Milan came from two goals down to beat Celtic 4-2 on Thursday and qualify for the Europa League's knockout stage, while Tottenham advanced despite giving up a late equalizer. Gareth Bale scored his first Europa League goal since returning to Tottenham from Real Madrid in the London club's 3-3 draw at Austria's LASK, which was enough to advance from
Reading Time: 3 minutes Seven-time European champions AC Milan hit back from two goals down against Celtic to claim a 4-2 victory that sent them into the Europa League knockout phase on Thursday as they were among 14 teams to progress in Europe’s second-tier competition. Tottenham Hotspur, Antwerp, Lille, Villarreal, Braga, Dinamo Zagreb, Red Star
Reading Time: 2 minutes TURIN, Italy – Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 750th goal of his remarkable career in a 3-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday as Stephanie Frappart became the first female referee to take charge of a Champions League match. Federico Chiesa, with his first-ever Champions League goal, and Alvaro Morata were also
Birkirkara’s revival continued yesterday with a commanding win over Tarxien Rainbows, a side fresh from their surprise victory over Valletta. But yesterday Winston Muscat’s side could not repeat that performance as the Stripes were miles ahead of their opponents. The win is vital for Birkirkara who continue to surge forward in the table after a horrible
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Schumacher name will return to Formula One next season with Mick, son of Ferrari great and seven-times world champion Michael, announced on Wednesday as a race driver for the U.S.-owned Haas team. The 21-year-old German, who has signed a multi-year agreement, is leading the Formula Two championship ahead of this weekend’s
While former champions Liverpool and Porto eased to the knockout stage of the Champions League, record 13-time champion Real Madrid faces an embarrassing group-stage exit after losing 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk in Tuesday’s games. Zinedine Zidane’s side would have advanced with a win, but it has defended poorly all season and was undone by counterattack
Reading Time: 2 minutes Premier League clubs will not be allowed to sign players from European Union (EU) countries without a work permit while foreign players under the age of 18 cannot be signed at all as part of post-Brexit regulations, the league said on Tuesday. In a joint statement with the country’s governing soccer body (FA) and the English
Goals from Brenda Borg and Haley Bugeja propelled Malta to a deserved 2-0 win over Israel in their final European Championships Qualifiers match. Malta coach Mark Gatt named an unchanged starting lineup from Malta’s previous game against Georgia last Thursday, which Malta won 4-0. A win against Israel would have been enough to see Malta leapfrog them
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Sakhir Grand Prix this weekend. The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team issued a statement Tuesday saying Hamilton was tested three times last week and returned a negative result each time, the last on Sunday afternoon at the Bahrain International Circuit where he
Reading Time: < 1 minute Leopoldo Luque, the doctor of soccer legend Diego Maradona, appeared at a local prosecutor’s office in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro on Monday but his attorney subsequently stated he has not been charged with anything by police. “Doctor Luque is not formally charged,” Luque’s attorney Mara Digiuni told journalists Monday