Madrid (AFP) – "Real Madrid are still alive," said Karim Benzema, the 34-year-old striker who scored a second-half hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain again self-destructed in the Champions League knockout stages. PSG were cruising at 2-0 up on aggregate after Kylian Mbappe's 39th-minute strike. For an hour the Paris club looked assured of a last-eight berth, […]

Madrid (AFP) – The old French striker outshone the young French striker as Real Madrid reasserted the old order, coming from two goals down to eliminate Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday. AFP Sport looks at three things we learned from the game: Wait goes on for PSG With less than half an […]

Mexico City (AFP) – Ten men have been arrested and a Mexican football team ordered to play home matches behind closed doors for a year after a mass brawl between rival fans, officials said Tuesday. The 10 are suspected of attempted manslaughter, violence at a sports event and defending criminal activity, said a statement from […]

Subscribers to Paramount+ now have the option of watching their favorite Argentine Primera División games in Spanish or English. Previously, all of the Argentine Primera División games were available on Paramount+ with English-language commentary. However, effective immediately, fans will get to choose between Spanish or English for most of the matches. Those games may include […]

This week's UEFA Champions League games will include a special new feature exclusive to Paramount+ subscribers. Titled UCL Multicast, it allows viewers to watch two UEFA Champions League games at the same time on one screen. For example, this week's matches that kick off at the same time are: • Liverpool vs. Inter Milan, and Bayern […]

Growing up as a child in a Croatian immigrant family, life in Queens was a different experience for Pete Radovich Jr compared to other American kids. After all, not every family had a relative playing as a goalkeeper in the same team as Johan Cruyff. These days, if soccer fans don't know Pete Radovich Jr […]

London (AFP) – English Premier League club Everton said Wednesday they were suspending with "immediate effect" sponsorship agreements with three companies in which Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has a stake following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Everyone at Everton remains shocked and saddened by the appalling events unfolding in Ukraine," said a club statement. "This tragic […]

Geneva (AFP) – Hansjorg Wyss, one of Switzerland's richest men, said Wednesday he had been offered the chance to buy Chelsea, with the English Premier League side's Russian owner Roman Abramovich under growing scrutiny. Wyss, 86 and founder of the medical device manufacturing firm Synthes, told the Swiss newspaper Blick that he had been sounded […]

Berlin (AFP) – VfB Stuttgart's American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo admits his job involves psychology as much as coaching football in the fight to keep his club in the Bundesliga. Matarazzo's side are second-bottom in the table and four points from safety with 10 matches remaining. "The battle to avoid relegation is very, very psychological," he […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp said on Tuesday that neuroscience is helping Liverpool's bid to win an unprecedented quadruple. Klopp's side won the first of the four major trophies they are chasing this season with an 11-10 penalty shoot-out victory against Chelsea in Sunday's English League Cup final. Klopp believes his faith in cutting edge […]

London (AFP) – Middlesbrough produced another FA Cup shock to extend Tottenham's long wait for silverware with a 1-0 win after extra time at the Riverside on Tuesday, while Manchester City eased into the last eight with a 2-0 victory at Peterborough. Boro knocked out Manchester United at Old Trafford in the fourth round and […]

Berlin (AFP) – Union Berlin reached the semi-finals of the German Cup for the first time in more than 20 years on Tuesday as a late goal by substitute Andreas Voglsammer sealed a 2-1 win over St Pauli. Voglsammer came off the bench to hit the winner in the last-eight tie and send Union into the […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan and Inter Milan played out a disappointing goalless derby draw in the first leg of their Italian Cup semi-final on Tuesday. Milan, the nominal home side at a boisterous San Siro, had the better of the play and opportunities but could not convert their chances into goals and head into […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester dented Burnley's bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League as Jamie Vardy returned from injury to inspire a 2-0 win at Turf Moor on Tuesday. Brendan Rodgers' side stole the points with two goals in the last eight minutes as Vardy set up James Maddison and then netted […]

Peterborough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Oleksandr Zinchenko captained Manchester City as classy finishes from Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish sent the English champions into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win at Peterborough on Tuesday. Ukrainian international Zinchenko took the armband in his first appearance since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Fernandinho had initially been […]