Girona returned to winning ways by beating Osasuna 2-0 on Saturday to move back into second place in La Liga, as Atletico Madrid ceded further ground on the top three with a shock defeat at Cadiz. A goal inside the opening 15 minutes from Cristian Portu and a late Savinho strike allowed Girona to leapfrog […]
Cristiano Ronaldo Scores As Al Nassr Ease Into AFC Champions League Quarters
Cristiano Ronaldo guided Al Nassr into the quarter-finals of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday as the Saudi Arabian side defeated domestic rivals Al Fayha 2-0 to progress 3-0 on aggregate. Nassr, who won last week’s first leg 1-0 thanks to a Ronaldo goal nine minutes from time, were the better side at Al Awwal […]
PSG Ease Past Brest, Seal French Cup Last Eight Berth
Brest’s Lilian Brassier was red-carded for two wayward tackles on Kylian Mbappe.© AFP Paris Saint-Germain limbered up for next week’s Champions League run-out by downing Brest 3-1 to seal their ticket to the French Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday. One week before they host Real Sociedad at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League last […]
Hosts Qatar Ease Past Lebanon To Open AFC Asian Cup
Defending champions and hosts Qatar got their Asian Cup campaign off to a flying start with a 3-0 win over Lebanon in the tournament’s opening game on Friday. Akram Afif rifled in a shot on the stroke of half-time to put the 2022 World Cup hosts ahead, before Almoez Ali doubled their lead after the […]