San Siro, Milan – Arsenal’s UEFA Champions League hopes took a hit on Wednesday night as they fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat against Inter Milan at the San Siro, marking their second consecutive loss after a recent setback at Newcastle. The Gunners, who arrived in Italy without midfield anchor Declan Rice due to injury,…
The Euro 2024 tournament in Germany was accompanied by an investment of €29.6 million ($32.2 million) in sustainability, the continental body UEFA and the German Football Federation (DFB) said on Friday. The statement that the investment allowed UEFA to implement more than 120 sustainability actions and achieve 95% of its pre-event target. “We succeeded in…
Many of you are watching the UEFA Champions League and wondering why is the match played this way. Why are they even playing matches on Thursday? Well, this article explains in detail the new league format of the competition. UEFA decided to come up with a new format this year and it is in a…
Bayer Leverkusen started the pre-season with diagnostics on Sunday, back in action from a Bundesliga and German Cup double they achieved in historic fashion last term. Xabi Alonso’s men became the first German team to go unbeaten all season in domestic action. They lost only once in 53 matches in all competitions, missing an unbeaten…
Germany winger Leroy Sané has thanked the home fans for their big support at Euro 2024 where the team was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Spain. To be so close and still fail is incredibly painful,” Sané said on platform X on Sunday in the wake of Friday’s 2-1 extra-time defeat from Mikel Merino’s…
Several groups of Turkish fans gave the controversial wolf salute during the national anthem ahead of their Euro 2024 quarter-final match against the Netherlands on Saturday, a dpa reporter on site said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in attendance with his wife and the Turkish federation chairman. He also greeted fans, according to footage…
More than 300,000 people have joined an online petition calling for a rematch of Germany’s Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain because of alleged referee mistakes including the Marc Cucurella handball incident. The initiator of the petition on the change.org website, Erik V, explained his move with several wrong calls from English referee Anthony Taylor during…
Mikel Merino’s header late in extra time sent Spain into the Euro 2024 semi-finals and eliminated hosts Germany after tight a 2-1 win on Friday. In the battle between the record three-times champions, Spain took the lead on 51 minutes when Dani Olmo converted a clever assist from 16-year-old Yamine Lamal. Germany pushed hard for…
22-year-old talented winger, Michael Olise, has chosen to join Bayern Munich after interest from several clubs including Chelsea and Newcastle. Chelsea withdrew from the race due to the high financial demands of the deal, including transfer fees, wages, and agent fees. Bayern Munich is now expected to finalise an agreement with Crystal Palace for the…
…scored a history hat-trick to beat the unbeatable Leverkusen Two Nigerians went head-to-head on Wednesday in one of the world’s most decorated competitions, the UEFA Europa League final, and only one prevailed, that is, Ademola Lookman. Lookman who scored a hat-trick for Atalanta to defeat the unbeatable Bayer Leverkusen lifted the trophy in front of…
