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Barcelona star forwards Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal will miss upcoming international duty with Poland and Spain, respectively, due to injuries, the La Liga club announced Monday. Yamal missed Barca’s 1-0 La Liga loss to Real Sociedad on Sunday after injuring his right ankle in the Champions League. The teenager is expected to be sidelined for up to three weeks, ruling him out of Spain’s Nations League matches against Denmark and Switzerland. La Liga top scorer Lewandowski sustained a back injury on Sunday and is expected to be out for just under two weeks, causing him to miss Poland’s Nations…
Lionel Messi’s debut in the MLS postseason came to a surprising end on Saturday as Bartosz Slisz scored the decisive header, leading Atlanta United to a stunning 3-2 victory over Inter Miami in Round One. Forward Jamal Thiare got Atlanta on the board in the 19th minute and struck again two minutes later before Slisz put them over the top in the 76th minute to set up a meeting in the semifinal stage against Orlando City SC. Miami were overwhelming favorites to win it all after producing a league record 74 points in the regular season but could not keep…
Bitcoin surged to a record high in Asia trade as investors leaned towards Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidency. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency rose 7% to $75,060, topping March’s peak with the prospect of Donald Trump winning the election seen ushering in a softer line on cryptocurrency regulation.
Manchester United have named Portuguese Ruben Amorim as manager to replace Erik ten Hag, the Premier League club said on Friday, hoping one of Europe’s brightest young coaches can restore them to former glories. The 39-year-old Amorim revived Sporting during his four-and-a-half years in charge.
Davide Frattesi scored twice and Lautaro Martinez added a third as Inter Milan eased to a 3-0 win at Empoli on Wednesday, closing the gap with Serie A leaders Napoli to four points after the home side had a man sent off. Inter, now unbeaten in five league games, remain second in the standings with 21 points, behind Napoli on 25 after their 2-0 win at AC Milan on Tuesday. Empoli remain 11th on 11 points. Empoli faced an uphill battle when Saba Goglichidze was shown the red card for a studs-up high challenge on Marcus Thuram after half an…
Spain and Manchester City midfielder Rodri won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world on Monday, beating Brazil’s Vinicius Jr and England’s Jude Bellingham, both of Real Madrid, to the prestigious prize. Rodri, a first-time winner of the award, was instrumental in helping his team win an unprecedented fourth successive Premier League trophy last season. He was also named best player at this year’s European Championship after Spain lifted a record-extending fourth title. The 28-year-old Madrid native is the first defensive midfielder to win the Ballon d’Or since Lothar Matthaus in 1990 and the third Spaniard…
McDonald’s was sued on Tuesday by consumers in a proposed class action stemming from the E.coli outbreak linked to onions in the fast-food chain’s Quarter Pounders. In a complaint filed in Chicago federal court, Amanda McCray and William Michael Kraft said they experienced many symptoms associated with E.coli infection after buying Quarter Pounders this month. They said they would not have bought their burgers had McDonald’s disclosed the risk of contamination. The lawsuit seeks damages for all people in the United States who bought Quarter Pounders contaminated with E.coli.
CNN apologized and said it banned a conservative commentator from its network after he made on-air remarks toward a Muslim journalist that the outlet described as racist. During a discussion late on Monday about the rhetoric used in Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s weekend Madison Square Garden rally, Trump supporter and panelist Ryan Girdusky told Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan: “Well, I hope your beeper doesn’t go off.” The comments, which received tens of millions of views online, were an apparent reference to Israeli attacks targeting the Hezbollah militant group’s radios and pagers in Lebanon. Hasan had earlier said he was…
Manchester United sacked manager Erik ten Hag on Monday after the club failed to show any progress in the Dutchman’s third season, leaving the hot seat vacant for a new coach to try their luck at one of the toughest jobs in the Premier League. Since Alex Ferguson stepped down in 2013, the 20-times English champions have not won the league title despite some big names such as Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho taking the reins. The following are some of the candidates among the favourites to replace Ten Hag: RUBEN AMORIM The coach of Portuguese side Sporting appeared…
Italian striker Mario Balotelli has been signed by Genoa as a free agent, the Serie A club said on Monday, marking a return to the Italian top-tier after more than four years for the 34-year-old who has been without a club since the end of last season. Genoa, third from bottom in the standings, have scored just seven goals in nine league games, and manager Alberto Gilardino will hope that Balotelli can add to the 52 goals he netted in 141 Serie A games. Balotelli’s previous club was Turkish side Adana Demirspor, where in his second spell hampered by a…