Cristiano Ronaldo maintained Friday that the much maligned Saudi Pro League was “more competitive” than the French Ligue 1. “To be honest, I don’t believe the Saudi Championship is any worse than the French Championship. “I believe it’s more competitive,” said five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai. Ronaldo became … Read more
Inter Milan will meet Napoli in the Italian Super Cup final after defeating Lazio 3-0 in Friday’s match in Riyadh. Marcus Thuram and Davide Frattesi scored goals in each half, and Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty four minutes after the interval helped Serie A leaders Inter defeat Lazio at Al-Awwal Park. Simone Inzaghi’s squad, the current holders, … Read more
Karim Benzema, a French striker, has returned to Saudi Arabia 17 days after being scheduled to rejoin his team Al-Ittihad, according to a source close to the club. Club executives were “furious” with the former Real Madrid star’s attitude, but there is no possibility he would terminate his contract this month, despite rumours connecting him … Read more
Inter Miami’s pre-season trip began Friday with a 0-0 tie against El Salvador, in which Luis Suarez made his debut alongside former Barcelona colleague Lionel Messi. Suarez, who joined Major League Soccer’s Miami last month from Brazilian club Gremio, began in attack with Argentine superstar Messi at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador. However, the … Read more
Arsenal re-energized their Premier League championship push with a 5-0 victory against Crystal Palace. Centre-back Gabriel caused most of the damage before halftime, heading in the opening and forcing Palace custodian Dean Henderson into an own goal. Leandro Trossard made it 3-0 around the hour mark, before replacement Gabriel Martinelli scored twice in dead time. … Read more
Son Heung-Min’s South Korea almost escaped an Asian Cup shock on Saturday, drawing 2-2 with Jordan thanks to an injury-time own goal. Jordan seemed to be on track for a spectacular triumph in Doha one day after Iraq defeated tournament favourites Japan, thanks to a Park Yong-woo own goal and a Yazan Al-Naimat score in … Read more
Mahbubur Rahman Sufil, Mannaf Rabbi, and Nasir Uddin Chowdhury – three familiar names in Bangladesh football over the last decade but increasingly unknown in recent years – scored all four goals in a 2-2 draw between Brothers Union and Chittagong Abahani in the Bangladesh Premier League today. It is an uncommon occasion for a four-goal … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo, who will be 39 in two weeks, expressed his pride at being able to outscore Erling Haaland in terms of goals scored last year. Portuguese superstar Ronaldo, a perpetual defy of odds and age, completed 2023 as the world’s highest striker for club and country, with 54 goals, surpassing Harry Kane (52), Kylian … Read more
Mohamed Salah, a Liverpool and Egypt star, has been ruled out of the next two Africa Cup of Nations games due to a hamstring injury, his country’s football organisation said Friday. “Tests on Mohamed Salah, the captain of the Egypt national team, proved that he suffered a hamstring injury and will miss the next two … Read more
Aymen Hussein scored two first-half headers as Iraq defeated Asian Cup favourites Japan 2-1 on Friday to advance to the knockout stages. Japan suffered its first Asian Cup group-stage loss in 26 matches, putting them on a collision path with South Korea in the last 16 in Qatar, if they advance. Iraq, rated 63rd in … Read more
