BARCELONA—Robert Lewandowski struck a hat-trick in his first Champions League game for Barcelona to power the Catalans to an emphatic 5–1 home win over Viktoria Plzen on Wednesday. Midfielder Franck Kessie put Barca in front in the 13th minute and Lewandowski extended their lead with a right-footed finish into the bottom corner in the 37th….
UEFA Chief Ceferin Certain 2030 World Cup Will Be in Spain and Portugal
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said on Monday that he was certain Spain and Portugal will host the 2030 World Cup. The two countries signed an agreement in 2020 to push ahead with a joint bid to host the tournament and made it official in June. “I am sure that the 2030 World Cup will be…
LAFC Ends Skid by Adding to Success Against Real Salt Lake
Ryan Hollingshead and Cristian Arango scored second-half goals and Los Angeles FC halted its season-worst three-game slide with a solid 2–0 victory over visiting Real Salt Lake on the night of Sept. 4. Carlos Vela had an assist and provided a spark after starting the game on the bench for Los Angeles FC (19–7–3, 60…
Chicharito Scores First, Last as Galaxy Draw With SKC
Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored twice—including a game-tying penalty kick in the 88th minute—to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 2–2 draw with visiting Sporting Kansas City on Sunday night in Carson, Calif. The result is likely bittersweet for the Galaxy, however, because Chicharito had a chance to win the game in stoppage time. In the…
Rashford, Antony Score as Man United End Arsenal’s 100 Percent Start
MANCHESTER, England—Marcus Rashford struck twice as Manchester United made it four wins in a row and ended Arsenal’s perfect start to the Premier League season with a 3–1 victory at Old Trafford on Sunday. A high-tempo, top quality game was decided by two Rashford goals on the break after Bukayo Saka had cancelled out United…
Yankees, LeBron James to Invest in AC Milan Soccer Team
NEW YORK—Baseball’s elite are getting involved with one of Europe’s most celebrated soccer clubs. The New York Yankees are becoming a minority investor in Italian champion AC Milan, the second soccer team the baseball power will partially own after MLS’s New York City. A Los Angeles-based fund that includes LeBron James also is becoming a…
Aubameyang Assaulted in Armed Robbery at His Home in Barcelona
Armed robbers broke into the home of Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang early on Monday morning, police said, and physically assaulted the player and his wife as they forced them to open a safe to steal jewelry, according to media reports. Spanish newspaper El Pais said both the player and his wife Alysha Behague suffered minor…
‘Taking the Knee’ Seen as ‘Window Dressing’by Soccer Fans
August 28, 2022
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Almost two-thirds of English soccer fans now oppose players taking the knee before matches, seeing the anti-racism gesture as superficial, a paper co-authored by an academic from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found. Starting in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in 2020 and the subsequent reignition of the Black Lives Matter movement,…
‘Taking the Knee’ Seen as ‘Window Dressing’ by Soccer Fans
August 28, 2022
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Almost two-thirds of English soccer fans now oppose players taking the knee before matches, seeing the anti-racism gesture as superficial, a paper co-authored by an academic from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found. Starting in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in 2020 and the subsequent reignition of the Black Lives Matter movement,…
LAFC Loan D Mamadou Fall to La Liga’s Villarreal
Los Angeles FC on Thursday loaned defender Mamadou Fall to La Liga side Villarreal through June 2023. The loan period begins immediately and LAFC retain the right to recall the 19-year-old Senegal native. “This is an exciting opportunity for Mamadou, and one that we felt was right at this stage of his career,” LAFC general…
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