5 h. ago Kylian Mbappé delivers Real Madrid win amid high drama against Marseille

Kylian Mbappé converted two penalties to secure Real Madrid a 2-1 victory against Marseille in their Champions League group-stage opener despite playing the final stages with 10 men after their captain, Dani Carvajal, was sent off.Carvajal had not started the match, coming on after five minutes when Trent Alexander-Arnold pulled up with an apparent hamstring injury. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Football fans clash with riot police in ugly scenes ahead of Champions League clash

Football fans clashed with riot police ahead of Real Madrid's Champions League clash with Marseille in Madrid on Tuesday evening

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8 h. ago Real Madrid v Marseille, Juventus v Dortmund, and more: Champions League – live

⚽ Goals and much more from the league stage’s first night⚽ Live scores | Follow us over on Bluesky | And on Threads60 min: PSV 0-2 Union SG The first goal of this year’s Champions League proper was a penalty from Union Saint-Gilloise’s Promise David. Anouar Ait El Hadj scored a fine second shortly before half-time, leaving PSV Eindhoven with it all to do.Benfica Trubin, Dedic, Antonio Silva, Otamendi, Dahl, Rios, Barrenechea, Aursnes, Sudakov, Schjelderup, Pavlidis. Subs: Soares, Obrador, Ivanovic, Barreiro, Prestianni, Henrique Araujo, Tomas Araujo, Oliveira, Veloso, Prioste, Rego, Santos. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Football Daily | The Champions League returns! Only 144 games until the knockout stage

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!After enduring the slog of one season of Bigger Cup with its “Swiss Model” 36-strong league table, where each team plays eight matches against different sides, Football Daily still hasn’t decided if Uefa’s experimental new format is better, worse or much the same as the fairly jeopardy-free group stage it replaced. Instead of needing what seemed like an already excessive 96 matches to whittle the 32 competing teams down to 16, as its name suggests, Bigger Cup now requires a whopping 144 matches to eliminate just 12 of the 36 teams lining up on this season’s grid. A $uper €eague in all but name, Uefa is painfully aware its flagship club competition is now an even more unwieldy, bloated mess that places unreasonable and unnecessary demands on the bodies of exhausted footballers but doesn’t appear to care. When it means it gets to pit Manchester City against Real Madrid for the 11th time in six seasons and the cash keeps rolling in, th...

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16 h. ago Real Madrid vs Marseille Champions League prediction, odds and betting offer

Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid welcome familiar faces Marseille with the La Liga side possessing a solid 100% win record over their Ligue 1 counterparts

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19 h. ago Jude Bellingham: Real Madrid star to return to action in Champions League after shoulder surgery

England international will be a welcome return after months out

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20 h. ago Why three English players reflect growing crises at Spain’s biggest clubs

For the first time, all three of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid feature an English player at the same time, reflecting an interesting dynamic as the Champions League returns this week

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45 h. ago What Cristiano Ronaldo was overheard saying at Man Utd explains why he left the club

Cristiano Ronaldo made headlines worldwide when he was snapped up by Real Madrid in a then world-record fee of £80million back in 2009

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52 h. ago European football: Barcelona hammer Valencia, Barcola extends PSG’s perfect start

López, Raphinha and Lewandowski each score twiceEthan Mbappé, Kylian’s brother, scores Lille’s winnerBarcelona turned on the style in their first home game of the season on Sunday, with Fermín López, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski each netting twice in a 6-0 thrashing of Valencia. The emphatic victory propelled Barcelona to second place in La Liga on 10 points, two points behind leaders Real Madrid. Valencia slumped to 15th position.López opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a strike from inside the box assisted by Ferran Torres but it was after the break that Barça ran amok. Raphinha made an immediate impact off the bench in the 58th minute, converting a cross from Marcus Rashford with a right-footed volley while López doubled his tally three minutes later with a shot from long-range, before Raphinha completed his double in the 66th minute. Lewandowski, introduced in the 68th minute, wrapped up the rout with two close-range strikes to complete a perfect afternoon for the Cat...

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59 h. ago Liverpool legend John Toshack makes rare public appearance after health issues

John Toshack managed a number of high profile clubs across Europe during his managerial career, including Real Sociedad and Real Madrid, and both clubs honoured his achievements this weekend

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67 h. ago ‘It’ll be nice to see him’: Rabiot and Rowe face swift reunion after brawl

Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe left Marseille in disgrace after ugly fight but are set to meet for new clubs in Serie APhysical fights between teammates are nothing new in football. Newcastle’s Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer were famously sent off for trading blows on the pitch in 2005, before issuing grovelling apologies after the game. John Hartson kicked his West Ham teammate Eyal Berkovic in the face during a training-ground bust-up in 1998, with the midfielder claiming: “If my head had been a ball, it would have been in the top corner of the net.” Robinho once took a pop at Thomas Gravesen during a Real Madrid training session in 2006. The Dane responded, and was sold that summer to Celtic.But few altercations can match the ferocity of the fight between Adrien Rabiot and the England Under-21 winger Jonathan Rowe in the Marseille dressing room last month, after a 1-0 defeat by a 10-man Rennes side. The brawl was so “incredibly violent” that a junior member of the Marseille squad, D...

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3 d. ago European football: Juventus’s Vasilije Adzic snatches thrilling win over Inter

Harry Kane scores two as Bayern thrash HamburgKylian Mbappé helps 10-man Madrid win at SociedadJuventus snatched a dramatic 4-3 win at home to Inter, with Vasilije Adzic netting a stunning added-time winner in a game in which a Thuram brother scored for each side.Juventus took the lead in the 14th minute through Lloyd Kelly. Inter equalised on the half-hour mark with Hakan Calhanoglu’s strike but Juventus were back in front thanks to Kenan Yildiz eight minutes later. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Cristiano Ronaldo snubbed as Rafael Benitez names 'more complete' player than Man United icon

Rafael Benitez, who worked with Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid, insists Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Steven Gerrard were superior all-round players to the Manchester United legend

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4 d. ago 'Lionel Messi wanted to kill me – I had to apologise to him for what I did'

Young Real Madrid star Franco Mastantuono had a game to remember for Argentina recently as he shared the pitch with Lionel Messi, however the Inter Miami star berated the starlet for refusing to pass the ball

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5 d. ago Adam Wharton transfer value rockets as Man United risk Real Madrid bidding war

Manchester United's midfield is still an issue for Ruben Amorim, but they may need to act quick if they are serious about possibly signing Adam Wharton

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5 d. ago Ange Postecoglou explains how he has prepared Nottingham Forest squad to face Arsenal

The manager has had just a few days to prepare for one of the toughest tests of the season

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6 d. ago Kylian Mbappe details £47m PSG court case: "The more money you have, the more problems"

Kylian Mbappe got his dream move to Real Madrid a year ago and captains his country, but not everything in his life has been perfect, according to the French superstar

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6 d. ago Kylian Mbappé says football world would ‘disgust’ him without passion for game

Striker ‘will never advise a child of mine’ to go into footballMpabbé remains in dispute with PSG a year after leavingKylian Mbappé has admitted the football world would have “disgusted” him long ago if he did not have a ­passion for playing the game. The France and Real Madrid forward also said he would never encourage a child of his to follow in his footsteps.In a long and occasionally bitter interview, Mbappé told L’Équipe: “I’m fatalist about the world of football, but not about life. Life is won­derful. Football is what it is. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Kylian Mbappe makes candid admission on mental health among elite athletes

Mbappe admits that elite athletes still see mental health as taboo

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6 d. ago Man United handed new Adam Wharton transfer timeline after Real Madrid update

Manchester United transfer news as Adam Wharton's future is set to be at Crystal Palace until the end of the 2026 World Cup

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