A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Sunday: ENGLAND Last season’s top two teams go head-to-head in the Premier League when Arsenal hosts Manchester City. Arsenal is one point behind defending champion Man City and can go level on points with first-place Tottenham with a win. Liverpool travels …
Read More »Kudus scores 1st Premier League goal to earn West Ham 2-2 draw against Newcastle after Isak’s double
LONDON (AP) — Mohammed Kudus scored in the 89th minute for his first Premier League goal for West Ham to secure a 2-2 draw against Newcastle on Sunday. The Ghana forward, whose involvement has mostly been limited to cameos as a substitute since joining from Ajax, came on as a …
Read More »Ghana’s Osman Bukari named in UEFA Champions League team of the week
The 24-year-old scored and provided an assist as Red Star Belgrade drew 2-2 with Young Boys on Wednesday evening. Bukari’s impressive performance saw him voted as the man of the match after he ran the show on the flanks. The other players who made the team of the week include …
Read More »Brighton are best-coached team in the league, says Liverpool’s Klopp
Oct 6 (Reuters) – Brighton & Hove Albion are the best-coached club in the Premier League and play “incredible football” despite losing their best players, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said ahead of Sunday’s clash. Brighton finished sixth last season to qualify for Europe for the first time in the club’s …
Read More »Holders Al Ahly handed favourable African Champions League draw
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Holders Al Ahly of Egypt were drawn on Friday against opposition from Algeria, Ghana and Tanzania for the group phase of this season’s African Champions League and will be heavily fancied to advance to the knockout stages. The 11-time champions will play in Group D …
Read More »City’s Parris and West Ham’s Kmita recall their journeys to the top
The footballing journeys of Manchester City’s Nikita Parris and West Ham’s Rosie Kmita have been depicted in motion projections in a video produced by the FA, as the two players prepare to go head to head in the Women’s FA Cup final this Saturday. The video traces the journeys of Kmita, 24, …
Read More »John McGinn rescues Aston Villa from Europa Conference League embarrassment
John McGinn’s last-gasp winner saved Aston Villa from embarrassment as they laboured to an uninspiring 1-0 victory against Zrinjski Mostar. The captain netted in the fourth minute of added time to break battling Mostar hearts. It looks like Villa’s Europa Conference League campaign would continue to stutter until then after the hosts were left …
Read More »Managerless Rangers slip to abject Europa League defeat in Limassol
Managerless Rangers’ season went from bad to worse with a 2-1 Europa League defeat by Aris Limassol in Cyprus. Former Gers midfielder Steven Davis was asked to take over as boss on an interim basis after Michael Beale was dismissed at the weekend following the dismal 3-1 defeat by Aberdeen at Ibrox which left them …
Read More »Liverpool vs Union Saint-Gilloise LIVE: Europa League latest score and updates after Ryan Gravenberch goal
Liverpool face Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in the Europa League tonight as the Reds return to action after a controversial week of VAR fallout. The Reds saw their winning run come to an end in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, but Jurgen Klopp’s side were furious after the VAR failed to overturn Luis Diaz’s wrongly disallowed …
Read More »Bayern Munich looking for consistency before visit to Copenhagen in Champions League
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Bayern Munich is still looking for consistency as it prepares to visit Copenhagen for its second group game in the Champions League on Tuesday. The Bavarian powerhouse was somewhat fortunate to draw at Leipzig 2-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday, while it endured a nervy finale …
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