By Luis Miguel Pascual Paris, (EFE).- French football star Kylian Mbappé has escalated his ongoing financial battle with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), his former club, by freezing its bank accounts and threatening to block its participation in European competitions if the team does not pay him the over, approximately, 60 million dollars, he claims he’s owed. … Read more
Barcelona, Spain, Mar 31 (EFE).- Hundreds of protesters gathered in Barcelona on Monday to express their outrage over the acquittal of footballer Dani Alves on sexual assault charges by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC). The feminist demonstration, organized under the slogan “Shame and Impunity,” featured chants such as “We Believe you, Sister!” … Read more
Buenos Aires, Mar 27 (EFE).- Diego Maradona’s death was preceded by a “prolonged agony” that lasted up to 12 hours, according to forensic expert Mauricio Cassinelli, who testified on Thursday before the court investigating the football legend’s passing. Cassinelli, a former director of Legal Medicine at the Scientific Police Superintendency, revealed that Maradona’s heart was … Read more
Buenos Aires, March 11 (EFE).- The trial over the death of football legend Diego Maradona began Tuesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the prosecution and plaintiffs arguing that he was “abandoned” and was the victim of a “murderplan.” Meanwhile, defense attorneys divided their strategies, with some shifting blame onto the main defendants. The trial, expected … Read more
Sports Desk, Dec 22 (EFE) – Real Madrid beat Sevilla 4-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, picking up three points that allowed it to move into second place in the LaLiga table with 40 points, just one behind leader Atletico de Madrid. Goals from Kylian Mbappé, Fede Valverde, Rodrygo, and Brahim Diaz saw the … Read more
Sports Desk, Dec 18 (EFE).- Real Madrid became the first club in the world to win the Intercontinental Cup four times after beating Pachuca 3-0 at the Lusail Stadium in Doha, ahead of other winners like Milan, Boca Juniors, Peñarol, and Club Nacional de Football. Real Madrid returned to the tournament with renewed vigour after … Read more
Paris, Oct 28 (EFE).- Manchester City’s Rodrigo Hernández on Monday became the second male Spanish player to ever win the Ballon d’Or- 64 years after Luis Suárez won it in 1960 – while Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati received the award for the second year in a row. Rodri is also the first player from the Sky … Read more
London, Jan 15 (EFE). – The winners of the Best FIFA Football Awards 2024 were announced at a ceremony in London on Monday night, including Lionel Messi, who won in the men’s player category, Aitana Bonmati in the women’s player category and Pep Guardiola in the men’s coach category. Other winners included Sarina Wiegman (Women’s … Read more
London, Dec 31 (EFE).- Fulham handed Arsenal their second consecutive Premier League defeat with an excellent comeback 2-1 win at Craven Cottage on Sunday. Arsenal opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Bukayo Saka tapped in after former Gunner Bernd Leno had parried Gabriel Martinelli’s right-footed shot. Fulham equalized just before the half-hour mark, … Read more
New York, Dec 5 (EFE).- Argentine footballer Lionel Messi has been crowned once again, as Time’s Athlete of the Year for 2023 by Time magazine. “Messi managed to do what once seemed impossible: turning the US into a soccer country,” says the magazine. Time’s article is illustrated with several photos of the star in the … Read more
Sports Desk, 4 Oct (EFE).- The Argentine striker’s goal and assist helped Manchester City to a 3-1 win over Leipzig and a 3-1 lead in Champions League Group G. Julián Álvarez stopped the clock at Leipzig’s RB Arena. When the match was dying, and his team was about to add another blow, he grabbed the … Read more
Sports Desk, Sep 21 (EFE).- Bayern Munich beat Manchester United 4-3 on Wednesday in a match full of changes and in which the two teams were clearly better in attack than in defense, where they conceded advantages which led to a festival of goals. The start did not seem promising for Bayern, who suffered from … Read more