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Kylian Mbappé scores twice on 25th birthday as PSG beats Metz 3-1. Ethan Mbappé makes debut
Kylian Mbappé celebrated his 25th birthday with two goals as Paris Saint-Germain beat lowly Metz 3-1 to head into the winter break with a five-point lead in the French league.
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Lautaro misses a penalty and two-time defending champion Inter loses to Bologna in Italian Cup
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Ethan Mbappé, 16, makes his league debut for PSG and joins brother Kylian on the field
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Liverpool routs West Ham 5-1 and advances to the League Cup semifinals
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Barcelona needs late goal to beat last-place Almeria 3-2 in Spanish league and end winless streak
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Bus crash kills player, assistant coach in Algerian soccer’s top league, matches postponed
The Algerian Football Federation says a bus crash has killed two members of its Ligue 1 side Mouloudia El Bayadh and that it would postpone all games scheduled for this week.
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Hat trick, unbeaten record, top spot: Leverkusen stays 4 points clear of Bayern for Bundesliga break
Patrik Schick celebrated his first Bundesliga start of the season with a hat trick as Bayer Leverkusen consolidated the top spot and set a record for games unbeaten with a 4-0 rout of Bochum.
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Bournemouth vs. Luton abandoned game to be replayed. Tom Lockyer suffered cardiac arrest on field
The Premier League game that was abandoned after Luton captain Tom Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest on the field will be replayed in full.
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Former Argentine soccer player Ezequiel Lavezzi hospitalized in Uruguay with shoulder fracture
Former Argentine soccer player Ezequiel Lavezzi has been hospitalized in the beachfront Uruguayan city of Punta del Este with a shoulder blade fracture.
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Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka confronted by a fan on the field at Chelsea
Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka was confronted by a fan who ran onto the field during Tuesday’s English League Cup quarterfinal match at Chelsea.
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Nottingham Forest hires Nuno Espírito Santo as manager to replace Steve Cooper
Nottingham Forest has hired Nuno Espírito Santo as its manager as the Premier League club moved quickly to replace Steve Cooper.
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Lipscomb winger Tyrese Spicer taken by Toronto with top pick in MLS draft
Tyrese Spicer, a high-scoring winger from Lipscomb University, was selected by Toronto with the top pick in the Major League Soccer draft.
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Turkish league game suspended after team pulls players off field to protest referee decision
The president of a Turkish soccer team ordered his players to leave the field in protest of an officiating decision during a game just over a week after a referee was punched in the face.
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Brazil and Mexico to face off in US ahead of next year’s Copa America
Brazil will play Mexico in a friendly in the United States in June as part of the preparations for next year’s Copa America.
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Griezmann ties Aragonés as Atletico’s all-time top scorer in 3-3 draw with Getafe in Spanish league
Antoine Griezmann netted twice against Getafe to tie Luis Aragonés as Atletico Madrid’s all-time top scorer in a 3-3 draw in the Spanish league that ended Atletico’s record-tying 20-game home winning streak.
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Frosinone stuns Napoli 4-0 to reach Italian Cup quarters for first time
Frosinone’s best cup run continued as it stunned defending Serie A champion Napoli by winning 4-0 at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to reach the Italian Cup quarterfinals.
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Chelsea and Fulham win penalty shootouts to reach English League Cup semifinals
Chelsea’s faltering first season under Mauricio Pochettino could yet be saved by the English League Cup.
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Borussia Dortmund whistled into the winter break after failing to snap winless run in Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund has been whistled into the winter break by its own fans after struggling Mainz fought back to earn a 1-1 draw.
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Mary Earps wins prestigious BBC award after helping England reach the Women’s World Cup final
The growing popularity of England’s women’s soccer team among the British public has been underlined by goalkeeper Mary Earps getting voted as the BBC’s sports personality of the year for 2023.
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Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri fined $11,000 for disrespecting referee in his locker room
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has been fined $11,000 for disrespecting the referee and his assistants in their locker room after the Italian league match at Genoa.
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Man City beats Urawa 3-0 to reach Club World Cup final and now goes for 5th title in 2023
Manchester City set aside struggles at home to ease past Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 in the Club World Cup semifinals.
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FIFA defends expanded Club World Cup despite concerns over player welfare
FIFA has defended its newly expanded Club World Cup from criticism that players are being overworked by pointing to the longevity of aging stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Kevin De Bruyne left off Manchester City team sheet for Club World Cup semifinals in Saudi Arabia
Kevin De Bruyne was not included among the substitutes for Manchester City despite traveling to Saudi Arabia for the team’s Club World Cup semifinal game against Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds.
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Nottingham Forest fires manager Steve Cooper as club fights for Premier League survival
Nottingham Forest has fired manager Steve Cooper after owner Evangelos Marinakis lost patience seeing the club plunge toward the relegation zone in the Premier League.
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Courtois says he won’t play at Euro 2024 due to injury. Belgium goalkeeper has quarreled with coach
Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois says he won’t be able to play at the European Championship next summer because of the long-term knee injury that has sidelined him since the start of the season.
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Bayern extends Thomas Müller’s contract by a year to 2025 with club record in sight
Bayern Munich has handed experienced forward Thomas Müller a one-year contract extension through to the end of the 2024-25 season.
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Starc and Cummins become most expensive signings in IPL history to cap great 2023 for Aussie pacers
Mitchell Starc has become the most expensive signing in the history of the Indian Premier League by topping the record figure paid for Australia teammate Pat Cummins at the competition’s auction a few hours earlier.
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From relegation battlers to high flyers: Brest fighting for European spots in French league
Brest has taken the French league by surprise this season. After 16 rounds of matches, the team boasts its best record ever at this stage of a French league season, with eight wins and only four defeats for a total of 28 points.
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Bo Larsson, Sweden and Malmo soccer great, dies at 79
Swedish soccer great Bo Larsson has died at the age of 79. He played 70 times for his country and at the World Cups in 1970, 1974 and 1978.
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The Saudis dove further into sports this year. They are expected to keep it up in 2024
At the dawn of 2023, the specter of Saudi Arabia’s growing influence on pro golf — and sports in general — served not only as a moral conundrum for players and their fans, but also, some argued, as an existential threat to the multibillion-dollar professional-sports industry itself.
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Girona back on top of Spanish league after beating Alaves
Girona has returned to the top of the Spanish league after a 3-0 victory over mid-table Alaves. Ukrainian striker Artem Dovbyk got two goals, the second from the penalty spot.
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Atalanta second-half goal rush hammers Salernitana in Serie A
Atalanta conceded an early goal and recovered in a rampant second half to beat Salernitana 4-1 in Serie A.
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Veterans Marcelo and Felipe Melo key to Fluminense beating Al Ahly in Club World Cup semifinal
Fluminense’s veteran team is going to the Club World Cup final after beating Al Ahly 2-0 in Jeddah. The wily guile of defender Marcelo won the penalty that helped send them there.
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FIFA’s rebooted Club World Cup could change the face of soccer and spark a player backlash
A 32-team World Cup for clubs is FIFA’s big play to change the face of soccer. It could follow the English Premier League and Champions League as one of the most popular and lucrative sports competitions in the world and generate billions of euros.
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