2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (444+ words) Lamine Yamal became Barcelona’s youngest-ever captain at 19 years and 58 days when the Spanish champions routed Feyenoord 5-1 in their Champions League opener Wednesday. Yamal inherited the armband from first-choice captain Raphinha after the Brazilian was substituted in the 71st minute, becoming the…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1017+ words) Barcelona opened their Champions League campaign in emphatic fashion Wednesday as Raphinha scored twice in a 5-1 demolition of Feyenoord, extending their perfect start to the season and underlining their growing attacking threat. Raphinha struck twice, while Karim Adeyemi, Lamine Yamal…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (524+ words) Arda Güler received the UEFA Champions League Breakthrough Player award for the 2025-26 season before Real Madrid’s opening league-phase match against Inter Milan on Tuesday, recognizing the Turkish midfielder’s emergence as an influential player on Europe’s biggest stage. Güler was honored…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (616+ words) Barcelona open their 2026-27 Champions League campaign Wednesday against Feyenoord at the Olympic Stadium, beginning another attempt to reclaim the European crown they last won more than a decade ago. Hansi Flick's side have made a perfect start to the domestic…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (657+ words) Jose Mourinho begins his latest Champions League campaign with Real Madrid against a familiar opponent Tuesday as Inter Milan visit the Santiago Bernabeu, 16 years after the Portuguese coach guided the Nerazzurri to European glory. The meeting brings together two of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (548+ words) Argentina's football star Lionel Messi said on Monday he's retiring from playing for the national team after leading it to a second successive World Cup final in July and shortly after his father passed away. "It was a decision that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (689+ words) Barcelona abandoned plans to honor the eight Spain World Cup winners in its squad before Thursday’s La Liga match against Athletic Club, turning a planned celebration at Camp Nou into a show of support for Catalonia’s pro-independence flag. The decision…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (750+ words) Nearly 1,000 athletes from more than 10 countries competed Sunday in the 2026 Istanbul Bosporus Triathlon, the world's first and only intercontinental triathlon, crossing between Asia and Europe on a course that combined swimming, cycling and running. Held in Istanbul's Beykoz district under…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (344+ words) Barcelona are reportedly closing in on the signing of Manchester City midfielder and Spain captain Rodrigo Hernandez, with the two clubs said to have reached a preliminary agreement worth about 76.5 million euros ($88.5 million), according to multiple media reports. The 30-year-old…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (344+ words) Barcelona are reportedly closing in on the signing of Manchester City midfielder and Spain captain Rodrigo Hernandez, with the two clubs said to have reached a preliminary agreement worth about 76.5 million euros ($88.5 million), according to multiple media reports. The 30-year-old…...