Putting in what was an iconic performance on Tuesday night, Borussia Dortmund punched their Champions League final ticket as they secured a famous 1-0 victory away at PSG.
Making the trip to Paris holding a slender one-goal advantage after claiming another 1-0 win in rural Germany last week, BVB were bracing themselves for what appeared to be a monumental challenge on foreign soil.
However, with veteran defender Mats Hummels powering home a close range header just five minutes after returning from the half-time break, Dortmund put in what was a remarkable defensive display as they frustrated Kylian Mbappe and Co.
Backed by an emotional travelling support and producing what was arguably their most famous European performance here, Dortmund will now begin planning…
Liverpool s Dominik Szoboszlai loves playing alongside Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch in Arne Slot s new-look midfield.
Szoboszlai had an up and down first season at Liverpool following a big-money switch from RB Leipzig.
The Hungary international has started eight of Liverpool s nine matches this season, including Wednesday s 2-0 win over Bologna in the Champions League.
Szoboszlai has formed a strong midfield trio alongside Mac Allister and Gravenberch, and he is revelling excelling in the unit.
He told Liverpool s official website: I love to play with them. I said it before, a lot of qualities what these two have – but the whole team [as well].
The midfield is not enough. Of course it s an important role but we need everybody, we n…
Kylian Mbappe finally got going at Euro 2024, though France could not beat Poland.
Austria topped Group D, having defeated the Netherlands.
There was less action in the later matches in Group C, however.
Here, we round up the best statistics from the penultimate group-stage day of Euro 2024.
France 1-1 Poland: Masked Mbappe off the mark
It has been a long time coming, but Mbappe, with what was his 23rd shot, finally scored his first European Championship goal for France, converting a 56th-minute penalty against Poland in Dortmund.
Mbappe brought up his 13th goal for France at major international tournaments (with the previous 12 having come at the World Cup), with only Michel Platini netting more for Les Bleus in the two competitions combi…
Phil Neville knows the Portland Timbers meeting with the Seattle Sounders on Saturday will be pivotal to the outcome of their season as the Cascadia Cup rivals battle for a playoff place.
Portland enter Saturday s game seventh in the Western Conference standings, two places and three points behind the in-form Sounders.
The Timbers were beaten 2-1 on home soil by their rivals when they last faced off in May, but they have not lost a regular-season home game since, winning seven and drawing two of their last nine.
Neville knows the importance of carrying that form into this weekend, saying: We re looking forward to another big game.
When we looked at the fixtures at the start of the season, to play Seattle home and away in the last eight games, we knew the…
Jose Mourinho has spoken highly of Luke Shaw s performances at Euro 2020 following his standout display in England s win over Ukraine.
The Manchester United left-back was voted as the Three Lions man of the match in a fan poll after providing two assists in the 4-0 quarter-final victory in Rome.
Shaw appears to have cemented his place as Gareth Southgate s first-choice left-back at these finals, a fitting reward for an impressive season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at United.
The former Southampton man has enjoyed arguably the strongest 18 months of his career, a far cry from a difficult spell when Mourinho was in charge at Old Trafford, when the Portuguese would often single out Shaw for criticism.
Mourinho took aim at Shaw again after England s group-stag…
Portugal defender Ricardo Costa says his team are starting to dream of winning Euro 2012.
Paulo Bento s men are through to the semi-finals after a 1-0 victory over Czech Republic in the last eight, and will take on the winner of Saturday s clash between France and Spain.
The Valencia centre-back feels his side are starting to click into gear, and that it does not matter who they face in the next round.
Winning is all we dream about it. Nothing is easy and to be champions we will have to suffer. It will not be easy but we know we have quality and can get there, he told A Bola.
The only way of looking at this semi-final is to prepare for it well and to analyse the opposing team, as we know it will be a difficult game. We have to do our homework well.
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Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland will meet at a friendly tourmanent in 2011. The tournament should be held every year from then on.
As the four countries failed to qualify for last year s European Championships, the idea arose or organising a friendly tournament. England immediately rejected the possibility, but the remaining four nations have now decided to make the plan come true.
A similar tournament existed in the past. The Home Championship involved Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England but was cancelled in 1984 due to the increasing number of international matches on the calendar.
The first edition of this new tournament, dubbed the Celtic Cup , is expected to take place in Ireland s capital city Dublin.
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Barcelona recorded losses of €481million for the 2020-21 financial year, the club announced on Wednesday.
After a tumultuous year, which ended with Lionel Messi leaving the club as the Catalans could not afford his contract, Barca s revenue was €631m. This fell well below the €828m set in the budget.
With expenditure of a record €1.136billion, up from €955m, Barca posted an operating loss of €505m, a net loss of €555m and a post-tax loss of €481m.
The Blaugrana cited falling revenues and the inability to contain spending during the coronavirus pandemic.
However, Barca acknowledged they had calculated their loss even without the pandemic at €390m.
Their net debt subsequently stood at €680m, according to LFP criteria, …
Manchester United smashed the British transfer record when they completed the signing of Argentina’s Angel Di Maria on this day in 2014.
The Red Devils, in a rebuilding phase following the departure of their hugely successful manager Sir Alex Ferguson the year before, paid £59.7million for the then 26-year-old.
Di Maria, brought in by the club’s new Dutch boss Louis van Gaal, arrived at United fresh from helping his old club Real Madrid seal their 10th European title the season before.
Di Maria said at the time of his signing: “I am absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester United. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Spain and there were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for.
“Lou…
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