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Maresca heads for Chelsea, Champions League final buildup: football news – live

Buildup to Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid, and moreGet in touch! Contact David with your thoughts on emailFenerbahçe are closing in on an agreement to appoint José Mourinho as new head coach. Hot deets here from Fabrizio Romano. Fenerbahçe, by the way, have just racked up 99 points in the Turkish Super Lig (P38 W31 D6 L1, GD 68) and still only finished...

Fri May 31, 2024 12:14
MLS power rankings: FC Cincinnati back on top despite roster upheaval

Exactly half of Cincy’s first-choice starters from 2023 left the club, leaving five holes for the front office to fill. And yet, they’re right back where they were last yearWelcome back to the Guardian’s MLS power rankings, where I have a beef with your specific team and your specific team alone. Xherdan Shaqiri might have ducked out of his MLS duties...

Fri May 31, 2024 11:54
Jamie Carragher: ‘CBS was worried whether or not the US audience would understand me’

CBS’s Uefa Champions League Today has been met with heaps of acclaim, drawing comparisons to TNT’s Inside the NBA. And Jamie Carragher has proven essential to the chemistryWhen Jamie Carragher was approached to join CBS’s Uefa Champions League Today panel, he’d already established himself as one of the most notable pundits in soccer.But while English...

Fri May 31, 2024 10:44
Lucy Bronze’s next two games tell her tale as one of the greatest Lionesses

Games against France are in north-east, where journey started, and near Lyon, where defender won three Champions LeaguesLess than 48 hours after Lucy Bronze had lifted her fifth Champions League trophy, she was reporting to St George’s Park to prepare for the Lionesses’ two Euro 2025 qualifiers against France.Bronze stepped out of her taxi at England’s...

Fri May 31, 2024 10:25
Gareth Bale: ‘Real Madrid have an aura – other teams are playing against the badge’

Five-time Champions League winner on Saturday’s final with Dortmund, life after retirement and his role with Underrated GolfGareth Bale’s boyish complexion suggests he could well be participating in Saturday’s Champions League final. Instead, a decade on from winning the competition for the first of five times with Real Madrid, the 34-year-old will...

Fri May 31, 2024 10:25
Players’ union warns footballers ready to strike over workload ‘emergency’

Fifpro sends out clear warning to Fifa over player welfare‘There is an emergency – we are in danger’Fifa has been warned players will take “matters into their own hands” if nothing is done to address the growing demand on their workload, with players’ union Fifpro suggesting strike action would not be out of the question.Amid the increasing-congested...

Fri May 31, 2024 01:57

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