed his two-match suspension. Griezmann’s ban by UEFA has been reduced to one game, which has already been served after the Frenchman missed Atletico’s 2-0 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield on November 3. “The appeal … Read more
MILAN: Italy and Spain will again face off in a semi-final on Wednesday when they take to the field at the San Siro for the Nations League Final Four opener, a replay of their epic Euro 2020 semi-final. Spain finished on the losing side back in July’s European Championship semi-final as the Azzurri prevailed on … Read more
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss AC Milan’s return to Champions League football with an Achilles tendon injury which will keep him out of the game against Liverpool. AC Milan last played in Europe’s top club competition in 2014, and was hoping that veteran forward Zlatan would make the clash at Anfield after scoring on his return … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury-time penalty grabbed Juventus a 1-1 draw at AC Milan in their Italian Cup semi-final, first leg as his incredible scoring run continued. The 35-year-old has now scored 12 goals in his last eight games in all competitions after the Portuguese ultimately got the better of old rival Zlatan Ibrahimovic despite being largely … Read more
